The house of Tom Ryman who personally designed much of the structure. Two-story wood frame Victorian with large wrap-around veranda, square tower on left, and second floor gazebo/porch; ornate iron fence around property. This is the earlier of two...
Full-length portrait of Federal Captain William Inness, in an overcoat and uniform. He is resting his right arm on a pedestal draped with an American flag, and he holds a kepi in his right hand.
Carte de visite of J. J. Neeley with rank of captain (early 1861). Note the yellow cavalry sash, confederate brass frame revolver, saber, and two-piece Haiman C S beltplate. Photograph by Fittman & Wolfrom. Three-cent tax stamp on reverse. Neeley...
Portrait of William Preston Graves (Febraury 2, 1841 - January 20, 1889) seated in uniform. Graves was a captain in the U.S. Army. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and died in Little Rock Barracks, Arkansas. He married Hetty Scott of...
Certificate of provisions from John T. Humphreys certifying receipt of items from the subsistence stores for use by the officers in the company. The items listed include beef, bacon, flour, meal, rice, sugar, vinegar, soap, salt, candles, and...
Charles Littrell's application for a Confederate Pension. He provides proof of his service in the Confederate Army in the Civil War as a servant to his then-owner, Jim Littrell, who served under Lieutenant Harden, Captain Cox, and Colonel Jack...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Certificate acknowledging Charles Edward Rutherford's promotion to Assistant Leader for Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 417, by Joseph C. Matthews, Jr., Captain 321st Infantry, Commanding Compay 417, Civilian Conservation Corps.
This commission certificate was issued to Benjamin Haught by the Virginia governor. Haught was assigned as Captain of the volunteer company attached to the 123rd Regiment of the 23rd Brigade and the 3rd Division of Virginia Militia. Item is a part...
Letter ordering an officer to go with a guard of one non-commissioned officer and six men in order to take charge of a passenger train on the Rome Railroad; the letter includes additional instructions. An example of the form to be kept is...
Muster roll of Captain A. J. McWhirter's Company, 18th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, C. S. A.. Captain McWhirter later became the Commissioner of Agriculture of Tennessee.
1836 Springfield rifle, modified or converted to percussion in 1860. The rifle was owned by Captain William Thomas Baldridge (1836-1924), Co. A, Western Stars, 31st Tenn. In. Regt., CSA.
Four-page letter from Beck Wallace to her cousin, Samuel R. Latta, of the 13th Tennessee Infantry, conveys her sorrow at his leaving home to fight for the Confederacy. She is deeply concerned for his wife and children. Beck, a teacher in Fayette...
Letter from Gamble Rutledge to his father, G. R. Rutledge, concerning his brother Robert's regiment, his parents' desire to move to Georgia, his brigade's activities, his desire to change his position in the regiment, and the status of his wounded...
Correspondence; Children; Families; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from John G. Latta to his brother, Samuel R. Latta. The four-page letter mentions John G. Latta's intention to move home to Tennessee. It also mentions that Southern sympathizers are being targeted in New England.
Correspondence; Fathers; Mothers; Campaigns & battles; Civil Wars; War
Letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel R. Latta, dated August 19, 1861. Although she has hoped that Samuel Latta's unit would be ordered into retreat in Tennessee, they have instead been ordered to New Madrid, Missouri.
