The burial of fallen soldiers was often a haphazard activity while war still raged. In rare instances, when families were fortunate enough to retrieve their loved ones, they buried them in family plots. But many died far from home. Sometimes a dignified resting place could be prepared in a timely manner. Two examples in Tennessee […]
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Portrait of Genevieve Morgan Williams – Civil War Shades
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Sylvester Winchester – Civil War Shades
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Maj. Nathaniel F. Cheairs – Civil War Shades
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Chattanooga Valley Landscape, Left Side Possibly Based on Stereoscope – Civil War Shades
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Ochs Tombstones, Mizpah Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph by David Andrews. – Civil War Shades
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Perez Dickinson – Civil War Shades
Tennessee was still a fairly young state — the sixteenth state in the Union — at the outbreak of the Civil War, with national aspirations, a strategic location for transportation and an abundance of natural resources. Partnerships formed as northerners moved south. Knoxville, a gateway to the Deep South, had railroad lines coming in from […]
Charge of the First Brigade, Commanded by Col. M.B. Walker, on the Friday Evening of the Battle of Stone River, January 2nd 1863 – Civil War Shades
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Map of Northern Georgia and Tennessee – Civil War Shades
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Anonymous Portrait of Bishop Charles Todd Quintard – Civil War Shades
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Property Map Showing Location of Early Fisk University Buildings – Civil War Shades
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Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee showing bastion which was assaulted on the morning of Nov. 29, 1863 – Civil War Shades
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James Walker and Theodore Davis, Civil War Artists, Full-length Portrait, Seated on Camp Stools, Facing Each Other – Civil War Shades
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Roane Iron Company – Civil War Shades
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