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  • Presidential pardon for N. B. Forrest
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    Official presidential pardon from President Andrew Johnson to Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, dated July 17, 1868.
  • Andrew Johnson Collection
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  • Correspondence from John G. Latta to Lucinda Latta, August 17, 1861
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    Correspondence; Mothers; Children; Families; Civil Wars; War
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    Correspondence from John G. Latta to his mother, Lucinda (Gilchrist). Letter is from her son in Boston and is dated August 17, 1861. He states that his family will leave Boston for Tennessee on September 3. He is very anxious to get home. He...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • List of stores transferred to Lieutenant Abram Pelham
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    Printed form listing stores transferred to Lieutenant Abram Pelham, 13th Michigan Infantry, on June 17, 1864, at Tullahoma, Tennessee. "Received, Nashville, June 17, 1864 of Wainwright, Nashville, the following list of Quartermaster Stores: 25...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Bridge blown out by Germans
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    War; Bridges; War damage; Military retreats; World War, 1914-1918
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    Bridge blown out by the Germans during retreat from Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. Bois St. Pierre, in the district of Souplet and Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France, October 17, 1918
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • 301st Tank Battalion
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Tanks (Military Science); Flags
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    Three hundred and first Tank Battalion. America's heavies going into action at Souplet on the morning of October 17, 1918. Note the American flag flying from one of the tanks. St. Souplet, Nord, France.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Sixty-pound guns in action
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles
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    Sixty-pound guns in action at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. This British long-range gun will send its projectiles 15,000 yards. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the...
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • James McCutchen Military Pass, May 17, 1862
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    Military Occupations; Slavery; Oaths; Civil Wars; War
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    Military pass, authorized by Don Carlos Buell and signed by the provost marshal. On the reverse is an oath of allegiance.
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Provost Marshal's pass
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    Grants J. E. Arnold pass through Union lines. Signed July 17, 1862 at Athens, Alabama by Capt. Ralph Huart, Provost Marshal.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Order from Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer
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    Military rations ; Equipment & supplies
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    Order from Brigadier Genernal Felix Zollicoffer, Nashville, handwritten on a Bill of Purchase form, making arrangements, when necessary, to provide the commutation value of the rations instead of the actual rations to the Commands, July 17, 1861.
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Exemption from conscription
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    A form used by the Confederate Army Department of Conscripts. This form is dated December 17, 1862.
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • State Guard promotions announced
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    Military officers; Military uniforms; Militias; Military leadership
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    Tennesse State Guard officers presiding over a meeting of the Second Tennessee Infantry. There are eleven uniformed men sitting at a long table.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Wounded from the 27th Infantry Division
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; War casualties; Wounds & injuries; Prisoners of war
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    Wounded from the 27th Division, United States Army, being carried to the rear by the aid of German prisoners taken during the drive at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the Signal Corps,...
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • British Artillery racing to the front
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Horses; Campaigns & battles; Troop movements
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    British Artillery making quick time getting to the front. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. Photograph shows soldiers moving artillery in action.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Ritual of the Farmer's Alliance
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    Farmers' groups; Farmers; Fraternal organizations; Political organizations
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    A small soft-cover booklet detailing the ritual for the installation of new members into the Farmers' Alliance. The booklet has been sewn together.
  • Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
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  • Dr. McDonald
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    Physicians; Men
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    Dr. McDonald sitting in a chair and mixing a remedy in Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee.
  • Arts, Crafts & Folklife Photos
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  • Pardon of Aaron L. Mims
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    Amnesty; Executive power
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    Certificate of executive pardon for Aaron L. Mims, Cocke County, Tenn., by President Andrew Johnson. It is cosigned by William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
  • Andrew Johnson Collection
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  • Correspondence from Elisha W. Harris to George Carroll Harris, May 4, 1861
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Two-page letter from Elisha W. Harris to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of the war being upon them with bloody consequence. He has abandoned his efforts to cling to the union and...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Thomas Crutchfield, Jr. to James R. Hood, December 27, 1863
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Military Permit for Hannah Morey
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    Military occupations; Civil Wars; War
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    Small handwritten document permitting Hannah Morey to purchase goods for her family. The permit is signed by Union General Gordon Granger of the Army of Kentucky. Hannah Herrick Morey was the wife of the Rev. Ira Morey and the mother of James...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Excerpts from the Narrative of Jesse Cox
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War

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