Various size mortar rounds. Eight stone ordnance mortar rounds excavated about 30 or 40 feet from Morter and French's Battery. These were never used as there were no mortars at Fort Donelson. They were used at West Point as practice rounds.
Armories; Military facilities; Gas Masks; Military maneuvers; Rifles; Machine guns; Militias; Military training; Firearms; Gas warfare; Tear gas; Chemicals
Members of the Tennessee State Guard practice a military exercise using gas masks, rifles and machine guns during maneuvers at the Clarksville Armory.
Large broadside giving details concerning the method for convicts in the state prison to use in applying for a pardon. The broadside is signed by Governor John C. Brown.
Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...
Two-page letter to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville, Elisha W. Harris writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of attending a local political meeting. He details the zest the crowd displays for politics and the presidential...
Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Hats; Arms & armament; Helmets
Christopher Ammons is resting among concealing foliage while on patrol. He has a towel around his neck (a common practice for soldiers on patrol) and his M16 lies across his lap. Large leaves and tall grass can be seen behind him.
Forty or more men and women are gathered in a wooded area for a rifle shoot. Two young girls, who appear to be between 8 and 12, are also in attendance. The older girl is holding a camera. The ground is covered in leaves, and the trees are bare of...
Twelve men are in the photograph, seven of them contestants. Six long rifles are visible. The last man on the right is holding the target, which is attached to a wooden board. The target itself is a small piece of paper or cardboard (perhaps 6...
Forty or more men and boys are lined up for the rifle shoot. Six women are also present. Only one long rifle is in evidence, along with two dead turkeys.
Two Appalachian riflemen stand together in the woods wearing hats and denim overalls and comparing their guns, as two men seated on the ground look on.
A man in hat and glasses is lying on the ground holding a rifle, with the barrel of the rifle resting on a log. A second man is sitting to his left with a long straight stick in his left hand. Eight other men and boys also appear in the photograph...
An older man is wearing glasses, a large hat, bib overalls, and a leather jacket. He stands holding a long rifle in his left hand, and a leather satchel and powder horn slung under right arm.
A very tall, smiling, middle-aged man from one side. He is wearing a shirt and bib overalls and carries a long rifle over his left shoulder and a canvas satchel and powder horn under his right arm. Seven other men are visible as well.
Ten men face the camera in a clearing, all but the youngest wearing hats, one quite large. The largest two men stand in front of the others. Only two guns can be seen. The largest man wears bib overalls with extra material added at the cuffs.
