James (Jimmy) Hammond wearing slouch hat and holding a flintlock musket converted to percussion. Hammond was born September 23, 1841, in Gibson County, Tenn. He was the son of John K. and Elizabeth Boyd Hammond. According to family legend, Jimmy...
A photographic reprint (in green) of Josiah James Hughes, Co. E, 61st N. C. Inf. Regt., CSA, in uniform. There is a knife and a gun tucked inside the front of his belt. Hughes was from Green County, N. C. He fought at Fort Wagner on Morris Island,...
Samuel Day Dabney (1844-1919), son of Eliza Day Dabney and John Overton Dabney. Samuel was a member of the 3rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA and Co. C, Holman's Battalion, Tenn. Partisan Rangers. He had four brothers who fought for the Confederacy, and...
William Henry Palmer with his Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) medallion. Palmer was born November 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th...
Photocopied photograph of William Raleigh Watkins, 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, who fought at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 24, 1863. He was born on July 1, 1832, and died on February 22, 1891.
Photographic reprint of elderly veteran, Alfred Mathews Cleveland and an unknown child. Cleveland served as a private in Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. He is seated in a cane-backed chair with his legs crossed. The child stands behind him....
Photographic reprint of elderly Confederate veteran Pvt. Alfred Mathews Cleveland, Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, and his family. Seated from left are his daughter Polly, granddaughter Palastine, grandson Jerry, and second wife Catherine....
Moore pictured at dedication of Confederate monument on courthouse square in Shelbyville, Tenn. The monument reads, in part, "In memory of the 'Shelbyville Rebels' Co. F. 41st Tenn. Reg't. C.S.A. and all soldiers from Bedford County who fought for...
Thirteen-page paperback booklet detailing the progress made in the creation of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Also included are maps and photographs of various unit memorials.
The "monument erected and dedicated by the people of Michigan in memory of her soldiers who fought and fell in the Battle of Shiloh." Features soldier standing with his rifle.
Elgin watch, serial number 614094. The coin silver case was manufactured by Dueber. The watch belonged to the Reverend Marcus Bearden DeWitt, 8th Tennessee Infantry. DeWitt fought at Chickamauga.
Bill of sale for one slave, Simon, aged twenty-two, for the sum of $968 to Robert B. Maupin. During the Civil War, Maupin's family split among Union and Confederate lines. One son, Robert Caruthers Maupin, fought for the Union while the other son,...
Small pewter cup with flowers engraved on the body and handle. The owner of the cup, Josiah H. Harper, fought with Confederate cavalry commander Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Harper was born in the Rock City community in Smith County, Tenn. He married Mary...
Tintype of Dock Monroe Smith (1841-1926). Smith fought for the Confederacy as a sergeant with Co. C, Holman's Battalion, Tenn. Partisan Rangers and then with Co. E, 11th Tenn. Cav. Regt. He served under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, participating in...
Studio portrait of Oliver Rodgers, Co. G, 44th Ill. Vol. Inf., USA, wearing uniform and kepi. His cheeks are hand-tinted, and his left hand rests inside his frock coat at chest level. Rodgers enlisted in Chicago and fought at Perryville, Stones...
