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Map of United States military rail roads, showing the rail roads operated during the war from 1862-1866, as military lines

Description: Map of the United States showing military railroads in the Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, and Southern states during the American Civil War. The map includes towns, forts, rivers, state boundaries, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Railroad gauge indicated by color in bottom-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,800] (30 miles to the inch).
Date: 1866
Creator: McCallum, D. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Man; Portrait of Woman

Description: Copy negative of two portraits. The first is of L. H. Law wearing a suit, sitting in a chair with a studio background, taken in 1876. The second is of an unidentified woman wearing a patterned dress, sitting in a chair with the same background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Colton's New Map of the State of Texas

Description: Full color atlas map by county of the state of Texas, showing county towns, post offices, forts, railroads, roads, and water bodies. Map includes a note describing the significance of selecting this map for reproduction to depict American expansionism and three inset maps, located in the lower-left corner ("Plan of the Northern Part of Texas," "Plan of Galveston Bay," and "Plan of Sabine Lake"). Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,118,400] (appropriately 65 miles to the inch).
Date: 1861
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Popular Songs During the Major Wars of the U.S. 1812-1945

Description: A compilation of "Popular Songs During the Major Wars of the U.S." through the years 1812 to 1945, including: Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean (1812); For Sev'n Long Years (The Wild Mizzuri) (Mexican War); There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (1898); Over There (1917); and God Bless America (1941). There are also "Songs of the Civil War, North and South" including: Battle Hymn of the Republic (1862) and Bonnie Blue Flag (1861).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Route Marched over by Company C from San Antonio to Camp Verde]

Description: Map of the route marched and surveyed by the 35th Infantry Regiment, Company C, from San Antonio, Texas, to Camp Verde, showing major towns, rivers, and creeks. Information has been given about road conditions, river currents, and the abundance of water, grass, and woods. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (approximately 10 miles to the inch).
Date: 1868~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Transcript of Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, 1863]

Description: Transcript of letter from Vanburen W. Sargent, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sargent discussing being stationed in Arkansas. He expresses that he doesn't understand why his regiment was stationed there and that he doesn't believe that they are there for a good cause given that there is "home guards" being formed by citizens of Arkansas.
Date: 1863?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: McWhiney History Education Group

[Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, 1863]

Description: Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sargent discussing being stationed in Arkansas. He expresses that he doesn't understand why his regiment was stationed there and that he doesn't believe that they are there for a good cause given that there is "home guards" being formed by citizens of Arkansas.
Date: 1863?
Creator: Sargent, Vanburen W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: McWhiney History Education Group

[Transcript of Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, July 25, 1864]

Description: Transcript of letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent informing them that he will be transferred to davenports army hospital and on arrival will be requesting a furlough. He briefly discusses his former regiment and their deployment on an expedition through Mississippi with Major General Andrew J. Smith.
Date: July 25, 1864
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: McWhiney History Education Group

[Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, July 25, 1864]

Description: Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent informing them that he will be transferred to davenports army hospital and on arrival will be requesting a furlough. He briefly discusses his former regiment and their deployment on an expedition through Mississippi with Major General Andrew J. Smith.
Date: July 25, 1864
Creator: Sargent, Vanburen W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: McWhiney History Education Group

[Transcript of Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, July 19, 1863]

Description: Transcript of letter from from Vanburen W. Sargent, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sargent discussing his recent life at an Army camp in Moscow, Tennessee. He briefly mentions his expectation to get paid and to be home soon, less than 6 months, because of the good news being received of the war.
Date: July 19, 1863
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: McWhiney History Education Group
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