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Colonel William Smythe Shepherd

Photograph of Colonel William Shepherd, C.S.A. the back of the photograph notes "Confederate Army; Civil War (Veterans) (Made Colonel after the Civil War - Captain during that war)

Note: spelling discrepancies of the name Shepard vs. Shepherd.…

Tags: Civil War, Colonel William S. Shepherd, CSA, Military History, Photograph, Portrait

Company 'C' Cadets

Photo of Company "C", 1885 with soldiers in formation. Sewanee Military Academy, Sewanee, Tennessee. Now the University of the South. Last names of soldiers in photograph: Glenn, Cheatham, Philips, Shields, DeWitt, Shields D., Hanswerd, Ruth,…

Tags: 1885, Company "C", Military History, Photograph, Sewanne, Sewannee Military Academy, soldiers, Tennessee

Confederate Hospitals

Image of the historical marker for Confederate hospitals that were placed in Columbus to house 1500 injured Confederate troops.

Tags: Civil War, Confederate Army, Confederate Hospitals, Confederate States of America, Military History, Photograph

Ladies Defender

Image of the canon made from bronze utensils and domestic house furnishings.

Tags: Artillery, Canon, Civil War, Civil War battles, Columbus GA, Confederate Army, Confederate States of America, Domestic House-ware, Ladies Defender, Military History, Photograph, Shiloh, Utensils

The Columbus Guards

Image of the historical marker for the site of the last armory of the Columbus Guards, which formed in 1835 and disbanded after the end of WWI.

Tags: Armory, Civil War, Indian War, Mexican War, military, Military History, Photograph, Spanish-American War, The Columbus Guards, World War I

World War I Homecoming

Decorated buildings on Broadway, Columbus, Ga., with an Arch de Triumph and message "Welcome Homecoming." Greetings are meant for returning World War I veterans. (April 14-17, 1919).

Tags: Broadway Columbus Georgia, Military History, Photograph, World War I

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