Oath of allegiance taken and signed by James Dillahunty, a native of Tipton County, Tenn. During the war, Dillahunty served as a private in Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. A US five-cent George Washington stamp is affixed to the certificate.
Certificate of discharge for Cpl. William Waldrup, Co. F (David Dickinson's), 6th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. Waldrup, a native of Hardin County, enrolled on September 21, 1862. He was discharged from service on July 26, 1865 at Pulaski, Tenn., by...
Certificate of discharge for Pvt. William M. Smith, Co. F, 6th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. Smith enrolled on December 26, 1862, and was discharged on July 26, 1865. A resident of Hardin County at the time of his enlistment, Smith was born in Montgomery...
Discharge certificate for Pvt. Benjamin S. Miles, Co. C, 141st Regt. Ohio National Guard (Captain F. H. Gray's Company). Miles enrolled on May 2, 1864, and was discharged from the service on September 3, 1864, at Gallipolis, Oh. He was 23 years old...
"The President's Thanks and Certificate of Honorable Service" presented to Pvt. Benjamin S. Miles, Co. C, 141st Regt. Ohio National Guard. "The term of service of their enlistment was short, but distinguished by memorable eventsthe NATIONAL GUARD...
Discharge certificate for Sgt. John Wesley McDonough, 12th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA He enrolled in the army in Feb. 1863 in Nashville and was discharged in July 1865. The sergeant was born in Alabama but lived in Pinewood, Hickman Co. He was 29 years...
Issued to J. W. [John Wesley] McDonough, 12th Tenn. Vols., USA, by Tennessee Commissioner of Registration. The document states that McDonough was honorably discharged from the army and that he is entitled to vote. Signed by J. N. Puckett. McDonough...
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,...
Certificate of release for Confederate prisoner Berry T. Patterson, Pvt., Co. B, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, from Point Lookout, Md. Patterson was also a prisoner at Cairo, Ill.
Certificate of discharge for Pvt. John Patterson, Co. D, 6th Tenn. Vol. Regt., CSA. Patterson enlisted at Jackson, Tenn., on May 23, 1861, for a period of one year. He was discharged by reason of "chronic inflammation & diarrhoea."
A native of Gibson County, Tenn., Patterson (known as Berry), served as a private in Co. B, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The certificate documents his transfer as a paroled prisoner of war from Cairo, Ill., to Trenton, Tenn.
Francis M. James joined the Sons of Temperance, a brotherhood of men who promoted the temperance movement in the mid-1800s. James lived in Bluff Springs, Gibson County, Tennessee.
Certificate of discharge from the Army of Tennessee for David A. Hickerson, a private in Captain James H. Lewis's Company C, 2nd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry. At the time of discharge, he was 26 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, fair complexion, gray...
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...
