Search using this query type:

Advanced Search (Items only)

Browse Items (4 total)

  • Tags: Railroad

Railway Ticket, 1860s

Grimes Railway Ticket.jpg
Bryan Grimes was the last Confederate officer in the Army of Northern Virginia to be appointed to the rank of Major General by Robert E. Lee. A native of North Carolina, Grimes fought on several Confederate campaigns including the Peninsula,…

Amnesty Petition of William A. Lash, July 22, 1865

Page 1.jpg

State of North Carolina,
To his Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States:

William A. Lash, of Stokes County by this petition respectfully showeth, unto your Excellency, that he is now sixty seven years of age and has a large…

Amnesty Petition of W. D. Jones, September 21, 1865

Page 1.jpg

Caldwell Co. NC

To Andrew Johnson President of the US

The Petition of the undersigned W. D. Jones respectfully showeth that he is a citizen of Caldwell County North Carolina forty six years old and a farmer by profession desires to apply for a…

William D. Cooke, "Cooke's new map of the state of North Carolina," 1857

ct001969.jpg

"Cooke's new map of the state of North Carolina: constructed from actual surveys, private contributions & authentic public documents procured for the purpose under a special resolution of the General Assembly of the state. William D. Cooke, A.M.,…