Questionnaire response of Confederate soldier Lee Sadler, completed in 1922 when he was 79. He states the value of his property and his family's property before, during, and after the war and whether they owned slaves; he comments on the social...
Crayon print of Leona Beal Russell, wife of Cap. Malcolm W. Russell, Co. F, 51st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. They lived in the Grainger community in Madison County, Tennessee.
View of Market and Main Street in Jackson, Tennessee. Shows the north side business area, multi-storied buildings (including the First National Bank in foreground), automobiles, and pedestrians.
Leather saddle bags used by Dr. John H. Buford who served in Confederate cavalry and was involved in battles at Forts Henry and Donelson. He was later a doctor in the Lesbia community in Stewart County.
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Front and side views of a clapboard building set on rock pillars. The school is set among trees, and part of another structure can be seen in the background.
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Front and side views of a dark brick structure with windows on both sides and a columned front porch. A worn-down basketball court with two goalposts stands in the side yard.
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Front and side views of an old store used as a school in Hickory Tree, Sullivan County. Wooden structure has vertical boards and a sloping covered porch.
Two-story brick home of Abraham and Magdalene Sherfy. The home, located in the Barnes Community, Washington County, Tenn., still stands today. Magdalene Sherfy and her two daughters operated the home as a hospital during the Civil War.
Photographic reprint of members of the Jett family taken in the Beth Burie community north of Lewisburg, Tenn. Pvt. Thomas Bedford Jett (1841�1921), 5th from the left, served in Co. K, 24th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, and was wounded at the Battle of...
Photographic portrait of the Pierson family taken in front of the family home in the Bunker Hill community. James Lafayette Pierson, pictured in the center, served in Co. F, 5th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA.
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Front of a multi-graded brick building with four long windows on one side of the front door and six long windows on the other. Two men are standing near the front door.
Quilting party in the front yard of the Shell house, Cherokee Community. Edna Richardson is seated in the front and Marie Taylor Harvey is standing in the extreme back. Various unidentified women and children are also shown.
Small pewter cup with flowers engraved on the body and handle. The owner of the cup, Josiah H. Harper, fought with Confederate cavalry commander Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Harper was born in the Rock City community in Smith County, Tenn. He married Mary...
Belonging to Captain John J. Fly, Co. E, 41st Infantry. He captured the sword from a U. S. cavalryman. It was manufactured by N. P. Ames in 1848, called the "Wristbreaker." Capt. Fly was from the Fly community.
