Two-page letter written by Ammons to his family on the day he arrived in Vietnam. He describes conditions and housing at the 90th Replacement Battalion headquarters, 22 miles north of Saigon; the appearance and poverty of the Vietnamese villagers;...
Two-page letter from J. W. Maybin of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to John S. Brien. The letter requests legal advice from John S. Brien, "one of the first legal minds in the United States," regarding his legal options after having seen much of his...
This oath bore the name and mark of Wm. (William) Hodge of Giles County, Tenn. Hodge was described as 5-foot-4 with a light complexion, grey hair and blue eyes. Hodge swore to "faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United...
This geological map of three Tennessee counties (Davidson, Williamson, and Maury) shows main waterways, county seats and towns, main roads, geographical identifications, and transversal sections of the land. Williamson County is outlined in red,...
This front-page obituary that appeared in the March 22, 1906, issue of the Manufacturers' Record for Joseph Buckner Killebrew highlighted his life-long devotion to agriculture. His contributions to the South with regard to agriculture, mining,...
Tennessee Confederate Soldiers' Home in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a large brick building with a double porch and a portico. Also pictured are the grounds around the building.
Small, leather-bound volume with handwritten will and codicils of Philip Van Horn Weems of Bon Aqua, Tenn. Weems recounts having been wounded at Missionary Ridge and has been mortally wounded on July 22, 1864, outside of Atlanta. He asks in writing...
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...
Pocket pistol, .36 cal., manufactured by Cooper Firearms, serial number 5344, patent date January 7, 1851; April 25, 1854; September 4, 1860; September 1, 1863; September 22, 1863
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.
One-sheet certificate of enlistment for Dennis Morgan, "a Colored man whom W. H. Morgan claims as his slave, April 5, 1864." Certificate includes Morgan's age and physical description, as well as the signature of L. E. Davis, First Sergeant, 17th...
One-page printed and handwritten Confederate invoice form reflecting susbsistence stores delivered by one assistant commissary of subsistence to his counterpart in a Confederate outpost in Shelbyville. Categories of information include type of...
Morris provides his cousins with news of the deaths of his mother and Laura [relationship unstated]. He relates his hardships caused by the war and writes, "Life is the running of a race and Death the goal, so then let us look a head to that time...
