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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Portrait of Joseph Alexander Mabry, Jr.
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Jug, detail
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Portrait of John McGavock
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The Great Naval Battle Opposite the City of Memphis
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Sylvester Nelson Winchester’s Wooden Fife with Silver Metal Tips
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A Southern Cornfield, Nashville, Tennessee
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Gilbert Gaul’s Cabin – Civil War Shades
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Mt. Olivet Cemetery Confederate Circle, Nashville, Tennessee. Photograph by J. Andrew McGill. – Civil War Shades
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Commemorative Ribbon, Lookout Post – Civil War Shades
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