Gas warfare; Poisons; War damage; Campaigns & battles; World War, 1914-1918
Aerial shot above the battered earth of the Western Front. A gas attack has been launched, and the gas can be seen streaming from the shells across an area of contention.
Receipt for the delivery by Edward Jackson of fourteen bodies from Cumberland Gap. These were Civil War casualties, perhaps taken from battlefield graves for reburial in Knoxville National Cemetery.
Receipt for the delivery by Peter Myers of nine bodies from Cumberland Gap. These were Civil War casualties, perhaps taken from battlefield graves for reburial in Knoxville National Cemetery.
Receipt for the delivery by Samuel Jackson of nine bodies from Cumberland Gap. These were Civil War casualties, perhaps taken from battlefield graves for reburial in the Knoxville National Cemetery.
Receipt for the delivery by Amos Dalton of 10 bodies from Cumberland Gap. These were Civil War casualties, perhaps taken from battlefield graves for reburial in the Knoxville National Cemetery.
Issued by the Memphis postmaster, M. C. Gallaway, these two-cent stamps were printed early in the Civil War and used for local delivery or printed circulars. They were improvised postage used before the Confederate government began printing stamps.
