Letter to "Dear Sister" tells of Shipp's location about 200 miles from Camp Cheatham in East Tennessee. He is feeling "well and harty," and the regiment is on its way to Virginia. He advises her to direct letters to Camp Bradford and "say James...
Letter from Mrs. S. F. O'Guin to her brother, J. A. Coble, concerning the death of their father, James Coble, during the Civil War. James Coble, 10th Tenn. Cav. (Forrest's) Regt., CSA, was the sole casualty in a skirmish near Jackson, Tenn., in...
Written on U. S. Christian Commission stationery to "Dear Brother" from A. J., J. A., and W. T. Easley. "We went under a flag of truce and I can tell you John it did not look right to see the Jonnys and Yankees all mixed up together Looks like war...
Certifies that John W. McDonough of Hickman County swears allegiance to the U. S. government. Issued by Provost Marshal's Office, Nashville. Signed by Lt. Col. George Spalding, Provost Marshal.
Authorized by President Lincoln in 1863, two examples of the first "greenback" paper currency backed by the authority of the federal government as legal tender. First U.S. paper money in the form of modern dollar bills.
Crowell served in Co. H, 22nd Penn. Cav. Regt. and Co. H, 3rd Regt., Penn. Prov. Cav. He received a monthly pension between $24 to $30 from 1914 to 1919.
Certifies that J. W. [John Wesley] McDonough of Hickman County has permission to carry arms for "home defence." Issued by order of the governor (William G. Brownlow) and signed by his son, Tennessee Adj. Gen. James P. Brownlow.
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 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.
Cabinet card photograph of the Moss family. Pvt. Thomas Fletcher Moss was in Co. H, 24th Tenn Inf. Regt., CSA. His pension number was 774. He was born on July 14, 1841, and died on September 4, 1905.
The church is pictured on the left. A cotton factory is also pictured on the middle right area of the picture, near the smokestack. Pinewood Mansion is on the right. On the left is the cotton gin; brick was also manufactured at Pinewood. The...
Photograph of Pinewood Mansion, which was built from 1866 to 1868. The house was built by Samuel Graham, who left North Carolina in 1832 and eventually settled in Hickman County. The Pinewood Plantation was established in 1848 as a mill site....
Photograph of Pinewood Mansion, which was built from 1866 to 1868. The house was built by Samuel Graham, who left North Carolina in 1832 and eventually settled in Hickman County. The Pinewood Plantation was established in 1848 as a mill site....
Photograph of the Pinewood Plantation cotton mill. In the center front are two sisters, Attie Griffin and Mattie McCaleb. The Pinewood cotton mill was established by S. L. Graham, who moved to Hickman County from North Carolina. He began his career...
Thomas Garton Newton McCord enlisted in the Confederate Army on Dec. 9, 1861, in Hickman County, by Capt. Nunley and served with Co. A, 48th Tenn. Inf. Regt. He died in Columbus, Miss., in a hospital on June 21, 1862. He contracted pneumonia and...
