As American blacks made the transition from slavery to freedom, many used the trades they had practiced while involuntarily shackled to the institution of thralldom to construct new lives for themselves and their families. One such individual was Moses McKissack (1790-1865) of the West African Ashanti tribe. As a slave, he belonged to William McKissack, […]
A Bit of War History: The Veteran – Civil War Shades
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Sunset after Appomattox – Civil War Shades
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Hunt-Phelan Garden Plan – Civil War Shades
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Hunt Phelan Used as Western Sanitary Hospital – Civil War Shades
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Oath of Allegiance – Civil War Shades
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Sunset Rock Photo of Veterans Reunion of 1889 with Rosecrans and Ochs – Civil War Shades
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Polk Place Interior – Civil War Shades
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Lucy Virginia French Smith – Civil War Shades
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Susan Brownlow – Civil War Shades
T ennesseans at first voted against secession in February 1861. However, a statewide referendum held soon after the commencement of war found Middle and West Tennessee voters, whose living was tied to the southern system of agriculture, which was often dependent upon slavery, in favor of leaving the Union. East Tennessee, which remained loyal, was […]
Catherine Hunt – Civil War Shades
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Wessyngton – Civil War Shades
Maria Howard Weeden. Portrait of Emanuel Washington. ca. 1890. Private Collection. This portrait by Maria Howard Weeden (1846-1905) is of Emanuel Washington, who worked at Wessyngton in Cedar Hill, Tennessee, for the Washington family after the Civil War. John F. Baker, Jr., is one of his descendants. Weeden, who created a number of life portraits […]
Coverlet – Civil War Shades
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Capturing the Flag – Civil War Shades
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