Monument To Sam Davis Nashville, Tennessee From Camp Forrest (Army) Postcard

Description

Monument To Sam Davis ~ Civil War Hero
Nashville, Tennessee
This auction is for a nice
linen
postcard
showing a monument to the civil war hero Sam Davis in Nashville, Tennessee. The card was written by a private in Company G 3 & 9 Infantry at Camp Forrest in Tullahoma, Tennessee.
Sam Davis
(1842 –1863)
was a Confederate soldier executed by Union forces in Pulaski, Tennessee,
during the  American Civil War.
He is popularly known as the
Boy Hero of the Confederacy
, although he was 21 when he died. He became a celebrated instance of Confederate memorialization in the late 1890s and early 1900s, eulogized by Middle Tennesseans
for his valor and sacrifice. Davis' story was popularized by editor J. B. Killebrew and later by Summer Archibald Cunningham.
Due in part to the story's themes of piety and masculinity, Cunningham's portrayal of Davis fit into mythology of the "Lost Cause" in the postwar South.
This card was
posted
in
1948
.
Condition:
This card is in good condition, with bright colors, and has a sharp image.
- Please see photos for your own evaluation.
Standard size postcard. This card is used.
Consider all postcards to have Minor edge/corner wear. Major faults are listed above.  All single postcards are shipped in sleeves and carefully packaged. We endeavor to list all items accurately. Unless otherwise described, all Postcard collectibles listed are sold as is.
This item will be shipped via stamped USPS First Class mail.
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