Archives: Civil War Collection

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Document – Confederate States Forage Requisition. For 1 private horse in service of Capt. G.T. Gardner. Issued for the month of August 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, for 310 lbs. of fodder. In protective sleeve.

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Civil War letter dated September 19, 1861, from Confederate soldier W.P. Summers to his family in Georgia. Summers was serving in Phillip’s Legion which had trained at Camp McDonald in Big Shanty, Georgia. The letter is written at Camp Arbuckle, Meadow Bluff, Virginia and contains information about his march under General Floyd from Lynchburg to Meadow Bluff, Virginia. He states that “Gen. Floyd treats us like children.” Original is handwritten in ink and in protective sleeve. A transcript is available.

Civil War receipt dated June 6, 1864, from Capt. Kessel of 2nd Indiana Cavalry, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade, to J.F. Sommers for oats and 35 bushels of fodder received at Big Shanty, Georgia. Original handwritten receipt is in protective sleeve and a transcript is available.

Civil War receipt dated June 6, 1864, from Captain E. Barnet, 2nd Indiana Cavalry, to Mrs. Summers for 3 dozen bundles of fodder “for the use of USA” received at Big Shanty, Georgia. Original handwritten receipt is in protective sleeve and a transcript is available.

Civil War letter dated June 18, 1862, from Confederate soldier T.W. Wingo to his wife, Elizabeth. Written at Louden, Tennessee, Wingo tells of traveling from Chattanooga and hears that the “Yankees are looking for a fight, but haven’t seen any.” He hopes for peace because he is getting tired of the war. He also describes the crops in Tennessee. Wingo enlisted as a private in Co. E, 43d Georgia Regiment, Forsyth Co. Kellogg Rifles, on May 10, 1862. He was transferred to the regimental band and died July 9, 1863. Handwritten in ink on a ledger page, the letter is in a protective sleeve. A transcript is available.

Brown envelope addressed to “Mr. J.S. Wingo, Big Shanty, Georgia.” No postmark or stamp. In protective sleeve.

Brown envelope addressed to “Mrs. M.A. Wingo, Big Shanty, Ga., Cobb Co.” Postmarked Milledgeville, Ga. November 9, 18--. No stamp. In protective sleeve.

Handwritten invitation acknowledgement to Mr. J.S. Wingo, which states “Lissie returns compliments and will be pleased to accompany to the party. Respectfully, Lissie Sommers. Big Shanty, Georgia, February 24, 1881.” Note in protective sleeve.

Note in pencil, undated, for J.J. Wingo to “dead head to Chattanooga” and come out with a caboose. Reverse side contains math calculations and “J.J. Wingo.” Note in protective sleeve.

Brown envelope from “Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.” addressed to “Mrs. W.D. Chastain, Kennesaw, Ga. (in very faint type). No stamp and postmark is illegible except for “May 15, 1915.” Penciled across the front is “Hat Pattern.” Envelope is in protective sleeve.

Western and Atlantic Time Table booklet beginning July 6, 1890. “W.T. Wingo” is penciled across the top.

Small pocket note pad in booklet form with notes written in pencil. Each page represented a month in 1900, and seems to be a work schedule, daily miles traveled and personal notes (purchased 2 bottles of Fletcher Castoria). He also recorded any events which held him up (“wreck at E & W”). Orange colored covers have “Lion Coffee” ads on both sides. “W.F. Wingo” is penciled across front cover.

Small pocket note pad in booklet form with notes written in pencil. Each page represented a month in 1892, and seems to be a work schedule, daily miles traveled, and personal notes. Brown covers have ads for “S.J. Klause Clothing in Chattanooga, Tenn.” “J.S. Wingo” written inside cover.

Small pocket note pad in booklet form with notes written in pencil. Each page represented a month in 1895, and seems to be a work schedule, daily miles traveled, and personal notes. Interesting notes include “30th May – Crew carried soldiers to Chatta and I lost the day.” Also, “Leon Kendrick killed Jany 5, 1896, Sunday a.m.” Note pad is blue with front cover embossed “Horsford’s Handy Guide to the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, 1895.” Printed information inside includes guide to Atlanta’s hotels, theaters, parks, churches, and city government. Each page contains a small ad for Horsford’s bread and a section about the bread.

Western and Atlantic Railroad Employee’s Pass Check for 1889. “Feb 15, 1889 – Pass J.S. Wingo from Chatta to Atlanta.” Pass is in 2 sections and contained in 2 protective sleeves.

Western and Atlantic Railroad Employee’s Pass Check for 1889. “June 8, 1889 – Pass J.S. Wingo from Atlanta to Chatta.” Pass is in 2 sections and contained in 2 protective sleeves.

Certification card for Richmond & Danville Railroad Co., Atlanta and Charlotte Division, dated September 26, 1892. States that J.S. Wingo signed Form 1, G.S. relative to coupling and uncoupling cars.

Air Brake Instruction Car certification card for N.C. & St. L. Railway dated January 21, 1899. States J.S. Wingo, “Brakeman” was examined in operation of Westinghouse Automatic Air Brake.

Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway pass for J. Wingo between Atlanta and Kennesaw until May 31, 1901. Pass has conductor’s punches along the edges.

Pamphlet entitled “Constitution and General Rules of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen – 1901.”

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Sepia tinted 5” x 7” photograph of William Dean Chastain, Sr. and Cassander Elizabeth Wingo. Undated photo, but information taped to cardboard backing states “William Dean Chastain, Sr.* Born Feb. 5, 1881 Died Oct. 3, 1951 – Cassander Elizabeth Wingo Born Nov. 4, 1885 Died Oct. 3, 1951 *Buried in Gresham Cemetery, Shallowford Rd., Cobb County, Georgia.”

Sepia tinted 5” x 7” photograph of Thomas Franklin Summers, Ca. 1890. No further information is provided.

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1862 Western and Atlantic Railroad specie note for $1, “payable in sum of Five Dollars.” A red steam engine and passenger cars is at the top. Note was used to finance the Western and Atlantic Railroad.

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1863 C.S. National 50-cent note – Bust of Jefferson Davis in center. In protective sleeve.

1864 C.S. National $5 note – State capitol at Richmond, Virginia in center; C.G. Memminger at right.

1864 C.S. National $10 note – Horses pulling cannon in center; R.N.T. Hunter at right. In protective sleeve.

1864 C.S. National $20 note – State capitol at Nashville, Tennessee in center; A.H. Stephens at right.  In protective sleeve.

1864 C.S. National $50 note – Jefferson Davis in center. In protective sleeve.

$100 C.S. interest-bearing note issued in 1862 – Steam engine with train, ship in the background, woman with a basket on her head. Stamped on reverse “Interest Paid to 1st January 1863 at Charleston.” Handwritten “Interest Paid to 1st January 1864. In protective sleeve.

1871 Brunswick & Albany Railroad Company $1 note – Steam locomotive in center. In protective sleeve.

1862 Western & Atlantic Railroad 50-cent note. Red locomotive with cars across the top of the bill. In protective sleeve.

1864 Georgia $1 note – Steam engine with train, ship in the background. In protective sleeve.

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Official1962 Louisville & Nashville Railroad “General” Centennial Tour Press Kit. Folder is yellow with a black illustration of the “General” and “News Kit – The General.” Louisville & Nashville Railroad logo “The Dixie Line” included on cover. Folder information includes:

“James J. Andrews” – biographical information about Andrews.

“The Men Who Made ‘The General’ Famous” – Short biographical sketches of the raiders and pursuers.“The Locomotive ‘The General’” – Statistical information concerning the locomotive.

Past and Present – Louisville & Nashville Railroad – a photographic history magazine of the L&N.

L&N Magazine – April – May 1962 edition with photographs and articles about the restoration of “The General.”

Light blue souvenir ticket for “Commemorative Excursion with the General.”

One-page document from the National Railway Historical Society, Inc. with the tour schedule for the General between Kennesaw and Chattanooga and return to Atlanta.

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Timetable for Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Atlanta Division, No. 245, April 12, 1948. Beige cover.

Passenger train timetable for Louisville and Nashville Railroad for April 26, 1964. Red, white and blue cover.

Timetable for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company – Western and Atlantic Division, No. 12, November 28, 1965. Beige cover.

Timetable for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company – Montgomery, New Orleans, & Pensacola Division, No.4, April 28, 1968.

Timetable for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company – Atlanta Division, No. 1, November 28, 1976. Beige cover.

Timetable for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company – Atlanta Division, No. 2, December 21, 1980. Yellow cover.

Small tourism booklet, “The Story of ‘The General,” issued ca. 1955 by the Passenger Department of the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway. Contains 27 pages of the history of the chase, raider information, and the description of “The General.” In protective sleeve.

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Civil War era card with sketch of Union color bearer carrying flag to a fort wall. The card is printed with a “3” in the upper left corner and “Color Bearer” across top. The flag is tinted. In protective sleeve.

