Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863. The crew was initially incarcerated at Camp Groce near Hempstead, but the prisoners were all moved to Camp Ford in December 1863. Simmons was in the Prisoner exchange that occurred at Red River Landing on February 25, 1865. The lithograph made from his sketch was published in New York on March 4, 1865, only a week after his exchange.

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.

Patent for "hoes in which the blade is made detachable from the handle-eye, and the latter made to receive several blades or other attachments." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for as a new article of manufacture gelatinous material or product obtained from the cactus-plant suitable for use as a lubricant.

Patent for "a simple and efficient device adapted to feed the fuel as required for the support of combustion and avoid flooding and hence the danger of explosion, and, furthermore, to provide a compact arrangement of parts whereby the device may be arranged in the fire-box of an ordinary stove or range." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a new and improved device for attaching horseshoes. This design "relates to improvements in means for attaching shoes to the hoofs of horses or mules without the use of nails; and the invention consists in . . . a nailless shoe [that] can be firmly and securely attached to the foot and detached therefrom without requiring the services of a smith" (lines 9-18). To this end, it consists in "the combination, with the shoe-plate and the toe-plate, of the toe-bar having a flange to engage the toe-plate, the bits, half-bands, and clamping-bolts" (lines 61-65).

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Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.