Steamboats; Ox teams; Laborers; Rivers; Farming; Bodies of water
A man with a hat stands next to a team of oxen. A river and a steamboat can be seen in the background. The man is standing near some wooden structures, one of which may be a barn. The name of the steamboat is the "City of Memphis."
Roster of the men who have served, are currently serving, and those who have not reported for duty in the Confederate Reserve Military Corps of Tennessee for the 13th district of Shelby County. Includes thirty-one men between the ages of eighteen...
List of the guns received for the 124th Regiment, Tennessee Militia, Bolivar, Tennessee, to Memphis. The document lists 176 citizens and the value of each donated firearm.
Articles of agreement between Assistant Quartermaster E. B. Whitman and John M. Palmer for coffins for national cemeteries located at or near Natchez, Vicksburg, Corinth, Memphis, Pittsburg Landing, Fort Donelson, Nashville, and Marietta. Document...
Advertisement dealing with iron head blocks for graves of soldiers buried in national cemeteries. Advertisement includes number of head blocks requested by location (8-12,000 for Memphis and 15-20,000 for Nashville), as well as the dimensions and...
Special Order No. 127 was issued by Major General Stoneman convening a court-martial for the trial of Colonel S. R. K. Patton of the 8th Tennessee Cavalry. The order also commands Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan to "depart for the court."
General order No. 5 issued by Governor and Commander-in-Chief Isham G. Harris and Adjutant General W. C. Whitthorne to organize the state's Reserve Military Corps as required by an act of the General Assembly passed March 18, 1862.
Last three Confederate veterans in Lauderdale County. On the right is Lewis Nelson, an African American volunteer for the CSA. In the center is William Ball Drake.
Howard physician of Memphis visiting patients stricken with yellow fever communicates the dire situation that the city faced during its 1870s public health nightmare.