Death certificate of William J. Knight. Information contained in the certificate indicates he died September 26, 1917, in Stryker, Ohio, of acute nephritis and uremia poisoning, at age 79. His wife, Emma, signed the certificate as next of kin.

Post war (near turn of century) black and white photograph of William Knight wearing his Congressional Medal of Honor. Knight was one of the Andrew’s Raiders. (Previously inventoried as P2001.015.)          

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Two 25-cent Western and Atlantic Railroad specie for February 1, 1862. Illustration of red engine and cars at top.

50-cent Western and Atlantic Railroad specie for February 1, 1862. Illustration of red engine and cars at top. Note has been punched.

Document transferring Confederate conscript A.C. Price to hospital duty in Chattanooga due to his being “incapacitated for duty as a soldier in the field.” Document was written March 12, 1863, Fayetteville, TN. Transcript available.

Harper’s Weekly – Journal of Civilization (New York): 1 page (double-sided) from the July 2, 1864 edition (encapsulated).

Page 419 - Prices and Investments (editorial on wartime prices); Hall’s Arctic Expedition (news of Mr. C.F. Hall’s second exploration to Arctic); A Nurse’s Story (Nurse Olive Lancaster and her various activities ministering to wounded soldiers at Memphis, Tennessee, including her cousin, whom she married); Domestic Intelligence (list of bills and provisions recently passed by Congress); General Grant’s Campaign (crossing of the James River and attack on Petersburg); Operations in the Shenandoah; General Sherman’s Campaign (no changes in Kennesaw Mountain line); Miscellaneous (General Foster reported five Union General officers, prisoners of war, were placed into portions of Charleston, South Carolina, under fire from Union forces).

Page 420 – Woodcuts of General Sherman’s Campaign including “Railroad Depot at Resaca, Georgia,” “Adairsville, Georgia, “ “Kingston, Georgia,” “Woodlands, Georgia,” and “Burning Railroad Bridges at Resaca.”

Harper’s Weekly – A Journal of Civilization – Vol. VIII – No. 393, New York, Saturday, July 9, 1864: 8 pages (double-sided); encapsulated.

Front page – Woodcuts of “Capt. J. Henry Sleeper, Commanding the Tenth Massachusetts Battery,” and “Sleeper’s Battery.” Captain J. Henry Sleeper (biography of Sleeper); General Alexander Hayes (biography of Hayes – continued to page 434).

Page 434 – The President’s Letter (letter to President Lincoln sent by Committee of the National Union Convention informing him of his nomination for President, and his reply); The Fourth of July (editorial discussion of the principals of the American Revolution compared with current Civil War); The Campaign in Virginia (editorial discussion of General Lee vs. General Grant in Virginia and the failure of Grant’s campaign - continued to page 435).

Page 435 – A South Carolina Ode for the Fourth of July (Union ode composed for Union parts of South Carolina in 1831); New Books (book reviews); Correspondence (letter from I. Henderson, Navy Agent, defending himself against charges by government); Domestic Intelligence (congressional bills and provisions recently passed); news from General Grant’s campaign that the situation at Petersburg remained essentially unchanged after assaults of June 18 and discussion of other actions during the week. General Sherman’s campaign still confronted at Kennesaw Mountain and the action of June 27. Also, military action reported against Little Rock, Arkansas, in the southwest and Lafayette, Georgia; Foreign News – The Dano-German Question (dispute between Denmark and allied powers).

Page 436 – Woodcut of “General Grant’s Campaign – Transportation of Hancock’s Corps Across the James at Wilcox’s Landing.”

Page 437 – Woodcuts of “The Late Brigadier General Hays,” “Brigadier General F. C. Barlow,” “General Grant’s Campaign – A View on the Pamunkey,” “General Grant’s Campaign – Landing of Cattle for the Use of the Army.”

Page 438 – “Map Illustrating General Grant’s Campaign in Virginia”; Quite Along (novel by George Augustus Sala – Chapter XXXIII – continued to page 439).

Page 439 – Humors of the Day (jokes and stories).

Pages 440 & 441 – Full-page woodcut of “General Grant’s Campaign in Virginia. Council of War at Massaponax Church.” Borders of woodcut contain smaller woodcuts of “Quarles Mill, N. Anna River,” “Soldiers in Rifle Pitts Near Chesterfield Bridge, N. Anna,” “Confederate Soldiers Laid Out for Burial,” “Beverly House,” “One of Ewell’s Soldiers,” “Bethel Church,” “Dead Rebel Soldier, Pine Forrest – 19 May,” “Braddock’s Coach – Guinness Station, Va.,” “Jericho’s Mill and Pontoon Bridge – N. Anna,” “Burying the Dead,” “Constructing a Military Road,” “Rebel Redoubt on North Anna.”

Page 442 - General Grant’s Campaign (articles concerning woodcuts from 440-441); Unconditional Surrender (short fictional story); How Miss Avoyelles Kept Her Promise (novelette – continued to page 443).

Page 443 – Continuation of novelette from page 442.

Page 444 – Woodcuts of “General Sherman’s Campaign – Big Shanty Station – General Logan’s Advance, June 10, 1864,” “General Sherman’s Campaign – Military Telegraph to Ackworth, Georgia,” General Sherman’s Campaign (article accompanying woodcuts).

Page 445 – Woodcuts of “The Brig ‘Vision’, Captain Donovan, Leaving New York for Liverpool, June 26, 1864,” “Execution of the Negro William Johnson, at Petersburg, Va.,” “The Rebel General James Longstreet”; Gone to Sea (article concerning the “Vision” beginning its crossing of the Atlantic Ocean); General Longstreet (military biography); Negro Execution (William Johnson executed for “outrage on a white woman” at Cold Harbor, Va.); General F.C. Barolow (military biography); How I Got My Little Dog (short story – continued to page 446).

Page 446 – Lost In The Wilderness (a poem).

Page 447 – Various period advertisements.

Page 448 – Editorial cartoon “An Old Story Newly Applied”: Various period advertisements.

Harper’s Weekly – A Journal of Civilization – Vol. VIII – No. 398, New York, Saturday, August 13, 1864: 8 pages (double-sided); encapsulated.

Front page – Woodcuts of “General Hooker Riding Along His Line on July 21, 1864,” “Union General James B. McPherson,” “Union General Oliver O. Howard.”

Page 514 – The Arch Rebel (debate of slavery as a state institution); The New Government Loan (discussion of loan for two hundred million dollars); The Call for Men (editorial discussion of call for 500,000 men to military); The Nation is Not a Confederacy (argument against the constitutionality of the establishment of the Confederacy); A Pleasant Programme (coincidence of Confederate agents in frontier and the invasion of Maryland – continued to page 515).

Page 515 – An Important Beginning (meeting of University Convocation of New York); Cunning Outwitted (editorial concerning peace proposal submitted at Niagara Falls, New York); The Appeal to Cowardice (editorial criticizing Copperheads trying to convince soldiers to be cowards); Death of Mrs. General Barlow (obituary for July 27, 1864); No Military Autocrat (draft call in Georgia); The Stonington Line (article concerning the Stonington Harbor in New York); Domestic Intelligence (article about the unsuccessful Union assault on Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864. General Sherman’s attack on Atlanta on July 20, 1864, and the death of General James McPherson. Additional news from the Shenandoah campaign). Interesting Items (various unusual facts from around the world).

Page 516 – Woodcuts of “General Grant’s Campaign – Inspection of 2d Penn., Army of the Potomac,” “General Stannard’s Headquarters.” General Grant’s Campaign (article accompanying woodcuts – continued to page 517).

Page 517 – Woodcuts of “General Hancock and Staff – Army of the Potomac,” “General Warren and Staff – Army of the Potomac, Major General McPherson (biography – continued to page 518).

Page 518 – Major General Oliver O. Howard (war biography); Sweet Faces (a poem); A School Girl’s Story (novelette – continued to page 519).

Page 519 - The Lucky Blunder (short story).

Pages 520 & 521 – Full page woodcut on “General Grant’s Campaign – View of Petersburg From Captain Davis’s Battery, First Connecticut Artillery.”

Page 522 – Give Him No Chance (a poem); Quite Alone (continuation of novel by George Augustus Sala – continued to page 523).

Page 523 – Won At Last (short story); Humors of the Day (various jokes and humorous stories).

Page 524 – Woodcuts on “General Sherman’s Advance – Howard’s 14th Corps Crossing the Chattahoochie – July 12, 1864,” “General Sherman’s Advance – Turner’s Mill on the Nickajack Creek, Georgia,” “General Sherman’s Advance – Fish Trap in the Chattahoochie.”

Page 525 – Woodcuts on “General Sherman’s Advance - View of the Military College Near Marietta, Georgia,” “General Sherman’s Advance – Colonel Brownlow on a Picket Hunt,” “The Late Brigadier-General Charles G. Harker,” “Brigadier-General A.S. Williams,” General Sherman’s Advance (article accompanying woodcuts and obituary of General Harker).

Page 526 – Clara’s Pledge (short story); A Madman’s End (short story).

Page 527 – Various period advertisements.

Page 528 – Editorial woodcut “Pennsylvania Ready for the Next Invasion,” various period advertisements.

Civil War era sheet music – The Sybyl or Warblings At Morn

“Romance for the Piano Forte” by Brinley Richards. Encapsulated.

Civil War era sheet music – Gems For the Home Circle – “A Collection of Easy and Brilliant Pieces for the Piano” by A.P. Wyman. Encapsulated.

Civil War era sheet music – Festival March by Charles Fradel. Encapsulated.

Watercolor print of “The General” by Ed Eaton, number 497/1000. Engineer with oil can inspecting drivers. Encapsulated.

Large map of Military Railroads 1861-1866. Routes are marked in different colors. Encapsulated.

Tan poster of “The General” in ink. View of the front and right side of the engine.

8” x 10” black and white photograph of the Roundhouse in Atlanta, Georgia, taken after it was destroyed in 1864. Sepia tone. Encapsulated.

Atlanta Constitution – June 27, 1926 – single page document :”Cannon of Kennesaw Awake to Joe Brown’s Pen – Former Governor Depicts Armies Murderous Charge on Marietta’s Mountains.” An interesting history of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.

Article “The Great Locomotive Chase in Georgia,” by William Pittenger. Pages 141-146 from a May 1888 unknown publication. Article has an illustration of “The General” speeding along with several raiders in cab and on tender. In protective sleeve.

Travel brochure for Marietta, Georgia, 1887. Has history of Marietta and the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and woodcuts of several historical events (including “The General”) and views around the city. A map of the W&A is on the back cover. In protective sleeve.

Two souvenir booklets, “The Great Locomotive Chase” from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Slick cover has photos of “The General” and “The Texas.” Includes illustration of James Andrews and photographs of William Fuller and the Last Reunion in 1886.

Centennial pass to ride on “The General” on Georgia Railroad, issued March 20, 1964, for St. Louis to Oklahoma City. Pass No. 3542. Mounted on piece of red cardstock and in protective sleeve.

Poem “Beloved Ole General,” written by Imogene McAfee Buder upon the occasion of welcoming “The General” home in 1972.

Small newspaper article from unknown source and unknown date, attached to the back of a magazine page. Article concerns the discovery of “The General” by Prof. Warren Clark and the restoration of “The General” in ca. 1890. Newspaper is very brittle and acidic.

Two Louisville and Nashville travel brochures, “The Great Locomotive Chase.” Front cover has a color photograph of “The General” sitting, under steam, on a trestle. A sketch of “The Texas” and “The General” by Wilbur Kurtz, along with facts of the chase, and several photographs of the raiders and pursuers, are inside the booklet. In protective sleeve.

1961 vinyl phonograph record (33 1/3 rpm) of “Gone With The Wind” by Max Steiner. Contained in original color bi-fold album cover.

Color movie still photograph of Fess Parker and Jeff Hunter titled “A Clever Ruse.” Walt Disney promotion for “The Great Locomotive Chase.”

Magazine promotional advertisement for Walt Disney’s “The Great Locomotive Chase.” Full color with photos of Fess Parker, Jeff Hunter, Jeff York, and John Lupton. Encapsulated.

Poster of Jacob Parrott by Doug Byrum, Sullivan Johnson Museum of Hardin Co., Ohio. Sketch is blue and brown on gray background and contains a capsule history. Encapsulated.

Movie poster advertisement for Walt Disney’s “The Great Locomotive Chase.” Full color poster.

45RPM vinyl record entitled “Andy’s Raiders.” Features “The General’s Coming Home” by The Cobbs on Side 1. Side 2 has “Kennesaw, also by The Cobbs. Record is in a white paper slip sleeve. (2 Records).

1956 Dell comic book of Walt Disney’s “Great Locomotive Chase.” Color photo of Fess Parker on “General” on front cover with words “He risked his life to end the war.” A history of “The General” is on the back cover.

Letter from Fess Parker dated April 12, 1997, to commemorate the re-issue of “The Great Locomotive Chase” on video. He mentions the preservation of “The General” and the “Old South Ball.” The stationary is headed “The Great Locomotive Chase 135th Anniversary.” In protective sleeve.

Blank stationary page headed “Walt Disney’s The Great Locomotive Chase – starring Fess Parker and Jeff Hunter – Cinemascope, Technicolor.” Small print at bottom left advises “Copyright 1956.” Has illustration of “General” and “Texas” in chase.

Letter from Fess Parker dated April 12, 1995, written in appreciation to Walt Disney for producing the “Great Locomotive Chase,” and describing how it felt to operate an 1860’s steam engine. He also thanks people in Clayton and Atlanta for their assistance during the filming. Written on letterhead stationary “From the desk of Fess Parker.”

Movie promotion for “The Great Locomotive Chase” with small photos of Fess Parker, Jeff Hunter, Jeff York, and John Lupton. Has illustration of “The General” at night. Printed on yellow paper.

1st Day of Issue cover with representation of the Pittenger sketch of “The General” speeding along with several raiders aboard. Cover has title “Locomotive Chase in Georgia Spring 1862.” Four 2-cent “Locomotive 1870’s” and one 13-cent “Indian Head Penny” stamps are postmarked “Chicago, Ill. March 20, 1982.”

Commerative envelope, gray with the history of “The General” and a “Big Shanty Museum” return address. A “Hudson’s General” stamp is affixed and postmarked “Hudson’s ‘General’ Station, July 29, 1994, Kennesaw, Ga. 30144.”

Commerative envelope “The Engine General and Georgia Reunited – Enshrined Kennesaw April 12, 1972.” Has color map of the chase route and sketch of “The General.” A “Stone Mountain Memorial” stamp and “Shiloh Centennial” stamp are postmarked “Kennesaw, Ga., April 12, 1972.”

Commerative envelope “The Engine General and Georgia Reunited – Enshrined Kennesaw April 12, 1972.” Has color map of the chase route and sketch of “The General.” Has “Hudson’s General” stamp affixed and postmarked Kennesaw, Ga., July 29, 1994.”

Atlanta Stamp Collector’s Club envelope “Celebrates APEX 73 Nov 16-18” (1973) with map and “General” on cover. Also contains a small map inside. No stamp.

Commerative stamp “Hudson’s General” mounted on gray and red placard with a plate stamp picture of “The General.”

Portfolio marked “2nd Day of Issue Ceremony – Kennesaw, Ga., July 29, 1994.” Contains five stamps – “Hudson’s General,” “McQueen’s Jupiter,” “Eddy’s No. 242,” Ely’s No. 10,” and “Buchanan’s No. 999” postmarked “Big Shanty.” Also contains the program of the ceremony at Kennesaw.

Five 1st Day of Issue covers postmarked “Chama, N.M., July 28, 1994.” Each cover has illustration of “The General” and “Official 1st Day of Issue,” and “Friends of Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad” printed on it. Each cover has one of the following stamps on it – “Hudson’s General;” “Eddy’s No. 242;” McQueen’s Jupiter;” “Buchanan’s #999;” “Ely’s No. 10.” In protective sleeve.

Stamp folio, red in color, entitled “Steam Locomotives,” and has stamp of “McQueen’s Jupiter” on front cover. Inside is titled “Riding Through History” and has a photograph of steam locomotives in front of a western-style hotel (“Howard House”). Five stamps – “Hudson’s General,” “McQueen’s Jupiter,” “Eddy’s No. 242,” “Ely’s No. 10,” and “Buchanan’s No. 999” – stamped “1st Day of Issue, Chama, N.M., July 28, 1994.” In protective sleeve.

Commerative envelope entitled “70 years of fueling engines on the Narrow Gauge,” “Coal Tipple Station, Chama, N.M. 87520, Opening Day – May 28, 1994.” Postmarked with picture of steam locomotive. Sketch of coal tipple tower. Five “Locomotive 1870s” stamps and one “Railroad Mail Car 1920’s” stamp. Envelope contains history of the site.

87th Anniversary of The Great Locomotive Chase cover with “The Texas Backs Into History – “87th Anniversary 1862-1949 – NC & St. L” imprinted in green. Postmarked “Marietta, April 12, 1949.” Centennial of U.S. and Canada friendship stamp affixed.

Block of 20 Civil War 32-cent postage stamps. Each stamp depicts a Civil War battle or personage and has brief history of each depiction on back of stamp.

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22”x 28” color movie poster advertisement for “The General,” starring Buster Keaton. Poster has photo stills of Keaton. A Film Classic reproduction. Encapsulated.

Color postcard of the “General” in the mountains on dual tracks. Very blurry card with staple holes and a note on the back ordering 1,000 of the cards in 1979.

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8mm film entitled “General Abridged.” Two reels, boxed, from Black Hawk Films. This is the Buster Keaton movie, “The General.”

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8” x 10” black and white photograph of a Type 1, James artillery projectile. Shell pictured has full lead sabot attached to the vents and has label affixed.

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8” x 10” black and white photograph of the General & tender sitting on a flat car outside of the Big Shanty museum in 1972.  Several citizens are behind the General, on the museum side.

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Remains of a scrapbook compiled by Confederate veteran Nat Poyntz. His home was in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. Poyntz joined the Confederate Army at age 14 and fought under General John H. Morgan’s cavalry command. He joined the U.S. Army after the Civil War as a civilian clerk and was stationed in the Philippines for six years following the Spanish-American War. He was transferred in 1904 to the office of Depot Quartermaster in Massachusetts. Poyntz was 80 years old when he retired and died two years later.

The scrapbook contained postcards, documents, photographs, and Confederate money glued to black construction paper pages. The glue and paper caused damage to all the items; some extensive while others could be removed with little damage. The following items were found in the scrapbook:

Confederate document - Requisition and Bill form, written and printed, dated March 1, 1863, for “15 barrels of molasses and 183 lbs. Fresh pork - $445.75.” Document in protective sleeve.

Confederate document - Special Requisition form, written and printed, dated July 13, 1863, for “wagon wheels and mule shoes.” Items received at Frederick, Maryland, were “one hundred pounds mule shoes and four wagon wheels.” Document is in torn and ragged condition and in protective sleeve.

Confederate document - printed and handwritten, dated August 5, 1864, from the “Office of Medical Director of Hospitals, Macon, Ga.” giving a 30-day furlough to “Private H. Field of Co. A. 10th Tenn. Battery.” Signed by “J.T. Nichols, Medical Director of Hospitals.”

Envelope for above document. Written in the upper right is “Official”, with “Captain Co H, 10th Tenn Regiment” written in middle.

Confederate document - printed, “General Orders, No. 82” from the “Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, Va. June 12, 1863.” This order concerns the organization of “Partizan Rangers.”

Brown paper envelope from:

“Lieut. J. A. Edwards

Co. H (?) 10th Regt. G.V.” to

”Mrs. J.A. Edwards

Anthony Shoat

Elbert Co., Ga.“

A black ink stamp on the envelope states “Due 10.” The postmark is illegible.

Handwritten pass on plain paper – “Headquarters 1st Brig 2nd Div, Angeles, PI, Oct. 27/99,” for N. F. Poyntz to travel to Manila. This pass was signed by General Joseph Wheeler as Brigadier General of United States Volunteers. Wheeler was an ex-Confederate general who volunteered for the U.S. Army after the Civil War and was prominent in the Spanish-American War.

Newspaper article, unknown source and date – “Soldier, 80, May Yet Draw Bonus.” Article concerns Poyntz’s fight to get a bonus denied to him because of age.

Newspaper article, unknown source and date – “Confederate Veteran of Hub Going to Texas Reunion.” Concerns Poyntz traveling to Dallas, Texas, for the United Confederate Veteran’s Reunion in 1925.

Newspaper article, unknown source and date – “Hub’s 80 Year Old Soldier Has Pacific Coast Rival.” Article about James H. Johnson, 81, who worked at Quartermaster store at Fort Mason, California. He had 67 years in the army and stated that Poyntz should not retire.

Newspaper article, unknown source and date – “Army Clerk, 77, Puts Ku Klux to Rout.” Article about Poyntz’s 3000 mile trip to the South and West and how he gave chase to two hooded KKK members in Kentucky. He stated that he lost time due to “their youth.”

Newspaper photograph of Rev. William Mack Lee, a black servant of General Robert E. Lee. He is in a Confederate uniform with many reunion ribbons and pins.

Xerox copy of Nat Poyntz’s Obituary giving biographical information.

Page with reproductions of engravings or photographs: “The Gallant Custer as he looked shortly before his death trip.”

“General R.E. Lee as a young officer;” “Lee Mansion in Arlington, Va.;” “Mrs. R.E. Lee;” “Confederate President Jefferson Davis.”

Check drawn on “The Bank of Hawaii, Ltd.” – June 8, 1899 to order of Nat Poyntz for $13. Check has blue-lined background with word “Second” in white. Also has “Second or Exchange, First Unpaid” printed on it.

Envelope with two 5-cent Confederate stamps affixed. Postmarked “Rocky Mount, N.C. – Jan 6, 1863 (?).” Addressed to:

“Mrs. Jno W. Robinson,

Care of Dr. B.W. Robinson

Fayetteville, N.C.”

Envelope with one 10-cent Confederate stamp affixed. Postmarked “Washington (?) Ga.” Addressed to:

“Hon. Mr. Clarke

Of The House

Richmond, Virginia”.

Envelope with one 10-cent Confederate stamp affixed. Postmark illegible. Addressed to:

“Col. John B. Sale (?)

Richmond,

Va.”

Written in faint pencil is “Gen. Hindman (?). Recd April 26, 64”

Set of five cards depicting Confederate flags. Cards have brown background with the flag illustrations in color.

1st card is entitled “The Battle Flag,” a poem.

2nd card depicts Flag #1 – the stars and bars.

3rd card depicts Flag #2 – battle flag (St. Andrew’s Cross)

4th card depicts Flag #3 – white with St. Andrew’s Cross canton.

5th card depicts Flag #4 – white with red stripe and St. Andrew’s Cross canton.

3 x 5 black and white photograph with “Dallas, Texas, May 1925, Ollie I. Poyntz” in black fountain pen ink across top. Image of Nat and Ollie Poyntz – Nat is holding US and CS flags.

Group of three small black and white photographs of Nat Poyntz with several men and women.

3 x 5 black and white photograph of unknown infant in carriage.

Group of 40 color tinted postcards apparently collected from his trip to the South and West in the 1920’s. Some of the cards have personal messages and stamps. The subjects are as follows:

“The State Capitol Showing Confederate Soldier’s Monument – Montgomery, Ala.”

“Front View Of State Capitol – Montgomery, Ala.”

“White House of the Confederacy – Montgomery, Ala.”

“Florida State Monument – Chickamauga Battlefield Near Chattanooga, Tenn.”

“Wisconsin Monument – Riderless Horse – at Chickamauga Park Near Chattanooga, Tenn.”

“Kentucky State Monument, Chattanooga, Tenn., Chickamauga Park.”

Seven postcards from “Stone Mountain, Ga.”

“General Joseph E. Johnston.”

“Devil’s Den From Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pa.” – has message. Postmarked Abington, Pa., July 6, 1927.

“Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson.”

“Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864, in Front of Petersburg, Va.”

“Houdon’s Statue of Washington (State Capitol) Richmond, Va.” – has message and Sesquicentennial Exposition stamp and postmarked July 7, 1926.

“White House Of The Confederacy – 12th and Clay St., Richmond, Va.”

“The Edgar Allen Poe Shrine (Oldest House in Richmond)” – message with Sesquicentennial Exposition stamp affixed. Postmarked “Richmond, Va. July 7, 1926.”

“Oldest Masonic Building In US (Franklin Between 18th and 19th Sts.) Richmond, Va.” Message with postmark – “Richmond, Va. July 7, 1926.”

“The Capitol, West Terrace, Washington, D.C.” – message with postmark of “July 10, 1926.”

“Fayetteville Street Looking South From State Capitol, Raleigh, N.C.” – message with postmark “Apex, N.C. – Oct 5, 1926.”

“View on Tomoka River, Florida” – message with United States flag postmark.

“Interior of Tobacco Warehouse, Ky.”

“Court House, Newport, Ky.”

“Fourth Street School and Playgrounds, Newport, Ky.”

“Moonlight Over Ohio River, Maysville, Ky.”

“Third Street Looking East, Maysville, Ky.”

“Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Mother, Lexington, Kentucky.”

“Genl. John H. Morgan, C.S. Army, Lexington, Kentucky.” On back of postcard is written “This statute stands in the Court House yard at Lexington, Ky.”

“Scene Near Green Lake, Maine” – message postmarked “Boston, Mass., July 2, 1926.”

“Elsinor Tower, Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.”

“Mt. Adams Incline and Plane, Cincinnati, Ohio.”

“Ohio River North From Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.”

“Wheatfield, Washington.”

“Mirror Lake, Mt. Rainier, Washington.”

“Eskimo Drying Salmon on Pilgrim River, Alaska.”

“Walrus Asleep on Ice Floe, Alaska.”

“High School, Balboa, Canal Zone” – message with Canal Zone stamp.

Typewritten note on thin paper, glued in album;

“Kentucky State Monument

Chickamauga Park

Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Inscription on Monument:

As we are United in Life and they United in Death, let one monument Perpetuate their Deeds, and one People Forgetful of all Asperities, Forever hold in Grateful Remembrances all the Glories of that Terrible Conflict which made all Men Free, and Retained Every Star on the Nation’s Flag.”

