Box 4273.003
Container
Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:
Confederate Veterans Reunion Souvenirs: Richmond, Virginia, 1932 June
File — Box: 4273.003, Folder: 001
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one Confederate flag (appproximately 17" x 11.5"), one United States flag with 13 Stars (approximately 5.5" x 2.75"), one hand bill with the poem "Lines on the Back of a Confederate Note," and one official cachet of the reunion, which is printed on wallpaper, stamped with a Confederate stamp and cancelled with the Confederate cancellation, then turned inside out and stamped with a United States stamp and cancellation.
Dates:
1932 June
"The Interior of Fort Sumter During the Bombardment," Harper's Weekly Illustration, 1861 April 27
Item — Box: 4273.003, Folder: 003
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a page from Harper's Weekly depicting the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in April 1861.
Dates:
1861 April 27
War Scenes At and About Washington, Harper's Weekly illustration, 1861 November 2
Item — Box: 4273.003, Folder: 002
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains materials pertaining to the United States Civil War, which took place from 1861 through 1865, collected by Dr. Wade Hall. It consists of textual evidence such as correspondence, diaries, and family papers, as well as various artifacts and a few illustrations. The materials represent individuals and groups from both the Union and Confederate sides of the war.
Dates:
1861 November 2
Civil War Shoe or Boot Remains, 1864 - 1865
Item — Box: 4273.003, Folder: 004
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the framed remains of a Civil War era boot or shoe. A typed note is framed with the remains and states that the sole was recovered from a known Union Army trash pit in Nashville, Tennessee, and explains that the Union Army cut up old boots and shoes before throwing them away so that the enemy would not be able to use them.
Dates:
1864 - 1865