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Map, Fort Gadsden, Florida, George Christian Hutter (1793-1879)

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Hand-drawn map (ink, pencil) belonging to George Christian Hutter depicting Fort Gadsden located on the Apalachicola River in Florida. Map shows the layout of the fort with key features labeled.Gadsden was a base of operations during the Seminole…

Portrait, miniature locket painting of George Christian Hutter (1793-1879) in uniform

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Miniature locket painting of George Christian Hutter as an officer in the 6th United States Infantry. Housed in velvet lined case.

From the book "Record of the Family and Descendants of Colonel Christian Jacob Hutter of Easton, Penn’a –…

R.P. Taliaferro Confederate Medical documents, 1861-1865

Papers, 1861-1865, including circulars, letters, invoices, and orders, relating to surgeon R.P. Taliaferro's duty for Confederate hospitals in Lynchburg and Richmond, Virginia. includes reports of sick and wounded, invoices for medical supplies,…

Receipt for deceased soldier's effects, Lynchburg Quartermaster's Dept.

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Blank form entitled, Quartermaster's receipt for deceased soldier's effects, 1864, received from surgeon Thomas
H. Fisher in charge of General Hospital, No. 3, Lynchburg, Virginia.

Southern Cross of Honor, Arthur Cummings Davis (1848-1927)

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Southern Cross of Honor belonging to Arthur Cummings Davis of Virginia

Southern Cross of Honor was a commemorative medal established in 1899 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to honor Confederate Veterans.

Per Virginia Regimental…

Tin sign, Maj. G. C. Hutter Paymaster U S Army

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Painted tin sign, likely for a door, denoting Major George C. Hutter as a US Army Paymaster. Possibly from his time as paymaster in Charleston, SC. Hutter served as a paymaster from about 1846-1848 assigned to Texas and South Carolina and possibly…