Large collection of Confederate currency in poor condition and still attached with glue to album pages, as follows:

1861 C.S. National $2 note – Image of South striking down the Union in center; J.P. Benjamin at left.

1861 C.S. National $5 note – Sailor seated beside bales of cotton in center; C.G. Memminger at left; Justice and Ceres at right.

1861 C.S. National $10 note – Ceres and Commerce with an urn in center.

1861 C.S. National $10 note – Slave picking cotton in center.

1861 C.S. National $20 note – Alexander H. Stephens.

1861 C.S. National $20 note – Industry seated between Cupid and Beehive in center; Bust of A.H. Stephens at left.

1861 C.S. National $20 note – Large sailing vessel; “20” at left.

1861 C.S. National $50 note – Jefferson Davis.

1862 C.S. National $1 note – Steamship at sea in center; Lucy Holcomb Pickens at left; Liberty at right. (3 notes the same)

1862 C.S. National $2 note – Judah P. Benjamin.

1862 C.S. National $100 note – Railway train in center; Milkmaid at left; note stamped on back “Interest Paid” “Bears Interest at Two Cents Per Day.” (2 notes the same)

1863 C.S. National $1 note – Clement C. Clay. (3 notes the same).

1863 C.S. National $10 note – State capitol at Columbia, S.C., in center; R.M.T. Hunter at right.

1864 C.S. National $2 note – Judah P. Benjamin.

1864 C.S. National $10 note – Horses pulling cannon in center; R.M.T. Hunter at right.

1864 C.S. National $20 note – State capitol at Nashville, Tenn. in center; A.H. Stephens at right.

1864 C.S. National $50 note – Jefferson Davis.

1863 Alabama 5-cent note – Cotton boll.

1863 Alabama 10-cent note – State seal (tree and map).

1863 Alabama 50-cent note – State seal (tree and map) (2 notes the same).

1863 Alabama $1 note – State capitol in Montgomery in center; Alabama governor at left; State seal (tree and map) at right.

1862 Georgia $1 note – Bank of Whitfield County.

1863 Georgia 50-cent note – Group of workmen in center.

1861 North Carolina $1 note – Watch dog and safe in center; Minerva at left.

1861 North Carolina $1 note – Tiny ship in center; Minerva at left.

1861 North Carolina $2 note – “State of North Carolina.”

1863 North Carolina 10-cent note – Hornet’s nest in center.

1863 North Carolina 25-cent note – Ceres at left.

1864 North Carolina 5-cent note – “State of North Carolina.”

1864 North Carolina 50-cent note – Sailing ship in center.

1861 South Carolina 25-cent note – Rooster in center.

1863 South Carolina 5-cent note – State seal (palmetto tree in center) (2 notes the same)

1863 South Carolina 50-cent note – State seal (palmetto tree) in center.

1862 Tennessee 50-cent note – Bank of Chattanooga.

1861 Virginia $1 note – The Bank of Howardsville.

1861 Virginia $1 note – The City of Portsmouth.

1862 Virginia 10-cent note – The City of Richmond.

1862 Virginia 50-cent note – The City of Portsmouth.

1862 Virginia $1 note – Bank of Virginia

1862 Virginia $1 note – Virginia Treasury note; Ceres seated and bust of John Letcher.

Unknown date – United States 10-cent note – William M. Meredith at left.

Large collection of Confederate currency removed from album covers and placed in protective sleeves, as follows:

1861 C.S. National $5 note – C.G. Memminger; Minerva at right.

1861 C.S. National $5 note – Machinist with hammer in center; boy in oval at left.

1861 C.S. National $5 note – Ceres seated on bale of cotton in center; sailor at left. (2 notes the same – one has redemption cuts).

1861 C.S. National $5 note – Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Justice and Liberty seated in center; Minerva at left; statute of Georgia Washing at right.

1861 C.S. National $10 note – Ceres and Commerce with an urn. Note contains redemption cuts. (2 notes the same).

1861 C.S. National $10 note – Slave picking cotton. Note contains redemption cuts.

1861 C.S. National $20 note – Ship at sea in center; sailor on left.

1861 C.S. National $20 note – Industry seated between Cupid and Beehive in center; bust of A.H. Stephens at left (2 notes the same).

1861 C.S. National $20 note – Ship at sea in center.

1861 C.S. National $50 note – George Washington in center; Tellus at left.

1862 C.S. National $1 note – Steamship at sea in center; Lucy Holcomb Pickens at right; Liberty at left.

1862 C.S. National $2 note – Illustration of South striking down Union in center; J.P. Benjamin at left.

1862 C.S. National $5 note – State capitol at Richmond, Virginia, in center; C.G. Memminger at left. Note has redemption cuts.

1862 C.S. National $10 note – Ceres reclining on cotton bales in center; R.M.T. Hunter at right. Note has redemption cuts.

1863 C.S. National $1 note – Clement C. Clay in center.

1863 C.S. National $5 note – State capitol at Richmond, Virginia in center; C.G. Memminger at right. Note has redemption cuts (2 notes the same).

1863 C.S. National $10 note – State capitol at Columbia, S.C. in center; R.M.T. Hunter on right.

1863 C.S. National $20 note – State capitol at Nashville, Tennessee in center; A.H. Stephens at right.

1864 C.S. National 50-cent note – Bust of Jefferson Davis in center. (2 notes the same).

1864 C.S. National $5 note – State capitol at Richmond, Virginia; C.G. Memminger at right.

1864 C.S. National $10 note – Horses pulling cannon in center; R.M.T. Hunter at right.

1864 C.S. National $20 note – State capitol at Nashville, Tennessee; A.H. Stephens at right.

1864 C.S. National $50 note – Jefferson Davis in center.

1864 C.S. National $500 note – Equestrian statue of Washington in center; Confederate flag on left; General T.J. “Stonewall” Jackson at right.

1863 Alabama 10-cent note – State seal (tree and map) (2 notes the same).

1863 Alabama 25-cent note – Wagonload of cotton.

1863 Alabama 50-cent note – State seal (tree and map).

1863 Alabama $1 note – State Capitol at Montgomery, Alabama in center; Governor at left; State seal (tree and map) at right.

1863 Florida 50-cent note – “The State of Florida.”

1862 Georgia 50-cent note – Group of workmen in center (2 notes the same).

1862 Georgia $5 note – Monument shaft in center; girl in oval at right.

1862 Louisiana $1 note – Ceres seated at center.

1863 Louisiana $5 note – Illustration of North and South in conflict in center; state seal (pelican feeding young birds) at left; nymph pouring water at right.

1861 North Carolina $2 note – “State of North Carolina.”

1862 North Carolina 10-cent note – Hornet’s nest.

1862 North Carolina 25-cent note – Ceres at left. (2 notes the same).

1862 North Carolina 50-cent note – Ship at sea.

1862 North Carolina $1 note – “State of North Carolina.”

1863 North Carolina 5-cent note – “Liberty and Peace in a circle.

1863 North Carolina $3 note – Liberty standing, Ceres seated.

1862 Virginia 50-cent note – The City of Portsmouth.

1862 Virginia $1 note – The City of Portsmouth with Virginia State Seal at top center, Confederate States bond redemption certificates for 1863;

$4 certificate

$30 certificate

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The Great Kennesaw Route Gazette – Vol. 1, No. 1 – Atlanta – January 1886

Front page – Various period advertisements for real estate.

Page 2 - G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic encampment announcement for Atlanta on February 26, 1886, for Union veterans in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama); There’s Nothing Lost (a poem); The Poor Man’s Home (editorial on the plight of the poor); Choose Your Tools (philosophic editorial by Ploughman); Love Has Its Magnet (editorial on True Love).

Page 3 – The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (descriptive account of the battle taken from “The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia, or War Scenes on the W & A” by Joseph M. Brown – continued to page 4); Woodcut if the “Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, June 27th, 1864.

Page 4 – Continuation of page 3.

Page 5 – War Scenes on the W & A (from The Southern Industrial Record advertisement for Joseph M. Brown’s book “Mountain Campaigns in Georgia.”); Antiquities (short humorous statements and facts); A Little Nonsense (“The Crusher Crushed” – a humorous poem).

Page 6 – Advertisement for the W & A Railroad; Time table.

Page 7 – Time table

Page 8 – Story of Elizabeth, Ga. And the marble companies established there (continued on page 9); Additional time tables.

Page 9 – Time tables; Kennesaw Mountain (from the Atlanta Intelligencer, June 22d, 1864, - continued to page 10).

Page 10 – The Rifle Pits Before Kennesaw (from “Mountain Campaigns in Georgia”).

Page 11 – Various period advertisements.

Page 12 – Advertisement for the Kimball House in Atlanta.

Southern Railway tourism brochure, ca. 1960, entitled “Chickamauga.” Brochure features historical information about the battle as well as a color map of the Southern Railway System. Brochure is in a protective sleeve.          

