Letter from Robert Rutledge to his father, G. R. Rutledge, explaining the strategic value of East Tennessee and the likelihood of a Union invasion. He implores his father to leave Cleveland, Tennessee, and flee south to Georgia before such a raid...
Photographic reprint of elderly veteran, Alfred Mathews Cleveland and an unknown child. Cleveland served as a private in Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. He is seated in a cane-backed chair with his legs crossed. The child stands behind him....
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Letter from Robert Rutledge expressing concern for his sick son, correcting an earlier assertion that a member of his company was killed, and describing plans to buy land in Texas. He asks his wife to buy needed provisions without concern for...
Photographic reprint of elderly Confederate veteran Pvt. Alfred Mathews Cleveland, Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, and his family. Seated from left are his daughter Polly, granddaughter Palastine, grandson Jerry, and second wife Catherine....
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Front view of Cleveland School. At the time the photograph was made, the school was abandoned. The unpainted building is constructed with vertical boards.
These final pages include contact information for four individuals, A. J. Jankura of Cleveland, Ohio; Joe L. Ogan of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Billy Jo [Trice] of Dallas, Texas; and C. Elmer Hicks from Louisville, Kentucky. He has also written, "Ask Olaf...
Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
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...
Newspaper clipping declaring "Saturday Tag Day for York." The article announces that all Nashvillians will have an opportunity to help the hero by giving money to a fund which would pay the mortgage on the York farm. The article includes a list of...
Hand-drawn map showing the area around Knoxville, indicating fortifications and other landmarks. The map was created by Seth Alden Abbey (1798-1880) and was included in a diary that he kept. The map shows the disposition of forces, gun...
Letter to Mr. G. W. Cook from W. B. Airhart. The letter discusses the effects of the war on the Confederate and Union soldiers in town. He also comments on the fighting at Corinth, Miss. and Kentucky and a fight in East Tennesee where Co[l]. Vaughn...
Document detailing discharge of John M. Vance, Private, of Captain William J. Cleveland's Company A, 1st Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Vance was discharged at Carthage, Tennessee, at the expiration of his term of service.
