Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
Four-page letter written on Fort Campbell stationery by Christopher Ammons from basic training to his family. He details gathering together some items and visiting a museum, but the majority of the letter describes and lauds PVT Smith (Smitty)....
Military officers; Military uniforms; Militias; Military training; Military education
Tennesse State Guard officers who attended military training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia in 1942. There are approximately forty-three officers in the photograph.
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
Mollie McReynolds Grisham wrote this letter to her cousin, 2nd Lt. Aaron Gamble McReynolds, who had enlisted in Co. H, 2nd Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. On June 4, 1864, he was appointed Captain of Co. D, 2nd Tenn. Cav., USA. He died in the Battle of...
A handwritten roster of the commissioned officers of the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. Roster includes name of member, rank, and miscellaneous remarks.
Armories; Military facilities; Military depots; Military training; Military inspections; Barbecues; Military officers; Militias
Uniformed members of the Tennessee State Guard both serving food and standing in line to receive a meal inside the Clarksville Armory. A small boy is pictured at the front of the line. This barbecue followed the September 10, 1944 military...
Stone monument of a riderless horse at Chickamauga Battlefield Park near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Carving on monument reads, "First Wisconsin Cavalry, 2nd Brig. 1st Div. Cavalry Corps."; Descriptive text on the reverse side of postcard.
A dozen or more Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker church during the Battle of Antietam.
Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General Wililam E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
Three dead Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade. They fell near the fence along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
Confederate soldiers of Brigadier William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker church during the Battle of Antietam. The lower left corner is torn and stained.
Co. D, 2nd Regiment Tennessee Cavalry USA drilling in formation. The image shows guidon, muskets, carbines, and Colt revolving rifles. Co. D was predominantly from Blount County, possibly Cades Cove. The image has been hand-tinted.
This letter by Eliza Jane McReynolds of Blount County, Tennessee, to her brother Capt. Aaron McReynolds, USA, provides news of family and crops from home. Aaron Gamble McReynolds enlisted in Co. H, 2nd Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. On June 4, 1864, he was...
Lt. Aaron Gamble McReynolds wrote this letter to his brother in Blount County, Tenn., from Murfreesboro, Tenn. Camped near Stones River, he described the condition of several mutual acquaintances and advised his brother on volunteering. Lt....
Special orders for the promotion of Jacob Johnson, Co. E, 2nd Tenn. Cav. Regt., from sergeant to 2nd Lt. By order of Col. H. M. Ashby, Commanding Brigade, and J. H. I. Frierson Jr., Acting Asst. Adj. Gen.
Hand-colored image of 2nd Lt. Jacob Johnson, Co. E, 2nd (Ashby's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, standing in full uniform with a pistol in his belt, holding a saber.
