Letter from Quartermaster General's Office to Kinney and Kinney of Nashville, Tennessee, denying claims of William P. Mays and others due to the disloyalty of the claimant and witnesses.
Black and white profile photograph of Joseph Baldwin Taft, Lt. Col., 143 New York. Born August 9, 1838. Died on November 25, 1863 at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Battle of Chattanooga. Buried at Chattanooga's National Cemetery. Photogropher was...
Letter from Private Daniel Richard Phelps to his mother in Maryville. Letter describes travelling from Nashville, chasing General John Bell Hood's army and capturing prisoners and artillery.
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.
Daguerreotype of Rebecca Adkins (Lewis) Smith's mother, Rachel Lewis. Rachel Lewis is Daniel Lewis's wife. Doctor James Washington Smith is Rebecca's husband.
Letter between two brothers of the Decker family commenting on contact with rebel pickets. The stationery features an image of George Washington along with the phrase "let us cherish his memory and emulate his example." See also the John G. Decker...
Tuskegee Institute poster featuring vignettes of the school and oval portraits of three featured men, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass. Probably created in the late nineteenth century.
"Portfolio of Personal, Military, and Civil History" for Levi W. Shook. The certificate inside affirms Shook's membership in the Soldiers and Sailors Historical and Benevolent Society. Shook fought in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
1853 letter written by Jefferson Davis, while he was the acting Secretary of the Navy. The letter authorizes the discharge of ship's cook Robert Johnson on board the USS Union. Letter is addressed to George Read, Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy...
Shortened and refurbished saber owned by George Washington Brown, Company A, 53rd Kentucky Infantry in Covington, Kentucky. Brown enlisted on September 12, 1964. He was promoted to Sergeant Major on November 11, 1864, and Second Lieutenant on June...
Letter from Milo B. Stevens & Company attorney asking Lavina Bird, widow of David Bird, for additional support for her widow's pension application. Mrs. Bird's application was rejected by the War Department because she could not substantiate his...
Discharge record of James R. Hord of Co. F., 2nd US Cavalry (Blount County). Hord served in Capt. James Walker's Company. He was from Friendsville, Tennessee.