Western and Atlantic Railroad specie dated July 1862, for 50-cents. Steam engine and passenger cars printed in red across the top center. In protective sleeve.

Western and Atlantic Railroad specie dated July 1882, for 50-cents. Steam engine and passenger cars printed in red across the top center. Transferred to display on 3/24/03.

South Carolina Railroad Company $1 fare ticket good for one fare on July 1st, 1873. Green note has a steam locomotive in upper left and is punched. In protective sleeve.

Mississippi Central Railroad Company 75-cent note issued in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Note has a steam train in center and date of January 1, 1862. In protective sleeve.

New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Company note for $1.50 issued in New Orleans.  Note has a steam train in center with Lady & Eagle on lower right with date of November 16, 1864. In protective sleeve.

$2 Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Georgia note issued in Savannah, Georgia. Note has steam train in center with date of December 19, 1861. The note was printed on the reverse side of bonds of the company. In protective sleeve.

Document from Soloman S. Barnard giving power of attorney to John C. Rowland to sell his stock in the South Western Railroad on March 4, 1869.

Document giving John Cunningham power of attorney to transfer four shares of Capital Stock of the South Western Railroad Co., June 1869.

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Civil War letter written by Confederate soldier E.J. Humphries at Camp McDonald, Big Shanty, GA. on August 10,1861, to his wife and children. Humphries was elected 1st Corporal on July 5, 1861, in Co. A, Phillip’s Legion (Georgia). The letter is in good shape, written on white paper (which has turned yellow with age). A transcript and historical research is available.

Color portrait of unidentified Union Army Lieutenant seated in chair and holding his sword. The painting is gouache technique (pastel paints over a drawing). The uniform coat the lieutenant is wearing is also owned by the museum.

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Transportation Bill for the Confederate States from Western and Atlantic Railroad for shipments from Etowah to Dalton, Ga. May 1864. Handwriting on document is faded. In protective sleeve.

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Union soldier’s letter from Edward M. O’Brien of Battery H, DeGoyer’s Battery, 1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery, to friends. The letter is dated June 28, 1864, and is written from Brush Mountain, Georgia, near Kennesaw Mountain. He states that they have “taken a contract from father Abraham  we call it fighting by the month.” He also details the position of the armies around Brush Mountain and provides a sketch of the arrangement. In protective sleeve. Transcript available.

Union soldier’s letter from George W. Gaul to his aunt and uncle on May 30, 1864. The one-page letter is written on the battlefield of Dallas, Georgia. Gaul talks a little about the recent battles and expectation of being attacked that night. Envelope addressed to Mr. Aysam (?) Knox of Groveland, Mass. Is included. In protective sleeve. Transcript available.

Two documents from Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, Patterson, New Jersey (builders of the “General”). The first document is a receipt for $3,825.00 from the board of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, datedOctober 27, 1875. The second is a letter returning $3,825.00 dated November 4, 1878. In protective sleeve.

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Black and white photograph of sketch of “Charge of Humphrey’s Division at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862.” From Library of Congress.

Black and white photograph of the ruins of Fredericksburg, Virginia, after the battle in 1862. From Library of Congress.

Black and white photograph of drawing of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. Two copies.

Black and white photograph of drawing of the attack on Fredericksburg, Virginia, showing Union soldiers arriving by small boats.

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Undated tourism pamphlet entitled “The Story of the General,” issued by the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad. Pamphlet is 24 pages. Photograph of the “General” is on the cover.

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1864 Confederate States National $10 bill with Alexander H. Stephens in center. In protective sleeve.

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4 ¼” x 6 ½” sepia tone photograph on card backing of George Webb Stevens. On rear of photo is imprinted “CW Motes International Cotton Exposition, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.”

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Color map of “Summer Resorts and Battlefields on Lines of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad & Connections.” Very thin paper map damaged at folds.

A small portion of a map of Gettysburg.

Booklet entitled “Battlefields in Dixie Land and Chickamauga National Military Park.” Issued by the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad. Paperback booklet with no printing date contains historical information, maps, photographs and woodcuts from the battles of Murfreesboro, Franklin, Nashville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta, Atlanta, Acworth, Big Shanty, Allatoona, and a travel guide. Cover contains a color illustration of a battle. In protective sleeve.

Two Western & Atlantic Railroad specie for 10-cents. Has red illustration of steam train and “June 2, 1862” imprinted. In protective sleeve.

Western & Atlantic Railroad specie for 25-cents. Has red illustration of steam train and “April 1862” imprinted. In protective sleeve.

Two Western & Atlantic Railroad specie for 50-cents. Each note has red illustration of steam train. One note has “Feb 1, 1862” date while other has “July 1, 1862” imprinted. In protective sleeve.

Western & Atlantic Railroad specie for $1. Has illustration of steam train in red and “July 1, 1862” imprinted. In protective sleeve.

A hand-written list of 12 bonds for the G. & C. Railroad being held by S. Brown. Interest due dates are posted from 1862 to 1865. In protective sleeve.

*Document from Glynn County, Georgia, authorizing John Cunningham to transfer 4 shares of the South Western Railroad Co. to a Miss Wylly on June 26, 1819.

*Document authorizing a power of attorney from Soloman S. Barnard to John C. Rowland and to sell and transfer 5 shares of the South Western Railroad Co. Document written in Chatham County, Georgia on March 6, 1869.

Handwritten document from Newton County, Georgia, dated January 13, 1855, transferring 2 shares of stock in the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company from Nathaniel C. Daniel, thru J. Milligan Cash, to Robert L. Williams.

Three Georgia Railroad and Banking Company stock transfers written on blue paper: Oliver T. Daniel of Greene County, 50 shares transferred on November 19, 1852; Andrew J. Miller of Richmond in Baldwin County, 15 shares transferred on November 29, 1853; multi-owners of Oglethorpe County 10 shares transferred on March 2, 1857.

Small gray note transferring 12 shares of stock for Eliza V. Battle and 3 shares of stock for Mellanie Stroud, by William Stroud.

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1917 souvenir map of Camp McDonald, Big Shanty, Ga. “School of Instruction for the 4th Brigade, Georgia Volunteers.” Map is tinted and text is by Joseph Tyrone. Encapsulated.

A copy of this map is also included in this collection. No accession number was assigned.

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Color postcard of the “General” crossing the East River in New York on the Hell Gate Bridge going to the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

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Civil War letter written by Colonel William Dowd, 24th Mississippi Infantry on January 13, 1864, from a hospital in Marietta, GA. Contents of the letter concern Dowd’s resignation from the regiment due to illness. Letter is written on legal size blue paper. The paper has been torn at the folds and two pieces have separated (but are included). Document is in a protective sleeve and a transcript and history is available.

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Collection consists primarily of newspaper articles. The articles are attached to an album sheet with each article’s place and date of origin indicated on a tab. Most articles are from February 1972, and are concerned with the return of the General to Kennesaw. The photos in these various articles are repeated throughout collection. The contents of the album are as follows:

Atlanta Century for April 13, 1862 – a facsimile newspaper printed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution during the Civil War Centennial of 1961-1965. Article entitled “A Train Stolen on the W. & A!” part of news paper.

1962

April 1 – Atlanta Journal Constitution – “The General Polished For A Three-Year Tour”

April 13 – Atlanta Journal - “Kennesaw Reverses the Clock at Big Shanty”

1963

April 17 – North Cobb News – “General Draws Crowd At Kennesaw Events”

1964

October 21 – Marietta Daily Journal – 2 articles concerning honoring of Susie Stegall. Has nothing to do with history.

1967

August 29 – Marietta Daily Journal – “Miss General Hopefuls To Compete For Crown At Big Shanty Fair”

February 16, 1972

Maryville (TN) Alcoa Times – “L & N Railroad To Take General To Kennesaw”

Waycross (Ga) Journal-Herald – “General Will Come to Georgia”

The Knoxville (Tn) News-Sentinel – “General Donning Disguse For Trip Back to Georgia”

Cartersville (Ga) Tribune, News – “L & N Plans Secret Trip for General”

Winchester (Ky) Sun – “Civil War Engine Southbound Again”

Valdosta (Ga) Times – “Secret Trip Planned for General”

Union City (Tn) Messenger – “The General is Coming Back to Georgia”

Greenville (Tn) Sun – “Another Trip to Georgia Planned For The General”

The Huntsville (Al) Times – “Secret Trip for General is Planned”

February 17, 1972

Marietta (Ga) Daily Journal – “Kennesaw Plans Big Doings for General.”

Marianna (Fla.) Floridian – “Coming Home (Photo only)

Marietta (Ga) Daily Journal – “General To Rest At Starting Point”

Gainesville (Ga. Times – “General’s Coming Home” (Photo only)

Dublin (Ga.) Courier-Herald – “General Is Coming Home” (Photo only)

Americus (Ga.) Times Recorder – “Kennesaw Gets Civil War Train”

Columbia (Tenn.) Herald – “The General Shipped Back to Kennesaw.”

