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Signatures, including William Wallace Cranston
Signatures on the wall at Ben Lomond, including William Wallace Cranston, 66th Ohio Infantry
Snow's Battery taunts its opponents
"Snows Md Battery [damaged] Bring on your Chickens Johnny / Put on the Graffs as you will need them"
Snow's Battery, Maryland artillery, taunting opponents
"Snows Md Battery, our acquaintances, John, we have met you at New Bridge, Malvern Hill, Crunapth[?], Antietam and Fredericksburg, and are good of twice as many more"
Soldier with sword and medals
Drawing of a soldier in the attic of Blenheim House, with a sword and two medals. Various signatures are also visible in the image
Soldiers, other people, and tents of Confederates outside of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia
An image of a Civil War hospital
Statement about Maria working and laboring
Maria is working hard and is in need of the pension to support herself even though she is laboring.
Statement returned to Maria that asks her to prove she has not remarried
Asks Maria to prove that she has not remarried since Horace's death
Statement returned to Maria that asks her to prove she has not remarried since Horace's death
Asks Maria to prove that she has not remarried since Horace's death
Stone House
A two-storied house built c1849. Used as a hospital during the First and Second Battles of Manassas. Two members of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry carved their names into the floorboards.
Summary by examiner that shows the medical examiner is of the opinion that Horace's pension should be admitted
Shows that the medical examiner is of the opinion that Horace Rice should be admitted for pension because of the gunshot wound to his left middle finger
Taunt by Snow's battery and Confederate response
"Snow's Md Battery are whiparsing[?] Rebl Battery in Southern Army in a fair field / [Sgt?]C Reid Snow's Battery
[underneath] - "Snows Battery has [?] [?] Rebels[?] lately has [?] - writing on adjacent wall "cowardly"
Taunt claiming "Revolutionary fathers" and George Washington were also rebels
"Yank, was not out Revolutionary Fathers also rebels/ George Washington was a Rebel/ August 3rd 1864/a Va Rebel"
Taunt of Union soldiers for defeats answered by Union soldier
"Down with Southern Yank[?]
who ran from Early's Division[?]
at Lynchburg & Winchester
August 2nd 1864"
-is underneath damaged writing that seems to be from a Union soldier
"Lo[?]
"Battery [?] Artillery
C. [?]
Down with all Traitors"
who ran from Early's Division[?]
at Lynchburg & Winchester
August 2nd 1864"
-is underneath damaged writing that seems to be from a Union soldier
"Lo[?]
"Battery [?] Artillery
C. [?]
Down with all Traitors"
The Graffiti House
"The Graffiti House is a two-story frame structure, believed to have been built in 1858. It was built directly beside the railroad tracks, suggesting that its function included some type of commercial aspect. Proprietors of whatever business was…
Tomb of George Washington, Mount Vernon
Names carved into the exterior of the tomb, which changed hands between Union and Confederate forces. Only one name identified: J. L. Chamberlain as Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Transcription of document that states Maria's whereabouts before and after Horace's death
Maria lived with Horace in Minnesota until his death in 1884, then continued her residence there and in Wisconsin until 1890. In 1891, she moved to Missouri, and now the only proof of her continuous widowhood comes from two residents of St. Joseph,…
Two firing cannons
Two firing cannons; one on a fort (a wall of bricks); one muzzle only ("Death to Rebels" written several times around the cannons). These drawing seem likely to the be work of the 1st Regiment Maryland Light Artillery (Snow's Battery), who wrote…
Two rejections of widow's pension application
This document includes both the original application rejection and the later rejection of Maria's second application. The Board of Review rejects the first application because the attorney has not included evidence that Rice's cause of death, acute…
Tyree Tavern
A two-story, log and frame inn and tavern, built c1810, expanded 1827. Headquarters of Chicago Gray Dragoons, who left graffiti
