Printed and handwritten one-page Form No. 27, List of Quartermaster's Stores, has been altered by Lieutenant Wingate T. Robinson to reflect a transfer of serviceable and unserviceable horses from his Commander, Captain E. W. Bass of Company K, 5th...
Communication from the Inspector's Office in Richmond, Virginia, on furnishing a tablular statement of the operations of an office, December 27, 1864. An example of form to be submitted each month is hand-drawn at the bottom of the letter.
Letter ordering an officer to go with a guard of one non-commissioned officer and six men in order to take charge of a passenger train on the Rome Railroad; the letter includes additional instructions. An example of the form to be kept is...
Composite photographs; Portrait photographs; Memorial works
Surviving staff of Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry unit are featured in composite form; oval images of Charles Anderson, J. B. Cowan, George Dashiel, Samuel Donelson, W. M. Forrest, and John W. Morton surround the central photo...
This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
Four-page letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel, conveys her anxiety at not hearing from him and her disappointment both in his defeat for promotion to Lt. Colonel and in his inability to come home for Christmas. She also relates...
William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the columns in the cloister of Basilica de S. Giovanni in Laterano. The sketch shows an unfinished drawing and next to it a finished sketch. Strickland gives a handwritten description of the columns.
Three items: envelope with notation by 1st Lieutenant W. T. Robinson, "To file away for Safe Keeping for future reference should it be necessary;" Circular No. 52 -- Series of 1863 entitled "Invoice of Ordnance and Ordance Stores."
Letter dated Feb. 19, 1943, from the captain of the Sixth Regiment of the Tenn. State Guard to Gov. Prentice Cooper bringing to his attention the expert marksmanship of Sergeant Cecil H. Kelley. Enclosed with this letter are two rifle targets...
Reproduction Confederate McAvoy sword. Manufactured in Macon, Georgia. May have some original parts combined with reproduction parts. A good example of how facsimile parts are combined with genuine parts, making it harder to authenticate.
Angled view of the front and side of an unidentified frame farmhouse. The house is a two-story I-house with a one-story ell. The frame is covered with weatherboard. There is a covered porch on the front facade of the house.
Letter between two brothers of the Decker family commenting on contact with rebel pickets. The stationery features an image of George Washington along with the phrase "let us cherish his memory and emulate his example." See also the John G. Decker...
Author of letter is describing his experiences in the field (while "on picket," for example) during the Civil War. He appears to be writing from Camp 4, Tennessee Cavalry, near Tunnel Hill, Georgia.
The Machinery Building, also called Machinery Hall, at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition. The architectural style was an example of Greek Doric and served as a perfect complement to the Parthenon, which appeared on the opposite...
Equestrian statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Forrest Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Four unidentified individuals also appear in the image, as do the surrounding landscaping and hardscaping.
Ordnance [sic] report for Co. A, 11th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. The report appears to be written on the back of a court case file, an example of reusing paper at hand. The report is filed and signed by Ordinance Seargent G. C. Perdew. The list...
Sheet music covers; Fictitious characters; Laundry; Weather; Clotheslines
Drawing of an angry-looking man in dressing gown and cap, with glasses perched on his forehead. He appears in the clouds above a clothesline holding laundry. On the ground are baskets, pails, an iron, and scrubbing brushes.
