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- Officer's sword
- 1850 foot officer's sword, non-standard, made in Germany and imported into the United States
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- Sword
- American or French sword. Predates Civil War. Non-standard sword. Handle is mother of pearl with eagle's head. Has Marshall markings on it. Possibly imported.
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- U. S. Cavalry saber
- Belonging to Captain John J. Fly, Co. E, 41st Infantry. He captured the sword from a U. S. cavalryman. It was manufactured by N. P. Ames in 1848, called the "Wristbreaker." Capt. Fly was from the Fly community.
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- Ambrotype of Capt. Ben H. Sandeford
- Cased ambrotype of Capt. (Maj.) Ben H. Sandeford, Co. H., 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, also known as the "Gibson Stars." Sandeford, a native of Jackson, Tenn., was killed in action on April 6, 1862, at Shiloh. In the portrait, he is standing and...
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- Confederate artillery sword
- Confederate artillery sword, picked up on the battlefield at Fort Donelson.
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- Non-commissioned officer's sword and scabbard
- Confederate sword and scabbard manufactured by James Conning Company.
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- Colonel Andrew Jackson Kellar sword
- Confederate sword manufactured in Memphis, Tennessee. Family legend states that Colonel Andrew Jackson Kellar, Company D, 4th Tennessee Infantry, carried this sword during the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
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- Federal officer's sword
- Contract sword with sharkskin handle
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- Foot artillery sword
- Copy of 1832 foot artillery sword. This sword was made in the 1860s as a copy of a 1832 foot artillery sword. It was made by a Confederate manufacturer.
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- Cavalry sword and scabard
- CSA cavalry sword and scabard that belonged to Jacob Cruse of Lincoln County, Tennessee. Cruse enlisted at George's Store on April 29, 1861. He served until April 27, 1862, and was discharged. Cruse re-enlisted on April 29, 1863, as a private in...
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- Two unidentified Federal officers
- Soldiers; Military uniforms
- Full-length portrait of two Federal soldiers in uniform. One is standing with his right hand in his tunic, and one is seated with a sword across his lap and his right hand in his tunic.
- Civil War Soldier Photographs
- Captain Steele
- Soldiers; Military uniforms
- Full-length potrait of Federal "Captain Steele" in uniform, his left hand resting on his sword and a repeating pistol in a holster on his right hip.
- Civil War Soldier Photographs
- Grand Army of the Republic commemorative spoon
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) spoon commemorating a reunion. The handle of the spoon is in the shape of a soldier with a rifle. An eagle, holding a sword over two crossed cannons sits in the base of the spoon.
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- Major General Alexander McDowell McCook
- Soldiers; Military uniforms
- Half length portrait of Alexander McDowell McCook, seated, wearing major general insignia and holding a sword in his left hand. The inscription reads: "Affectionately yr brother, A. McD. McCook, Maj. Genl."
- Civil War Soldier Photographs
- Lieutenant Colonel John van Horn
- Soldiers; Military uniforms
- Half length portrait of Federal Lieutenant Colonel John Van Horn in uniform. The hilt of his sword can be seen in the lower right area of the image.
- Civil War Soldier Photographs
- Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner
- Soldiers; Military uniforms
- Half-length portrait of Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner in uniform. Visible are the brigadier general insignia and a sword resting in his lap.
- Civil War Soldier Photographs
- Capt. Robert Cochran tintype
- Hand-colored tintype of Capt. Robert Cochran, Co. E, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, USA. Cochran is seated and holding a sword.
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- Sword
- Handmade Tennessee Dog River sword (Confederate) has an unstopped blade, brass hilt, and oilskin grip bound with wire. Belonged to John Knox Womack, Co. D, 8th Tenn. Cav. Regt. Born in 1844, he was ordained a Freewill Baptist minister around 1869...
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- Handwritten "newspaper," The Sword
- Handwritten satirical "newspaper" The Sword, anonymously written near Wartrace, Tennessee.
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- Photograph of Maj. Albert Gallatin Harris
- Harris served as 1st Lt., Co. A, 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, also known as the Newbern Blues, under Col. Tyree Bell of Dyer County. He also served as Adjutant for Col. Robert Russell. Information on the back of the photograph identifies this as a...
- Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee