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...
Silver platter, dated December 25, 1870. It was given to the Reverend Richard Riley Evans (1818-1903) by Germantown (Shelby County) Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Evans saved the church building from being burned during the Civil War. It is said...
Letter from 1st Lt. John A. Crutchfield, Co. F, 20th (Russell's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., part of Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in northern Mississippi describing recent battle (Battle of Harrisburg?) in Mississippi and his unit's losses. Crutchfield...
Silver goblet, dated February 14, 1862. It was given to the Reverend Richard Riley Evans (1818-1903) by Germantown (Shelby County) Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Evans saved the church building from being burned during the Civil War. It is said...
Cpl. Henry Marshall Misemer describes changes to his company as well as Jacob Briente being promoted to captain of their company. He states that he has been vaccinated three times for smallpox, but believes that it is no longer a threat to the...
Trust deed for two town lots in Athens, Tennessee, on which the bank is currently located. It was executed July 3, 1865. Document constitutes mortgage on lots being conveyed to David Cleage. Affixed is $3.00 Federal Internal Revenue stamp.
Pension certificate for Pvt. Henry Beeler, Co. A, 12th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. "This pension being for: Chronic diarrhoea, disease of head eyes and breast result of measles, and rheumatism." Signed by James R. Garfield, Secretary of the Interior.
A letter from Frederick M. Williamson to Alice O. McBee. Williamson wrote from General Hospital No. 2, 3rd Division Ward in Lynchburg, Va. He describes his illness and only having a blanket and a bed of straw to rest on. He discusses wanting to...
Broadside calls Tennesseans to arms against the "hired and ruffian soldiers" of the North. "The Yankee War is now being waged for beauty and booty." Signed by J. B. Murray and H. C. Witt. Most likely a reproduction.
Narrative of William A. Dycus, Co. D, 28th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, as told to his daughter, Etta Dycus Hix. He refers to events that took place in November 1862 and discusses being under fire in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and retreating to Chickamauga. He...
John Nathaniel Henderson (1843-1907) enlisted in Company E, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade in the beginning of the war and lost an arm at Antietam. After being wounded, he served under General J. B. Robertson in the rank of captain. After...
John Nathaniel Henderson (1843-1907) enlisted in Company E, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade in the beginning of the war and lost an arm at Antietam. After being wounded, he served under General J. B. Robertson in the rank of captain. After...
John Nathaniel Henderson (1843-1907) enlisted in Company E, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade in the beginning of the war and lost an arm at Antietam. After being wounded, he served under General J. B. Robertson in the rank of captain. After...
Photograph of Bradley Myatt and Sarah Russell Myatt. Myatt was a private in Co. D, 49th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. He became a POW on August 17, 1863, in Memphis after being captured at LaGrange, Tenn. He took the oath of allegiance on August 20, 1863.
Inscription and cover page of "Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Vol. II." The tome is touted as being "the only copy-right edition." It has a notice from W. J. Hardee, Colonel, Confederate States Army, inside the front cover. The notice was written from...
Inscription and cover page of "Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Vol. I." The tome is touted as being "the only copy-right edition." It has a notice from W. J. Hardee, Colonel, Confederate States Army, inside the front cover. The notice was written from...
This pro-Confederate newspaper, originally printed in Memphis, was published in Jackson, Miss., after being run out of Grenada, Miss., by Federal forces. It eventually moved on to Meridian, Miss., and Montgomery, Ala.
Pro-Confederate newspaper published in Athens, Tenn. Reporting on various war news, mostly from East Tennessee. Reference on front page to the Daily Rebel Banner being published in Shelbyville, Tenn.
Edward Dudley Tarpley worked as a miller in Texas and Mexico and served several months with the state militia. He arrived in Memphis, Tenn., two days after the Sultana disaster, and described the Mississippi River as being "gorged with dead...
