Print of the Battle of Stones River depicting the Federal troops of General William Rosencrans fighting against Confederate troops under General Bragg. A Union column marches toward the action and a battery of cannon fires on Confederate troops as...
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Music publishing industry; Songs; Ballads
This is a folio-sized song, original Civil War period ballad by J. W. Turner about Jefferson Davis. The cover features a cartoon depicting Davis wearing a dress.
Presidents; Vice presidents; Political cartoons; caricatures
Political cartoon depicting Andrew Johnson seated on a world globe, stitching together a map of the United States, with Abraham Lincoln using a "rail-splitter" to reposition it.
Steel engraving depicting President Andrew Johnson, new members of his Cabinet, and other influential members of the U.S. Government. The twelve individuals depicted include Rep. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Sen....
Cartoon depicting Andrew Johnson as the deceitful Iago who betrayed Othello, portrayed here as an African American Civil War veteran. Includes scenes of a slave auction, whites attacking African Americans in Memphis and New Orleans, and...
llustration depicting the failed impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, in which Radical Republicans are represented by a dead horse. Several individuals involved in the proceedings hold their noses against the "smell," including...
Market results for produce, seeds, wool, cotton, tobacco, flour, grain, hay, and livestock. Also included is a meteorological chart depicting temperature and rainfall.
Map depicting major features, especially railroads, present in Tennessee during the Civil War. A large detailed section of Kentucky occupies the top part of the map, and the states surrounding Tennessee receive fringe coverage. Major battle sites...
Map depicting the Middle Tennessee area of operation for the Second Infantry Brigade of the Tennessee State Guard. Featured on the map are cities and towns, major highways, parks, rivers, dams, and bridges. The brigade headquarters in Nashville is...
Stereograph showing the back of a statue depicting Virtue at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The statue is on the edge of a lily pond and stands beneath a waterfall.
Three separate ink design drawings contained on one piece of coated fabric that relay sectioning, framing, and elevation in depicting proposed gates and stone fencing for the Chattanooga Cemetery. Scale is 1/2 inch to 1 foot.
Broadside depicting a soldier with rifle and wearing full field dress who stands kneeling before Columbia in front of a flag and other soldiers. Two fascii frame the image. Text states the image is dedicated to Sam White, Private, Company E,...
CSA envelope depicting Jefferson Davis. The envelope also contains the following verse: "March to the battle field, The foe is on before us, Each heart is Freedom's shield, And Heaven's smile is o'er us."
Scrimshaw, or decorated whale's tooth, enscribed with a scene from Harper's Weekly depicting the sinking of the CSS Alabama by the USS Kearsage. The battle took place on June 19, 1864 in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cherbourg, France.
