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...
Hand-tinted photograph of an unknown soldier. The photographer was Duffee and Murdock, located on the corner of Conception and Dauphin Streets in Mobile, Ala.
Tuskegee Institute poster featuring vignettes of the school and oval portraits of three featured men, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass. Probably created in the late nineteenth century.
Letter with a hand-drawn map of the Battle of Spring Hill. The letter was written by J. H. Watson of the 57th Indiana Regiment and describes several Tenn. engagements, especially the Battle of Franklin. It was written from a "Camp near...
Parole record issued May 10, 1865 at Gainesville, Alabama. Signed by Brig. Gen. Dennis for Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Camby, USA. Issued to W. S. Fisher of Co. C, 10th & 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment CSA, residing in Marshall County, Tennessee.
Mollie McReynolds Grisham wrote this letter to her cousin, 2nd Lt. Aaron Gamble McReynolds, who had enlisted in Co. H, 2nd Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. On June 4, 1864, he was appointed Captain of Co. D, 2nd Tenn. Cav., USA. He died in the Battle of...
This letter by Eliza Jane McReynolds of Blount County, Tennessee, to her brother Capt. Aaron McReynolds, USA, provides news of family and crops from home. Aaron Gamble McReynolds enlisted in Co. H, 2nd Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. On June 4, 1864, he was...
Letter written by Frank (Benjamin Franklin) McCutchen to his father during the war. In the letter, McCutchen tells his father of his illness with typhoid-pneumonia. Due to his poor health, McCutchen paid for a replacement to fulfill his service in...
B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) McCutchen served as a Private in Company I , 6th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, C. S. A.. He was stricken with typhoid pneumonia during the war and ultimately paid for a replacement to finish his service. In the letter, he...
African American Confederate veteran Rueben Patterson is photographed with Mary Gardner Patterson, the granddaughter of Josiah Patterson. Reuben accompanied his master's son, Col. Josiah Patterson, 5th Ala. Cav. Regt., CSA, throughout the Civil...
This pendant was converted from the Sons of Confederate Veterans tie tack owned by Malcolm Rice Patterson, the son of Col. Josiah Patterson, 5th Ala. Cav. Regt., CSA. Malcolm R. Patterson was the 27th Governor of Tennessee (1907-1911).
Parole and permission to return home for Pvt. J. L. Gee, Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Gee resided in Tipton County, Tenn. The parole is signed by E. S. Dennis, Brig. Gen. Vols. Com. for US.
Includes commission for Charles A. Nash, 97th Tenn. Militia (Confederate), June 23, 1848, signed by Gov. Neill Brown; Nash's 1864 oath of allegiance signed at Scottsboro, Ala.; handwritten commission for 1st Lt. C. A. Nash, 97th Tenn. Militia, July...
