A native of Gibson County, Tenn., Patterson (known as Berry), served as a private in Co. B, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The oath provides his physical description as light complexion, dark brown hair, blue eyes, and 5-foot-7 1/2 inches tall.
Andrew J. Brown in uniform. A note written at the bottom reads, "Yours Truly A. J. Brown." Brown was a Lieutenant Colonel with the 8th Tennessee Cavalry.
Broadside advertising a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King at the War Memorial Building, a benefit concert by Harry Belafonte and Troupe at the Ryman Auditorium, a meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and an address by Spottswood...
Cased daguerreotype of Capt. Flavel L. Barber, Co. A, 3rd (Brown's) Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Barber wears a double-breasted Confederate officer's front coat with a dark cuff and dark collar. The "chicken guts" piping on the sleeves are appropriate...
Sheet music covers; Caricatures; African Americans; Blackface entertainers
Cover shows a caricature drawing of an African American couple wearing formal clothing. The man is bowing and the woman is curtsying. At right is a tiered cake on a table with a sign reading "Dis cake will be given to de most graceful couple."...
Discharge certificate for Pvt. James Lafayette Pierson (spelled here 'Pierson'), Co. F, 5th Tenn. Cav. Regt., of Shelbyville, Bedford Co. Pierson, originally from Marion County, was 20 years old and is described as 5-foot-10, with fair complexion,...
Discharge certificate for Sgt. Archibald B. McLean, Co. K, 27th Wis. Inf. Regt., USA. He enrolled on December 24th, 1862, to serve three years. McLean was born in Scotland. At the time of his discharge, he was 41 years old, 5 -foot-9 and one-half...
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
First sheet includes: date, name, railroad, from, to, distance, cost, and name and rank of officer ordering transportation. The second sheet includes names of sixty-six persons travelling with William Chambers. Persons listed include: William...
Prisons; Prisoners of war; Prison hospitals; Prison guards; Sutlers; Military medicine
Hand-drawn color map of the military prison at Johnson's Island in the bay of Sandusky, Ohio, where captured Confederate officers were held. Prison buildings and grounds are labeled. Drawn by Capt. J. T. Hogane, Topographical Engineer, C.S.A.,...
Illustration in "Harper's Weekly," March 28, 1868, p. 193, shows President Andrew Johnson, attended by Col. W. G. Brown, being served an impeachment summons by George T. Brown, Sergeant-at-arms of the United States Senate, in the White House.
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...
Soldiers; Veterans; Patriotic societies; Older people
John W. Blankenship seated in a chair. There are three elderly women surrounding him. This is probably a photograph from his 95th birthday celebration.
Large broadside giving details concerning the method for convicts in the state prison to use in applying for a pardon. The broadside is signed by Governor John C. Brown.
Letter from Col. Alex J. Brown, Cos. F and S, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regts. (Brown's), CSA, to Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA. Both men were with the 55th on Island No. 10 and surrendered on April 7, 1862. Warlick, as an...
