Frame including photograph of James A. Cook and his wife Kate; an account from Confederate States of America for damages to James Cook for $6,368; a letter confirming account information is correct; and a form No. 13 from the Confederate States of...
Photograph of Montgomery County Confederate veterans, including John William Trotter (ninth from left on second row) and E. P. Martin (seventh from left on front row). John William Trotter served in Co. A, 50th Tenn. Inf. Reg., CSA.
Prisoner of war ledger kept by Lt. Col. Lee, 15th Arkansas Regiment at Johnson's Island Prison, Sandusky, Ohio. Ledger shows names, addresses, and unit affiliations of dozens of Confederate prisoners, including several Tennesseans. Lee was from...
Rectangular shadowbox containing eight bullets, including two minie balls and one Williams "cleaner" bullet. All the projectiles were excavated in White County.
Shadowbox containing assorted relics, including an 1863 Springfield rifle musket hammer, harness buckles, a wrench, minie balls, and carbine cartridge cases.
Lined stationery from Ft. Pillow, Tenn. Imprinted with the seal of the Confederate States of America, including a likeness of President Jefferson Davis, and the words, "Men of the South? A free-born race, They vouch a patriot line; Ready the...
Letter from Anna E. Peck to her cousin, Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA, thanking him for news of her brother who was in Maryland. She writes, "his heart and soul is with us, who are only contending for our own rights....
Small, orange paper "ticket" advertising Republican candidates in the campaign of 1868: Ulysses S. Grant for president, presidential electors (including Dewitt Clinton Senter), and Samuel M. Arnell for Congress. Also listed are electors for...
In this account of the Civil War, Mrs. Stokes wrote about the hardships she had experienced, including the imprisonment of her brother. She also details the return of her future husband, Pvt. Horatio Kinchen Stokes, Co. H, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt.,...
After his brother Cpl. John Abernathy, Co. K, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, was injured at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va., Alfred traveled to find him and bring him home. Writing from Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson's headquarters, he asked Bettie to tell...
Photographic portrait of the Pierson family taken in front of the family home in the Bunker Hill community. James Lafayette Pierson, pictured in the center, served in Co. F, 5th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA.
William Strickland's sketch of the wheel and flange of the Great Western Railway. The sketch shows details of the metalwork used in securing the rails. Dimensions of the various bolts and nuts are shown.
Front page of the Spirit of the Farm newspaper, including an elaborately designed masthead. The design includes horses, livestock, grains, a farmer working in the fields, and a bee house.
This information from the Bureau of Agriculture, Mines, and Statistics communicates on a county-by-county basis (though not all counties are profiled) a kind of manufacturing census for the State of Tennessee. By including the manufacturer name,...
