Alfred "Uncle Alfred" Jackson (circa 1812-1901), body servant of Andrew Jackson, sitting in his red cedar log cabin (built in 1841) at the Hermitage. A quilt is visible on the bed.
Reunion brooch of Alfred A. White, member of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry Corps. White was from Weakley County Tennessee. Wounded in Memphis. Co. J, 1st Corps, 15th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry.
General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
Race relations riot that occurred in Memphis in May of 1866. The black population of Memphis had swelled from 4,000 to over 15,000 by 1865. The volatile mix of former slaves or contraband, long-time freedmen of the Beale Street area, four regiments...
After his brother Cpl. John Abernathy, Co. K, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, was injured at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va., Alfred traveled to find him and bring him home. Writing from Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson's headquarters, he asked Bettie to tell...
This sword likely belonged to Col. Alfred Harris Abernathy, 53rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Harris joined the Confederate Army on Dec. 6, 1861, after his brother John died of wounds sustained at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va. Col. Harris surrendered...
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...
Photograph of Brig. Gen. Alfred Eugene Jackson, the only Confederate general from Washington County, Tenn. As military commander of Greeneville, Tenn., he saved Andrew Johnson's home. In 1863, he fought at the Battle of Limestone Station, Tenn....
Capt. Eugene Jackson, Co. G, 29th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, of Jonesborough, Tenn. was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, served under General Stonewall Jackson, and was killed at Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was the son of Brig. Gen. Alfred Eugene...
This photograph of Eva Jackson shows her holding a doll. She later married William von Albade Deaderick, who became a judge in Jonesborough, Tenn. She was the daughter of Brig. Gen. Alfred Eugene Jackson, CSA. This photograph was included in a...
Photographic reprint of elderly veteran, Alfred Mathews Cleveland and an unknown child. Cleveland served as a private in Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. He is seated in a cane-backed chair with his legs crossed. The child stands behind him....
Photographic reprint of elderly Confederate veteran Pvt. Alfred Mathews Cleveland, Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, and his family. Seated from left are his daughter Polly, granddaughter Palastine, grandson Jerry, and second wife Catherine....
Faded red velvet cockade, housed within a folded sheet of paper. Staining marks the imprint of the rosette on both sides of the folded paper. Written at the top card is "Secession Cockade C.S.A., M.E.Y." Notation in the middle is believed to...
Portrait photographs; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms
Half-length portrait of Sergeant James Otey Gloster, C.S.A., in uniform. A note on the back of the photograph states that it was a gift of Dr. Digby Seymour of LaGrange, Illinois.
