Letter to Mr. D. Odell from W. L. Delammy (?) or Delany (?) or Delamy (?) or Delamery (?) regarding the death of Odell's son Philip. The men were a part of the 4th Tennessee Cavalry.
Letter written by John F. House on U. S. House of Representatives letterhead on behalf of Pennia E. Mays for a claim against the U. S. Government for $96,000.
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.
"The Capture of Clarksville, Tennessee" shows a map and is numbered 9297. Other articles include "The Rebel Fort Donelson" and "Additional Details of the Battle." Both are dated Monday, February 17, 1862.
Photocopied photograph of William Raleigh Watkins, 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, who fought at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 24, 1863. He was born on July 1, 1832, and died on February 22, 1891.
Muster roll of Company K, 33rd Massachusetts Infantry, from December 1863 to February 1864. Fought at the Battle of Wauhatchie and Battle of Lookout Mountain.
Letter describing his intense desire to get home to wife and children: if he gets back to Tennessee, he will come home no matter what his officers say.
Crayon print of James Washington Smith, Dover resident credited with showing Nathan Bedford Forrest and his Confederate troops an escape route from Grant's encirclement at Fort Donelson, February 1862.
Carte-de-visite of Dr. James W. Smith, credited with helping Nathan Bedford Forrest and some 2500 C.S.A. troops escape before the Confederate surrender at Fort Donelson in February 1862.
