General order No. 226 issued from E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of the United States Army, describing the proper ration of pork, soft bread, hard bread, beans, vegetables, rice, vinegar, coffee, candles, soap, salt, and pepper for each...
Gold-framed ambrotype of Confederate soldier Elijah Anderson (circa 1816-1862) in civilian clothes. Pinned to his left lapel is a ribbon displaying the name "Anderson."
Head and shoulders portrait of Zina B. Chatfield (1828-1923). N. H. Black, photographer. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He was commissioned an officer in Co. F., U. S. Colored Troops, 58th Inf. Regt., on...
Letter from Asa D. Oakley to wife, Mary Louisa Kennerly Oakley, dated June 25, 1864, from Point Lookout, Maryland (prison camp). Asa reports that he has been "treated mighty well" by his captors. Sgt. Oakley, from Coffee County, was in the 44th...
Letter to (sister) Cleopatra Robinson from (brother) Aaron Boyd Robinson regarding some of the soldiers that she knew. Aaron later became a doctor and moved to Murfreesboro, Rutherford County. Cleopatra married J. F. Rickman, who had been a...
Letter to Cleopatra Robinson from her husband, Tom H. M. Hunter, regarding updates on what has been happening to him during the war. He mentions that his regiment is on duty in Atlanta, policing the town.
Medal awarded to veterans by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). The item belonged to James Mason Jewell, who was in Co. E, 26th Tenn Inf. Regt., CSA. His future wife, Mary Ann McDonald, worked with Rhea County women during the war. See...
Muster roll for Capt. Zina B. Chatfield's Co. F, 58th Inf. Regt., United States Colored Troops. These troops were recruited in the vicinity of Natchez and Vicksburg, Miss. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He...
Non-military bag that could have been used during the Civil War and hooked onto a horse's saddle. The item was carried by Jackson Green from Luther, Hancock County, Tennessee. He was in Co. B, 1st Regt., Tenn. Vol. Cav., USA. Some of the bag is...
Orders issued by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant appointing Sgt. Zina B. Chatfield of Co. A, 4th Regt., Minn. Inf. Vols., USA, Orderly Sgt., in the 12th Regt. of Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent. Signed by John Aaron Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant...
Photograph of Lt. Col. Peril Columbus Haynes of the 4th Tenn. Cav., CSA. This was Starnes-McLemore's regiment. Haynes was from Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tenn. He was wounded Feb. 3, 1863, at Fort Donelson. He was shot in the head but lived to...
Published copy, General Order No. 40, Headquarters, Dept. of Mississippi, Vicksburg, April 28, 1865, on the death of President Lincoln. General Order No. 66, April 16, 1865, announces the "untimely and lamentable death" of the President, and is...
Reproduction full-length portrait of James Hoots Call wearing double-breasted frock coat and campaign hat. Because of an arm wound sustained at Shiloh, he was discharged from service in June 1862 at age 35. Family lore states that Call carried a...
Return of provisions received at Shelbyville for May 1863. List includes date, voucher number, names of quartermasters from whom goods were received, and types and quantities of goods received, including pork, beef, bacon, flour, candles, rice,...
