Holding Fast to Beauty Sarah Polk A website co-sponsored by Vanderbilt University Libraries, Middle Tennessee State University Walker Library, and the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, with generous support from the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area.
Belmont Mansion Shades of Gray and Blue
Taking Care of Business Adelicia Acklen Holding Fast to Beauty Lucy Virginia Smith French A website co-sponsored by Vanderbilt University Libraries, Middle Tennessee State University Walker Library, and the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, with generous support from the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area.
The Great Naval Battle
Visualizing The War Photographers and Special Artists A website co-sponsored by Vanderbilt University Libraries, Middle Tennessee State University Walker Library, and the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, with generous support from the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area.
Adelicia Acklen
William Browning Cooper. Adelicia Acklen with Horse Bocephalus. 1845. Belmont Mansion. At the time this portrait was painted, Adelicia Hayes was married to her first husband, Isaac Franklin. Upon his death, she became one of the wealthiest women in Tennessee and inherited plantation holdings in Louisiana as well as in and around Nashville. View Object […]
Woodpecker Gorget
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Mt. Olivet Cemetery Confederate Circle
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Richard Poynor
Richard Poynor (1802-1882) was born into slavery in Halifax County, Virginia. He settled in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1816 with his master, Robert Poynor. When his owner died in 1848, Richard was valued at $450. After purchasing his freedom in the 1850s, he became known as one of the region’s more prolific and accomplished chair […]
Portrait of Colonel John Pope
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Knoxville, Tenn., Vicinity. Military Bridge at Strawberry Plains and a Fort in the Distance, Seen from North Bank of the Holston
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Orlando Poe
Orlando Metcalfe Poe, soldier, engineer, and cartographer, would have been an extraordinary talent in any age. Being born in Ohio in 1832 meant that Poe’s time of accomplishment would likely be the Civil War era. As an 1856 West Point graduate, number six in his class, a career in the United States Army’s prestigious topographic […]
Barker Walking Cane
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A Bit of War History: The Contraband
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Antoinette Polk
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Bleak House
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