Scrapbook page. Center photograph pictures two men, Clarence Darrow and Judge John R. Neal. Underneath are three smaller photographs of African-American women, each cut in the shape of a cloverleaf. At left is Lois, at center is Dot, and at right...
Letter from Margaret McClarty Maxwell to her husband, Edwin W. R. Maxwell (May 16, 1805 - August 15, 1873), defending the scarcity and brevity of her previous letters and relaying family news. They had nine children.
Mortars (Ordnance); Artillery (Weaponry); Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Arms & armament
Five soldiers surround an 81 mm mortar as one of them prepares to fire it. Their faces are down and their hands are over their ears. The walls around the group are constructed from ammunition boxes that have been filled with dirt and nailed...
Mortars (Ordnance); Artillery (Weaponry); Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Arms & armament
Five soldiers appear in various stages of involvement in the task of sighting an 81 mm mortar. The walls are constructed of ammunition boxes that have been nailed together and filled with dirt.
Cut 29 through the breastworks east of White Bluff. The Nashville & Northwestern Railroad chartered in 1852 but not complete by 1861 . After Federal occupation of Nashville, the railroad was extended west to Johnsonville on the Tennessee River. The...
Print shows the explosion of a large caliber gun defending Fort Henry from naval assault. Wounded soldiers and a flotilla of attacking naval ships can also be seen. Reverse of print has articles, poetry, and news columns.
