Cpl. Henry Marshall Misemer, Co. F, 3rd Tenn. Cav., USA, comments in the letter to his wife Martha that one of their local boys is "drunk and loose" and some fellow comrades were finally furloughed. For the entire collection of letters, see TSLA...
Misemer writes that officers are riding around the camp telling soldiers that they will be paroled and of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Richmond. He also says that he has heard that two of his comrades have come from Andersonville and are doing...
"Roll call of Co. F, 6th Tenn. Cav. by Levi Thompson for the pleasure of the surviving brethren." The roll lists the name, age, enlistment date and mustered in date for each member of the company. The roll is in pieces, and has been taped in...
Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia memorializing those Union prisoners who died at the Andersonville Confederate Prison, as well as all other American prisoners of war. The Tennessee Union Soldiers' Monument, dedicated to those lost in...
Red and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys a seated, malnourished Viet-Cong soldier with his weapon at his feet as he daydreams of food. The reverse has text and the leaflet number (6-163-68).
Image card featuring 67 leaders of the Confederate Army including Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Leonidas Polk, A. S. Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and many others. Text below reads, "Confederate Chiefs." Each image is...
Double-sided, handwritten, one-page document lists those prisoners being held by Federal authorities. Those incarcerated include citizens, soldiers who have committed disciplinary infractions, and soldiers being held for possible court-martial.
