Large broadside giving details concerning the method for convicts in the state prison to use in applying for a pardon. The broadside is signed by Governor John C. Brown.
Reward poster issued by A. J. Tipton, Sheriff of Carter County, for the capture of Hiram Brown, wanted for the first degree killing of Wilson Mattox. Brown broke out of the Carter County Jail on July 25, 1848. The poster claims the governor will...
Andrew J. Brown in uniform. A note written at the bottom reads, "Yours Truly A. J. Brown." Brown was a Lieutenant Colonel with the 8th Tennessee Cavalry.
Letter from Col. Alex J. Brown, Cos. F and S, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regts. (Brown's), CSA, to Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA. Both men were with the 55th on Island No. 10 and surrendered on April 7, 1862. Warlick, as an...
Illustration in "Harper's Weekly," March 28, 1868, p. 193, shows President Andrew Johnson, attended by Col. W. G. Brown, being served an impeachment summons by George T. Brown, Sergeant-at-arms of the United States Senate, in the White House.
Tintype of Russell Lasetor Brown of Co. H, 16th Inf., CSA. He is holding his musket and Colt revolver. Brown was born in Warren County, Tennessee, on October 24, 1842. He enlisted in the Confederate Army on May 18, 1861.
This McClellan-style saddle belonged to Roby Brown, of Johnson County, Tenn., according to the donor. Capt. Barton Roby Brown recruited the only regular CSA unit from Johnson County, originally Co. F, 7th N.C. Cav. Regt., CSA, later Co. A, 6th N.C....
Letter from Robert Rutledge describing a Union cavalry raid on his camp in which several men were wounded or captured and also a fight beween Harry Henry and an artilleryman in the camp. He asks about the condition of Mr. Runion, who has small pox;...
Prisons; Prisoners of war; Prison hospitals; Prison guards; Sutlers; Military medicine
Hand-drawn color map of the military prison at Johnson's Island in the bay of Sandusky, Ohio, where captured Confederate officers were held. Prison buildings and grounds are labeled. Drawn by Capt. J. T. Hogane, Topographical Engineer, C.S.A.,...
Soldiers; Veterans; Patriotic societies; Older people
Mrs. R. W. Brown presenting a "Cross of Honor" medal to Elbert L. Bailey. The photograph also shows a Confederate monument and a woman holding an American flag.
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...
Membership certificate of Andrew J. Brown from the Grand Army of the Republic. Brown is listed as a Lieutenant Colonel with the 8th Tennessee Cavalry and served for one year and eight months.
Pen and ink drawing of antebellum home on Old Salem Road in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brown owned this home. It was built by Thomas Blanks Turner and was surrounded by a Federal encampment during the Civil War.
Discharge certificate for Pvt. James Lafayette Pierson (spelled here 'Pierson'), Co. F, 5th Tenn. Cav. Regt., of Shelbyville, Bedford Co. Pierson, originally from Marion County, was 20 years old and is described as 5-foot-10, with fair complexion,...
Broadside advertising a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King at the War Memorial Building, a benefit concert by Harry Belafonte and Troupe at the Ryman Auditorium, a meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and an address by Spottswood...
