This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
Four-page letter from Beck Wallace to her cousin, Samuel R. Latta, of the 13th Tennessee Infantry, conveys her sorrow at his leaving home to fight for the Confederacy. She is deeply concerned for his wife and children. Beck, a teacher in Fayette...
Gold-framed ambrotype of Confederate soldier Elijah Anderson (circa 1816-1862) in civilian clothes. Pinned to his left lapel is a ribbon displaying the name "Anderson."
Printed Circular Letter No. 4 from the Confederate Post Office in Montgomery, Alabama, announcing that it is taking over postal service from the United States Government.
Letter from Mary Burnett to her husband Jacob Burnett discussing a ring she made, an incident in Warsaw, Kentucky, where two Federal men were nearly hanged, and the death of William Kittle. Offers to send him newspapers and clothing and asks if he...
Letter from Jacob Burnett to his wife Mary, written from his hospital bed, commenting on the state of the Federal army. It chastises the Federal army's behavior and some of its leadership. He sends his love to his wife and children and requests...
Enlisted in Company E, 18th Infantry, May 29, 1861, at Camp Cheatham. He was captured at Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862, and sent to Camp Butler prisoner of war camp in Illinois. He was parolled and was killed at New Hope Church on May 16, 1864....
Charles T. Swindler was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness and taken to Andersonville Prison. He enlisted on September 18, 1861, and mustered out February 21, 1865. He was a member of the 7th Indiana Infantry and fought at Gettysburg.
Broken ambrotype of Captain Robert E. Mayes, who was born in Robertson County in 1823, and died in 1862. He was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 89th Regiment of the Tennessee State Militia on March 22, 1847. He later enlisted in the Confederate...
Born 1837 in McMinn County, Tennessee, died 1867 in McMinn County. He was in the 43rd Infantry, East Tennessee Volunteers, Gillespie's Regiment. It was organized December 14, 1861, and mustered out May 9, 1865.
Ambrotype of Peter Peterson Knudson (1840 - October 13, 1863), 2nd Minn. Army, USA. He enlisted on July 5, 1861, and was mortally wounded while on picket duty on October 12, 1863.
Ambrotype of Evin Knudson (July 17, 1842- July 28, 1920). Knudson enlisted on July 5, 1861, and was discharged on May 28, 1862, because of a medical disability relating to a head wound.
Regimental coat of arms in color, Capt. Stephen H. Brown, 2nd R.I. Vol. Inf., Army of the Potomac, USA, entered service June 6, 1861, mustered out June 17, 1864
Medal belonging to James S. Robey of Franklin, Kentucky. Robey was appointed 2nd Sergeant in November 30, 1861, and promoted to 1st Sergeant on June 4, 1862. He fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Stone Mountain, Jackson, and Chickamauga.
Thomas Garton Newton McCord enlisted in the Confederate Army on Dec. 9, 1861, in Hickman County, by Capt. Nunley and served with Co. A, 48th Tenn. Inf. Regt. He died in Columbus, Miss., in a hospital on June 21, 1862. He contracted pneumonia and...
This sword likely belonged to Col. Alfred Harris Abernathy, 53rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Harris joined the Confederate Army on Dec. 6, 1861, after his brother John died of wounds sustained at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va. Col. Harris surrendered...
Certificate of discharge for Pvt. John Patterson, Co. D, 6th Tenn. Vol. Regt., CSA. Patterson enlisted at Jackson, Tenn., on May 23, 1861, for a period of one year. He was discharged by reason of "chronic inflammation & diarrhoea."
Pvt. Sneed was from Rutherford County, Tenn., and enlisted on Nov. 26, 1861, in Nashville. He served in Co. F, 4th (Starnes'-McClemore's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., also known as "The Williamson County Cavalry." In 1862, they reported to Gen. Nathan Bedford...
Daguerreotype of Brig. Gen. Edward P. Fyffe. Fyffe, a physician, enlisted as a Colonel, 26th Ohio Vol. Inf. Regt. on June 10, 1861, promoted to Brevet Brigadier Gen. on March 13, 1865. He was at Stones River. He was from Urbana (Champaign County),...
