Red keepsake album embossed with gold. Soldiers signed her book when they passed through, and some even wrote poems. The item belonged to the William K. Barley family, descendant of Jonathan Bachman and William McClellan families. The book belonged...
Double-barrel shotgun, marked "Fall and Cunningham," which was a hardware store in Nashville. On the other side of the lockplate it is marked Nashville, TN. Oftentimes, these guns were made in Europe but stamped locally. This was a civilian weapon...
Abstract for articles received from officers, Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, USA, for September 1863. Abstracts were inventory forms listing the equipment of a unit that commanders had to fill out and turn in to army quartermasters. The...
Manacles bought from a collector on Charlotte Ave. in Nashville, Tennesee, in 1986. Item may be from the Battle of Nashville near Nolensville Road. Item may be post-Civil War.
Golden Jubilee Pin from the General Association of Colored Baptists in Kentucky. The item reads, "one Lord, one Faith, and one Baptism" The object includes images of Henry Adams, 1st moderator, and Dr. C. H. Parrish, present moderator.
This item was used during the Civil War by John B. W. Bond who was a member of Co. A, 35th Tenn. Inf. (5th Tenn. Regt., Prov. Army Mountain Rifle Regt.), CSA. The item is a combination spoon/fork utensil, and may have been used in the Shelton's...
Non-military bag that could have been used during the Civil War and hooked onto a horse's saddle. The item was carried by Jackson Green from Luther, Hancock County, Tennessee. He was in Co. B, 1st Regt., Tenn. Vol. Cav., USA. Some of the bag is...
Civil War-era mirror that may have been used by Jackson Green, Co. B., 1st Regt., Tenn. Vol. Cav., USA. He was from Luther, Hancock County, Tennessee. The item has a hole that was drilled into it, likely after the Civil War.
Medal awarded to veterans by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). The item belonged to James Mason Jewell, who was in Co. E, 26th Tenn Inf. Regt., CSA. His future wife, Mary Ann McDonald, worked with Rhea County women during the war. See...
Confederate States of America (CSA) bond with interest coupons to be clipped every six months. The item was signed by N. Palmer, the Register of the Treasury. The $100 bond would mature July 1, 1878, at 8% interest.
Image possibly drawn from a photograph. It bears a facsimili of Lee's signature. Item possibly sold as a fundraiser for the tomb of Stonewall Jackson. Image and original frame by Purnell Galleries, Baltimore, Md.
"Address Samuel Colt New York City" inscribed on top of the revolver's barrel. The item has a silver-plated backstrap, and is a heavier piece than the Army or Navy model Colts. It was probably custom-ordered and designed for a horse holster.
