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  • 1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Vounteers of African Descent
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    Photographs; Soldiers; Armies; Montages; Military officers
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    Composite of the officers of the 1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Volunteers of African Descent, United States Army.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • Abstract of provisions issued
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    Abstract of provisions issued from the 1st day of November 1862 to the 1st day of December 1862 to sick in hospital. Wainwright notes that he compared the specifics for subsistence actually required in hospital.
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Abstract of provisions issued at Camp Wright, Shelbyville, Tennessee
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    Abstract of provisions issued to the troops of the Confederate States of America Artillery of Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk's Corps by the Commissary of Subsistence at Shelbyville, Tennessee. Document includes date issued, numbers of men and...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Abstract of purchases made on account of subsistence of the army
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    Abstract of purchases of fresh beef acquired for the Confederate Army by B. J. Semmes, A. C. S., for the third quarter 1863. It lists the date of purchase, the voucher number, the names of the 18 individuals from whom the beef was bought, the...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Acknowledgement from office of Commissary General of Subsistence
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    Acknowledgement from Office of Commissary General of Subsistence to Lieutenant William Wainwright, 75th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Chattanooga, Tennessee, that his Returns of Commissary Property for July, August, September, October, and November...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Acknowledgement from the Confederate Subsistence Bureau in Richmond, Virginia, to Captain B. J. Semmes
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    Letter from Major D. B. Brewer of the Confederate Subsistence Bureau in Richmond, Virginia, to Captain B. J. Semmes in Chattanooga, Tennessee, certifying that returns for the second and third quarters of 1863 have been received.
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • American Ambulance Service with the French Army
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    World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Armies; Ambulances; Mobile health units; War casualties
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    Image of the American Ambulance Service, as well as a group of soldiers.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
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    Unbound original folio edition of the Official Records (Civil War) Atlas.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Blank Confederate service oath
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    Blank Confederate service oath form. The signing soldier would affirm to bear true faith and yield obedience to the Confederate States of America and observe the orders of the President of the Confederate States and of the officers appointed,...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Certificate declaring the destruction of cotton
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    Certificate declaring that W. Warren Johnson has destroyed 300 bales of cotton weighing 400 pounds and belonging to J. B. Berry on May 4, 1862, by order of General P. G. T. Beauregard and Major General T. C. Hindman. Attested to by Will Williams...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Chickamauga Battle Survivor, Larkin H. Poe, at the site of his Old Home
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    Battlefields; Historical markers
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    Larkin H. Poe, age 94, standing on the site of his old home on the Chickamauga Batlefield. The house was burned to the ground during the battle.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • Communication from North Carolina with instructions on publishing and issuing Special Order No. 5 dealing with surrender
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    Communication from J. S. Johnson in North Carolina containing Special Order No. 5 from General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., commanding the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army and Navy not to take up arms against the United States, and...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Consolidated provision return for the 75th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers
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    Consolidated provision return for the 75th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers commanded by Colonel Milton S. Robinson for 6 days, from November 23-26, 1862. The document lists number of rations (4,891), pounds of fresh beef, bacon, beans, rice,...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Correspondence from Joseph Gerald Branch to Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, March 16, 1864
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife, Mary, in Maury County, Tennessee. He is concerned that his letters are not reaching her, and he observes, "What is property or anything else compared to one's...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Mary Dedman to Tommie Williams, March 13, 1865
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    Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
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    Letter from Mary Dedman of Selma, Alabama, to Tommie Williams. She gives details of the day of fasting and prayer, and prays for peace with liberty.
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to John B. Hamilton, February 1, 1863
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    Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
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    Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John B. Hamilton. She is critical of the conscription, and remarks that "I have not got any man to stay with me."
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to John B. Hamilton, November 8
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    Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
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    Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John B. Hamilton. She discusses problems with the slaves and the crops.
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to John Hamilton, March 6, 1864
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    Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
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    Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John Hamilton. She discusees the loss of the property and the slaves. She bemoans: "How long will this unholy war continue?"
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas "Tommie" H. Williams, January 25, 1863
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    Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
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    Letter from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas Williams. She discusses patients at the war hospital in Columbia, rumors of the Yankees at Franklin and concern for her son, "Tommie."
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Excerpts from the Narrative of Jesse Cox
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War

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