Pocket watch with chain and shell. "M.T. Tobia Liverpool Patton Levne full Jeweled" engraved on the inside. Manufacture number 406189. Image of soldiers engraved on the back. Owner's name was Minos Seborn Vise.
Pocket pistol, .36 cal., manufactured by Cooper Firearms, serial number 5344, patent date January 7, 1851; April 25, 1854; September 4, 1860; September 1, 1863; September 22, 1863
Ammunition supposedly fired in Franklin, Tennessee during the Civil War. The minie balls are believed to be of Confederate origin due to the number of rings (2) at the base.
Letter to Miss Mary (Mollie) Pearre from unknown writer, who was a prisoner at Elmira in New York, Ward Number 38. The letter discusses slavery and inquires after the health of the family. The two were cousins. See Mary L. Pearre Diary &...
Colt model 1862 police revolver with a half rebated cylinder. It is a 5 shot .36 caliber. Its serial number is 20067. It was reported to have been used during the Civil War. The revolver belonged to Capt. William Armstead Marshall, CSA.
Colt revolver engraved by Gustave Young (1827-1895). This revolver is reported to have been given to an officer to commemorate his service during the Civil War. Its serial number is 235004.
Civil War-era Smith & Wesson revolver and holster. Serial number 23363. Model number 2. Also known as the "Number 2 Army." Made from 1863 to 1864. This is the same model that Wild Bill Hickok supposedly was carrying when he was killed at Deadwood,...
.36 caliber Colt Navy revolver, serial number 103239. Inscription on the backstrap reads, "Presented to Colonel George G. Dibrell, 8th Tenn. Cav. by friends and citizens of Sparta, Tenn." The top flat of the barrel is marked, "ADDRESS COL. SAML...
John Thomas, a Confederate guerrilla from Washington County, Tenn. carried this .44 caliber 1860 model Colt army revolver. It is Union issue, number 116925. According to family history, Thomas "took it off a dead Yankee."
Reparation claim number 83/156 in the amount of $250 for one horse, paid to James Dillahanty by the Quartermaster General's Office. Dillahanty served in Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA.
Cabinet card photograph of the Moss family. Pvt. Thomas Fletcher Moss was in Co. H, 24th Tenn Inf. Regt., CSA. His pension number was 774. He was born on July 14, 1841, and died on September 4, 1905.
This Colt .44 caliber, Navy (London) revolver of Capt. J. W. Rogan, Co. C, 15th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, has a pre-war serial number. His name and unit are engraved on the handle. He became Colonel of the 30th Ark. Inf. Regt., later converted to...
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.
