Two-page letter from J. W. Maybin of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to John S. Brien. The letter requests legal advice from John S. Brien, "one of the first legal minds in the United States," regarding his legal options after having seen much of his...
Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
Half-length tintype portrait of George A. Nichols (1845-1914) after losing his left eye at the Battle of Shiloh. He wears a civilian white shirt and dark jacket. The photograph is set in a decorative gilt gold frame.
Scalloped and stamped copper or brass tag with the all-seeing eye above 3 chain links, the Oddfellows insignia with "FLT" in links (Friendship, Love, Truth), excavated in western Washington County, Tenn.
Officer from the Tennessee State Guard standing at the front of the room. He has a rifle balanced on the lecturn and a target propped behind him that reads "Today - The Bull's Eye; Tomorrow - The Enemy."