Monroe (La.) World – “Wood-burning Locomotive Is Returned to Georgia.”

Augusta (Ga.) Herald – “General Comes Home” (Photo only)

Marietta (Ga) Daily Journal - “The General Is Home: Cobb Arrival Awaited.”

Valdosta (Ga.) Times – “Kennesaw Residents Get Their Hurrah!”

Dothan (Ala.) Eagle – “General Back in Georgia Carter Reports”

Gadsden (Ala.) Times – “Civil War Train Back In Georgia”

Griffin (Ga.) News – “General Is Coming Home (Photo only)

Waycross (Ga.) Journal-Herald – “Famed Locomotive Back In Ga.”

Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle – “Shh! The General Is Coming Back to Georgia.”

Moultrie (Ga.) Observer – “Kennesaw Townspeople Plan Homecoming for General”

February 18, 1972

Bradenton (Fla.) Herald – “Civil War General Finally Gets Back to Georgia.”

Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle – “Civil War General Back Home At Last.”

Savannah (Ga.) Morning News – “Civil War Locomotive Is Returned to Georgia.”

The Mobile (Ala.) Register – “General Is Slipped Back Into Georgia.”

Newport News (Va.) Times-Herald – “General Returns to Historic Site”

Roanoke (Va.) World News – “Famed Train Slipped Back to Georgia.”

Charleston (S.C.) Post – “The General Returns to Atlanta.”

The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) – “Georgia Regains Famed Locomotive”

The Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer – “Civil War Locomotive General Spirited to Atlanta in Secret.”

Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont – “Pilfered Locomotive Returned to Georgia.”

Anderson (S.C.) Independent – “General Back in Georgia, Disguised As Freight”

Columbia (Tenn.) Herald – “Georgians Welcome Arrival of General”

Greenville (Tenn.) Sun – “Civil War Locomotive Returns Home”

Starkville (Miss) News – “The General to Receive Welcome From Georgia Governor”

Florence (Ala.) Times Tri-Cities Daily – “The General Stolen 110 Years Ago.”

The Austin (Tex.) American – “Legendary Locomotive To Go Home”

Huntington (W. Va.) Advertiser – “General Is Safe In Atlanta Yard.”

Cincinnati (Ohio) Post And Times Star – “Civil War Train Going Back to Georgia”

Cordele (Ga.) Dispatch – “General Returned”

Statesboro (Ga.) Herald – “Civil War Locomotive Given State”

Macon (Ga.) News – “General Back In Georgia”

Waycross (Ga.) Journal-Herald – “General Is Home”

Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald – “General Returns to Kennesaw”

Savannah (Ga.) Evening Press – “General Slips Home”

Americus (Ga.) Times-Recorder – “Governor Carter Accepts the General.”

Cartersville (Ga.) Tribune News – “The General Arrives Home Today”

The Birmingham News – “Georgia Finally Recovers the General (Photo only); “General Goes Back to Big Shanty, Ga.”

Murfreesboro (Tenn.) News Journal – “General Welcomed Home After Theft Back in 1862”

Anderson (S.C.) Mail – “The General Comes Home”

The Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel – “General Is Georgia’s” (Photo only)

February 19, 1972

Coca (Fla. Today – “Last Battle Finished” (Photo only)

Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer – “The General Back In State”

Marion (Ohio) Star – “Famed Engine Arrives At Final Destination”

Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal – “General Comes Home” (Photo only)

Anniston (Ala.) Star – “General Returns To Kennesaw”

The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.) – “General Delivery” (Photo only)

Lake Charles (La.) American Press – “Protecting the General (Photo only)

Gastonia (N.C.) Gazette – “Historic Engine Goes Home Again”

Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator – “Famed Civil War Locomotive Is Moved Back To Georgia”

The Provenance (R.I.) Journal – “The General Returns” (Photo only)

Winchester (Ky.) Sun – “The General Quietly Slipped Back Into Georgia”

Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald – “The General Returns” (Photo only)

Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times – “The General Returns” (Photo only)

Unknown Source – “Civil War Locomotive Slips Home to Georgia”

Newport News (Va.) Times-Herald – “The News Today” section is about General.

Columbus (Ohio) Evening Dispatch – “General Back Home” (Photo only)

Clifton Forge (Va.) Review – “General Back In Georgia”

Alabama Journal – “Civil War Locomotive Reaches Georgia Home”

Columbia (S.C.) State – “Court Orders Civil War General Back to Georgia”

The Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer – “General Now Back In Georgia”

Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser – “Historic Engine Slipped Back to Atlanta Yards”

Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gazette – “Great Train Chase Engine Finds Permanent Home After 117 Years”

Johnstown (Pa.) Tribune-Democrat – “The General” (Photo only)

The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) – “General On New Track” (Photo only)

The Sun (Baltimore, Md.) – “The General Comes Home” (Photo only)

Champaign (Ill.) Urbana Courier – “Return of the General” (Photo only)

Washington (Pa.) Observer Reporter – “General is Back” (Photo only)

Macon (Ga.) Telegraph – “General Is Home” (Photo only)

Newburgh (NY) News – “General Saluted” (Photo only)

Columbus (Ga.) Ledger – “The General Now Belongs To All People”

Tuscaloosa (Al.) News – “Georgia Gets General Back”

McKeesport (Pa.) News – “General Back Home” (Photo only)

Carlisle (Pa.) Sentinel – “Going Home” (Photo only)

Augusta (Ga.) Herald – “General Is Delivered To Kennesaw Museum”

Anderson (S.C.) Independent – “Officially, General Owned by Georgia

Starkville (Miss.) News – “General Returned to Georgia”

Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer – “Protecting The General” (Photo only)

Statesboro (Ga.) Herald – “General Coming Home” (Photo only)

Evening Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) – “Sherman? Sherman Who?” (Photo only)

Holland (Mich.) Sentinel – “Returns to Georgia” (Photo only)

The Florida Times – Union (Jacksonville, Fla.) – “General Returns Home to Georgia”

Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier – “Protecting the General” (Photo only)

The New Haven (Conn.) Register Journal-Courier – “The General is Back” (Photo only)

Natchez (Miss.) Democrat – “The General Is Returned”

The Nashville Tennesean – “And Be Sure They Know The Password” (Photo only)

Nashville (Tenn.) Banner – “Protecting The General” (Photo only)

The Florida Times-Union – “General Coming Home Via Secret Route” (Photo only)

Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) – “General Is Back” (Photo only)

The Post Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) – “General Is Back” (Photo only)

The Terre Haute (Ind.) Tribune – “Civil War Train Arrives At New Home”

Moultrie (Ga.) Observer – “The General Returns Home In Kennesaw”

The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, La.) – “Protecting The General” (Photo only)

Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle Telegram – “Civil War Locomotive, The General, Goes Home”

Meadville (Pa.) Tribune – “General Is Back” (Photo only)

Florence (S.C.) News – “General Is Back” (Photo only)

Waycross (Ga.) Journal Herald – “General Is Back” “General Belongs To All Of People, Carter Says”

Roanoke (Va.) Times – “Odyssey Completed” (Photo only)

Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont – “General Is Back” (Photo only)

The Mobile Press Register – “Civil War Locomotive Returned to Hometown”

York (Pa.) Daily Record – “Back In Georgia” (Photo only)

Victoria (Tex.) Advocate – “The General Is Back” (Photo only)

The Washington Post – (only a fragment remains of article).

February 20, 1972

Athens (Al.) News Courier – “Stolen Reb Engine Recovered” (Photo only)

Detroit Free Press – “The General In Georgia “ (Photo only)

Columbus (Ga.) Ledger Enquirer – “The General Is Back” (Photo only)

The Hartford (Conn.) Times – “The General Comes Home” (Photo only)

Athens (Ga.) Banner Herald – “General Returns Home”

Vicksburg (Miss.) Post – “The General Is Returned To Georgia”

Gainesville (Ga.) Times – “Safe and Sound” (Photo only)

February 21, 1972

Newark (Ohio) Advocate – Photo of return of General

Stockton (Calif.) Record – “General Is Back” (Photo only)

Athens (Tenn.) Post-Athenian – “Historic General Home At Last”

Courtland (Ky.) Standard – “General Is Back” (Photo only)

The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer – “Civil War Veteran Returns” (Photo only)

Wilkes Barre (Pa.) Times-Ledger News – “Civil War Locomotive Smuggled Into Georgia”

Gainesville (Tex.) Register & Messenger – “General Is Back” (Photo only)

San Pedro (Cal.) News-Pilot – “Going Home (Photo only)

McComb (Miss.) Enterprise-Journal – “The General Is Back” (Photo only)

Wooster (Ohio) Record – “Going Home” (Photo only)

Massillon (Ohio) Independent – “The General In Kennesaw”

February 22, 1972

Griffin (Ga.) News – “Welcome Home General”

Abilene (Tex.) Reporter-News – “The General Is Back” (Photo only)

February 23, 1972

Kinston (N.C.) Free Press – “The General Has Returned” (Photo only)

Beaver (Pa.) Times – “The General Goes Home” (Photo only)

Lafayette (Ga.) Messenger – “General Home In Atlanta”

Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle – “Civil War General Going Home At Last” (Photo only)

February 22, 1972

Welch (W.Va.) News – “General Going Home” (Photo only)

April 1972

April 9 – Marietta Daily Journal – “General To Get Big Welcome”

April 14 – Atlanta Journal – “It’s Back to Big Shanty” (Photos of Festival)

November 1973

November 4 – The Hartford (Conn.) Courant – “Track Record of General, 118, Worries Citizens in Georgia”

April 1974

April 8 – Marietta Daily Journal – “Move Texas To Kennesaw” (Editorial). Typewritten letter attached concerning reporter staying in the Keeler home (Tranquilla).

