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General Joseph Bailey's Silver Punch Bowl and Sword
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Studio photograph of a silver punch bowl and a silver sword presented to Civil War General Joseph Bailey in commemoration of the dam he built on the Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana, creating enough water flow to allow the Union ironclad fleet to escape Confederate capture.
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Engraving on Silver Punch Bowl
A detail of the engraving on the silver punch bowl that was presented to Colonel Joseph Bailey.
Colonel Bailey's Red River Dams, The Military Engineer Vol. 29, No. 168
1937-09 to 1937-12
Article by Frederick W. Cron from The Military Engineer detailing the history of the Red River Dam (also called Bailey's Dam). The Red River Dam was a timber dam that constructed to raise the water...
Kalem Studio in Florida
1908
Photograph of the winter studios of the Kalem Company showing outbuildings on the grounds of the Roseland Hotel on the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida. The canon were used in Kalem's Civ...
Captain George W. Nobles' Rifle, Musket, Sword, and Sash
circa 1860-1869
Captain George Nobles' weapons and sash used in the Civil War, posed in a studio in front of a painted backdrop.
General William T. Sherman and His Staff
circa 1860-1869
General William Tecumseh Sherman and his staff. The man fourth from the right marked with an "x" is believed to be General John H. Hammond. All are in uniform and most carry swords.
David G. Farragut
circa 1860-1869
Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Vice Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. In December 1861 he led the New Orleans expedition, fought at Vicksburg to open up the Mississippi River, and att...
