Soldiers; Men; Military uniforms; Helmets; Military personnel; Mud; Puddles; Helicopters
Eight soldiers (some partially obscured) on a muddy landing strip. A line of several helicopters (probably Hueys) can be seen in the background. Photograph is from Ammons's first tour in 1968.
Enfield rifle marked with Tower of London Arsenal insignia and shortened to carbine length. This gun was probably picked up on the battlefield and shortened to carbine length for use by the Confederate Army.
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Excerpts from a small handwritten diary written by Nannie Haskins, a young girl of Clarksville, Tennessee. Provides an insight into the day to day activities of an observant young girl. Haskins was strongly in support of the Confederacy and loathed...
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...
Inventions; Soldiers; Prisoners; Signaling; Water carriers; Shelters; Artillery (Weaponry); Equipment; Carts & Wagons; Military camps; Tents
Fifteen images illustrating the imaginative way that Civil War soldiers tackled a variety of transportation, housing, equipment, and survival issues. Engravings on the back of the page appeared in Frank Leslie's post-war volume "The Soldier in Our...
Flooding river rising to homes, barns, and other outbuildings, probably on Mississippi or Tennessee Rivers. Buildings are surrounded by water and trees; their trunks are underwater
Foreground features sculpture of soldier atop base of Confederate Monument honoring Henry County Confederate soldiers. Background shows courthouse lawn, Paris storefronts, and colorful 1950s-1960s era automobiles. Back of card is not filled out. ...
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...
Four unidentified women working on a quilt in Hoyt Wakefield's home. The women are at one corner of the frame with a cabinet standing in the corner of the room behind them. A closed plank door can be seen in the background, and an open door...
Four-page letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband Samuel details news of their children and other family members. References are made to a scarcity of food and civilian transportation and rumors of battle. Mary proclaims her hope that her...
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of a clapboard building with steps to the front door. Exterior features include a steep pitched tin roof, four side windows, double door entrance and two chimneys.
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of War Creek School, a white educational facility in Hancock County. The two-story, clapboard schoolhouse is topped with a steeple and set amid a stand of trees.
Full-plate tintype, approximately 5" x 7", hand-colored head and shoulders portrait of Samantha Chatfield, wife of Capt. Zina B. Chatfield. Photograph probably taken after the war.
Full-plate tintype, approximately 5" x 7", hand-colored head and shoulders portrait of Zina Bradley Chatfield (1828-1923). Photograph probably taken after the war. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He was...
General view of a Memphis street along the river front reflects the hustle and bustle of commerce and the cotton industry as displayed in downtown along Front Street. Freedmen and their families are seen laboring and occupying the area.
Hand-drawn ink & watercolor of Rock Island Prison by J. M. Breeding. Possibly created for Christian Buhler, who was in the prison for 17 months and 12 days in Barracks #5. Drawing shows barracks, stockade & parapets, horses, guards, a burial...
