A sad, little story appeared in The Oklahoman on Nov. 3, 1912. Captain W.W. Mayne, a survivor of the Civil War, died April 15, 1912, in Claremore, and a public auction of his possessions was held later that year in November on the streets of Claremore. The story began: “At a public auction sale on [...]
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Lincoln Under Glass
March 11th, 2013 
javal For years, there was a metal trunk that stayed under Kathryn Rice Turner’s bed in Ocean Pines. Inside was a remarkable historical treasure — an original glass negative of President Abraham Lincoln made in 1863. The 17-by-21-inch negative showed a seated Lincoln resting his left arm on a marble-top table. It was made using the [...]
Charlotte’s Civil War history lives in letters
March 7th, 2013 javal The Civil War’s 150th anniversary is playing out with scarcely a nod to Charlotte, which is not surprising given the city’s big contribution was serving as home to a land-locked Confederate Naval Depot. But there are stories to be told of what the city endured, details of which are now coming to light in the [...]
Black soldier’s letter offers rare view of Civil War
March 5th, 2013 javal John Carter, a prosperous African-American grocery store owner in Madison, Ind.,before and after the Civil War, was active on the Underground Railroad, secretly ferrying slaves from the South to freedom in the North. For more than a century, a letter written Dec. 3, 1864, by his son, Morgan W. Carter, detailing a bloody Civil War [...]
SMU’s exhibit of rare Civil War photos packs an emotional punch
March 4th, 2013 javal The photographs are small, some might say tiny. But if you’re willing to lean over the display cases, getting as close as you can to ponder and pick out details, there’s a huge emotional payoff to be found in the Southern Methodist University exhibit “The Civil War in Photographs: New Perspectives From the Robin Stanford [...]
Civil War Wallet Returned To Family In Greenville
February 28th, 2013 javal A 150 year old Civil War wallet, owned by an agent of the Confederate government and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, was returned to the Eastern Carolina descendants of that man Wednesday after being missing for the last 50-years. The wallet containing personal papers of John Lewis Coleman was purchased at a [...]
AU libraries acquire rare Civil War documents
February 27th, 2013 javal Auburn University Libraries acquired a rare collection of Civil War documents, which have been added to the Ralph Brown Draughon Library’s Special Collections and Archives Department, according to a press release from the university. The documents are related to the peace negotiations that took place between emissaries of the Union and Confederacy aboard a steamer [...]
Canonsburg store owner ‘confused’ by charges of Civil War memorabilia theft
February 21st, 2013 javal A second-hand store owner accused of pillaging $1 million in Civil War artifacts said Wednesday he believes he will be exonerated. “I want to talk, trust me,” John Irwin Moeller, 46, of North Strabane said Wednesday, when his preliminary hearing continued until Feb. 26. “It all has me a bit confused myself. Read Entire article