March 1989

March 23 – Neighbor Newspapers – “Kennesaw Lines Up Performers For April 15-16 Big Shanty Festival”

April 1989

April 13 – Neighbor Want Ads – “Kennesaw Streets Closed This Weekend For Festival” “The General Awaits Visitors”

April 13 – Neighbor Newspapers – “Battle Call – Kennesaw Fields Will Be Covered With Blue & Gray April 15-16” “Medical Unit Among Re-enactors”

1987

Marietta Daily Journal – “Big Shanty Museum Honors Donors October 25.”

Marietta Daily Journal – “Kennesaw Improves Museum, Parking Lot Facilities”

Unknown Date and Source

“Moving By Secret Route To Georgia”

Fulton Federal Bank advertisement with sketch of “Tranquilla”

Other Items Included in Collection

“Meet The General” – Full color brochure for the Big Shanty Museum.

Postcard – Front view of Big Shanty Museum with cannon and Confederate battle flag.

Postcard – “General” inside room at Big Shanty Museum.

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Unframed print of “Devil On The River,” by artist Rick Reeves. Depicts Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest with Morton’s Battery at Johnsonville, Tennessee, November 4, 1864.

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Atlanta Constitution Magazine Section – Sunday, October 23, 1938 – single page. “Historic Big Shanty – Now Known as Kennesaw, Ga.” by Wilbur G. Kurtz. Explains how Big Shanty got its name, story of the Great Locomotive Chase, and information about the Lacy Hotel. Civil War article concerning the Union occupation of Big Shanty and its destruction on November 14, 1864. Sketch drawing of “Final Moments of Andrews Raiders,” at the end of the chase.

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Unframed watercolor print of the “General” pulling cars in winter.

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Copy of lithograph of “The General” on display at Union Depot, Chattanooga, Tenn. Encapsulated.

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Map of the State of Georgia printed circa 1770’s. Black and white map identifies the North Georgia area as “Good Land.” A few tears and age spots on the paper.

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Complete set of 18 Walt Disney’s “Great Locomotive Chase” color comics cut from Sunday newspaper in 1956. In protective sleeve.

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Cardboard punch-outs of the “General” and “Yonah” from Cheerios cereal boxes in 1956. Color. Encapsulated.

Dell Comic Book – 1956 – “The Great Locomotive Chase.” Has a color photograph of Fess Parker and the “General” on the cover. Under the title is the following: “He risked his life to end the war.” In protective sleeve.

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28” x 22” Color movie promotional poster for Walt Disney’s, “The Great Locomotive Chase.” Encapsulated.

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8” x 10” black and white photograph of promotional sketch for Walt Disney’s “Great Locomotive Chase.” This was used in publications for advertisements of the movie in 1956. The sketch is charcoal rendition of “General” being chased by “Texas” at night. In protective sleeve.

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45 RPM vinyl record entitled “Andy’s Raiders.” Features “The General’s Coming Home” by The Cobbs on Side 1. Side 2 has “Kennesaw” by The Cobbs. Record is in orange paper slip sleeve.

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45 RPM vinyl record contained in paper sleeve with black and white illustration of the “General” on front. Paper is speckled and torn. Titles of songs are “Ballad of The Little General” by Bill Blaylock and The Modern Sounds of Bluegrass and “Wood Smoke” by J. Farley and B. Blaylock. Written by Lee Garner, Kennesaw, Georgia.

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Ca. 1930’s, 8 x 10 black and white photograph of the Kennesaw, Ga., depot with steam locomotive passing. Written on the back of the photograph is “By Wilbur Kurtz, from collection of Col. James Bogle.” In protective sleeve and envelope.

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3” x 5” sepia tone copy of a photograph of William Jefferson Gentry and his wife, Harriet Elmira Freeman Gentry, ca. 1900-1910 in Etowah, Alabama. Gentry enlisted in Company G, 36th Georgia Infantry on January 20,1862, at Tunnel Hill, Whitfield County, Georgia. Enclosed in the envelope with the photograph is a transcript of a legal document in which Gentry is disputing his inclusion on a list of Confederate deserters who took the oath of allegiance to the Union on August 27th, 1864. In that deposition, Gentry states that he “was a member of the detail on the engine that followed and captured the engine that was stolen at Big Shantie [Shanty] by the enemy and run off with it up the Western and Atlantic R.R.” He also says that he was “in the siege of Vicksburg and ate Mule meat with the other boys,” and was in the campaign from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia. He further states that his captain, James Preston Smith, had a brother who lost a leg at Lost Mountain, Georgia, and he was detailed to accompany the soldier to Atlanta to the hospital located there. Gentry states he had a 10-day furlough and he decided to visit an uncle who lived outside Atlanta and remained five days. As he left the uncle’s home he was arrested by Union General Joseph Hooker’s men and sent to Jeffersonville, Indiana, as a prisoner. He was sick all of the time and eventually sent free upon signing a parole, but never signed an oath of allegiance. However, his record in the Georgia State Archives still carries him as a deserter caught by Union soldiers in Whitfield County and took the oath of allegiance.

Small copy of a black and white photograph of William Jefferson Gentry with an unidentified man (possibly his son).

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8” x 10” black and white copy of old photograph of Fleming A. Cox, engineer on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. Cox, as resident of Covington, Georgia, was in Calhoun, Georgia, the day of the Great Locomotive Chase and was picked up by the “Texas” to join the pursuit. He helped Henry Haney, fireman of the “Texas,” and acted as brakeman. Cox enlisted in Company C, 2nd Georgia Infantry. At age 75, he entered the old soldier’s home established in Jefferson Davis’ home, “Beauvoir,” in Mississippi. He died there on August 21, 1914, at 77 years of age. [Georgia Confederate rosters indicate F.A. Cox joined Co. H, 37th Georgia Infantry on January 20, 1864. The 37th was consolidated from Co. E of the 9th and 3rd Battalions of Georgia Infantry. No other record of F.A. or Fleming A. Cox could be located].

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8 x 10 b/w photograph of Dr. Warren E. Clark with the “General” after finding it abandoned in Vinings, GA. in 1871.

8 x 10 b/w photograph of Dr. Warren E. Clark sitting on the cow catcher of the “General” after the restoration.

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8” x 10” black and white photograph of Baltimore and Ohio Museum locomotive “William R. Mason” as the “General” at Kingston in the 1956 Walt Disney film, “The Great Locomotive Chase.”

8” x 10” black and white photograph (close-up view) of Baltimore and Ohio Museum locomotive “William R Mason” as the “General” in the 1956 Walt Disney film “The Great Locomotive Chase.”

8” x 10” black and white photograph of Jeffery Hunter as William Fuller in the 1956 Walt Disney film, “The Great Locomotive Chase.”

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1904 photograph of William A. Fuller, conductor of the “General” during the Great Locomotive Chase. Biographical information is affixed to reverse of photograph.

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Tintype of Lem Kendrick and wife taken ca.1860. Kendrick leased the Lacy Hotel in Big Shanty, Georgia, from the Western and Atlantic Railroad. He sublet the building to George M. Lacy and his family who were operating the establishment at the time of the Andrews’ Raid. It is recorded in several witness’s statements that Lem Kendrick was ordered by Anthony Murphy, a shop superintendent traveling on the General, to raid to Marietta to get a telegram message out about the theft.

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B/W copy of the “General” arriving in Chattanooga, TN. April 14. 1962. A letter contained within describes the photograph.

Digital copy of above photograph.

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B/W copy of photograph of Edward Chaffer. Inscribed “From Private Edward Chaffer, Troop K, 6th U.S. Cavalry to his old comrade Bugler Harcourt, Troop K, 6th Cavalry. Photo is of Chaffer in full-dressed officer’s uniform. The original can be viewed in the Roy Harcourt Collection.

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“Atlas to Accompany The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.” Washington Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. This book is in poor condition with no binding. Several plates and pages are missing.

Stacks

1863 panoramic lithograph of “The Battle of Gettysburg” by John B.Bachelder. Color lithograph is on paper and canvas and is 37” x 22.” Folds are worn. Encapsulated.