Aquila D. Hutton first enlisted as a private in Co. A, 36th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. This photograph was taken after he had joined Co. H, 12th Mississippi Cavalry as a junior second lieutenant (later promoted to second lieutenant). Image is...
Plate 40 from FORTY ETCHINGS: FROM SKETCHES MADE WITH THE CAMERA LUCIDA, IN NORTH AMERICA IN 1827 AND 1828 by Captain Basil Hall. From the author's description: "The American Mail Stage in which we journeyed over so many wild as well as civilized...
The act makes six provisions for dealing with the Cherokee Indian population of the state during the period of removal. First, it stipulates that U.S. citizens will not be allowed to emigrate to Indian reservations, include those Indians who were...
Two staff members examining prisoner with arms outstretched. The Bertillon system was a means of identifying persons by creating a detailed record of body measurements, physical description, and sometimes Photographs From the Quadrennial Report of...
Two staff members examining prisoner. The Bertillon system was a means of identifying persons by creating a detailed record of body measurements, physical description, and sometimes Photographs From the Quadrennial Report of the Board of Inspectors...
"Part of Nat (King) Cole's Family. Rev. E. J. Coles, born and reared in Montgomery, Ala., is shown with his wife and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ike Cole and her 3 sons. Rev. Coles is pastor of the First Baptist Church of North Chicago, Ill. He is...
Joseph Benajah Bibb, initially lieutenant colonel of the 23rd Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. Promoted to colonel late in the war. From Confederate Veteran, vol. 11, pg. 397.