Two letters on the same sheet of paper to Kittie describing military life and his affections for her. The first letter is dated Dec. 26, 1862, and the second letter is dated January 1, 1863.
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 John R. Ross to his father, Green H. Moss, on the back of the letter to his wife. Letter concerns his father's health and hopes in receiving a letter from home.
Photocopied photograph of William Raleigh Watkins, 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, who fought at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 24, 1863. He was born on July 1, 1832, and died on February 22, 1891.
Letter from John Ray Moss to his wife, Nancy Forgey Moss. Moss served in Co. I, 43rd Tenn. Infantry (also called the 5th East Tenn. Volunteers), CSA. Moss is writing from Vicksburg to tell his wife that he is safe and hopes she is the same.
Black and white photo of Peter Culberson (1833-1900). He served in the Union army, 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry. Was a prisoner of war in Cahawba, Alabama. He served tfrom April 1863 to June 1865. Culberson was from McMinn County,...
Muster roll of Company K, 33rd Massachusetts Infantry, from December 1863 to February 1864. Fought at the Battle of Wauhatchie and Battle of Lookout Mountain.
Letter from Githens at field hospital near Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 7, 1863, describing his treatment of wounded from the Battle of Chickamauga.
Letters from and about Sergeant Wiley Bartlett, Company H, 61st Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Letters written from Vicksburg, Mississippi, during seige to Sallie Bartlett.
Letter describes witnessing the execution of a man accused of spiking 26 guns at Fort Jackson outside New Orleans and enabling the "Yankeys" to capture New Orleans.
