"The Capture of Clarksville, Tennessee" shows a map and is numbered 9297. Other articles include "The Rebel Fort Donelson" and "Additional Details of the Battle." Both are dated Monday, February 17, 1862.
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.
Sword belonging to Edwin L. Higgins (24 January 1873 to 1 July 1875). Born in Missouri. Served w/Co. I, 7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, USA. (90 days). Served with Co. K, 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was wounded at Vicksburg. He was...
Letter from John G. Decker to his brother Phil. In the letter John Decker comments on being court-martialed for stabbing a corporal. He also discusses the relations his Union camp has with Rebels on the south side of the Tennessee River. He...
Letter from John G. Decker to his brother Fred commenting on the availability of rations. He also mentions an incident where men from his camp eager to engage the Confederates began singing an anti-secessionist song. Decker also comments on three...
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.
Military discharge paper for Wallace Preston, Company H, 45th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. Preston, a resident of Johnson County, Kentucky, enlisted on August 25, 1863 for a period of "one year or the duration of the war."
Henry M4C that belonged to John Oliver Wall. John Oliver Wall was born December 18, 1843, in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on February 24, 1899, in Carroll County, Tennessee. He fought in the Civil War.
Hunting rifle that belonged to John Oliver Wall. Wall was born December 18, 1843, in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died February 24, 1899, in Carroll County, Tennessee. He fought in the Civil War.
Letter written on United States Sanitary Commission stationery. Misemer states that he has been absent 6 months from the Federal lines while he was in Cahaba Prison in Alabama. He compares it to Purgatory. He goes on to state that all the boys from...
24 lbs., solid shot, 5 5/8 in diameter cannonball. Found at the base of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the rifle pit area. Close to present day McCauley tunnels on the west side.
1st Lt. W. P. Anthony, Co. C, 30th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, wrote to his wife Bettie Anderson of Hartsville, Tenn. from Johnson's Island Prison in Lake Erie, Ohio, sharing news about prison life and family. The envelope has examiner markings from the...
Crowell served in Co. H, 22nd Penn. Cav. Regt. and Co. H, 3rd Regt., Penn. Prov. Cav. He received a monthly pension between $24 to $30 from 1914 to 1919.
Josiah Stewart (J. S.) House registered to vote on June 24, 1869, in Dyer County, Tenn. He served as a private in Co. H, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, and in Captain King's Scouts, a company of about 40 men organized in 1864 to maintain order near...
Letter from Sgt. David Mullins, Co. K, 41st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his wife Genetia. He describes leaving Camp Morton, Ind., and heading to Chattanooga, Tenn. The original version of the letter to Mullins's wife is not available in its complete...
