Federal columbiad guns mounted on tinclads probably fired this 7-inch Dyer shell at Confederate fortifications on Island No. 10. The island surrendered to Gen. John Pope on April 8, 1862. The shell is on permanent exhibit at the Carnegie Center in...
"Regulations for the Army of Confederate States" book published in Richmond, Virginia, in 1863. Wartime edition of official Confederate Army tactics, military protocols, and rules for officers and various departments (Engineers, Ordnance, etc.) of...
Red, white, and blue "Turkey Tracks - Orange Peel" variation quilt. The quilt has trapunto work in the white areas. It was found in a house built by Daniel Cleage.
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity pin that was recovered from the Confederate camps' site of the Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro. The pin has the name "A. J. Thomas" engraved on the back.
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...
Pvt. Sneed was from Rutherford County, Tenn., and enlisted on Nov. 26, 1861, in Nashville. He served in Co. F, 4th (Starnes'-McClemore's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., also known as "The Williamson County Cavalry." In 1862, they reported to Gen. Nathan Bedford...
Quilt that was buried in the side of Clinch Mountatin during the Civil War. It is hand-quilted and hand-appliqued, by appliqueing pieces on a solid piece of fabric.
Artillery saber that belonged to John T. Herring (October 16, 1847-January 26, 1915) of Co. B, 9th Tennessee Vol. Cav., CSA. There are no markings on the saber but it appears to be Union made.
