Four-page program for a memoral recital to honor Gen. Robert E. Lee. The recital is to be held at Christ Church on January 18, 1914. The program lists Lee's birth and death dates along with hymns, sacred readings and a detailed order of events.
Soldiers; Veterans; Patriotic societies; Older people
Mrs. R. W. Brown presenting a "Cross of Honor" medal to Elbert L. Bailey. The photograph also shows a Confederate monument and a woman holding an American flag.
Soldiers; Veterans; Patriotic societies; Older people
John W. Blankenship seated in a chair. There are three elderly women surrounding him. This is probably a photograph from his 95th birthday celebration.
Street scene on the main square in Ripley, Tennessee, during a celebration involving Confederate veterans and members of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Ten individuals pose in front of a large siege cannon.
Excerpts from a small handwritten diary written by Nannie Haskins, a young girl of Clarksville, Tennessee. Provides an insight into the day to day activities of an observant young girl. Haskins was strongly in support of the Confederacy and loathed...
W. M. Canada's application to a Confederate Veteran's Home from January 4, 1901. Canada presents proof of his service and wounds obtained during combat in the U. S. Civil War in service of the Confederacy. The application was rejected without...
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.
Document lists prices to be paid by Confederate armies when buying or impressing goods such as wheat, flour, corn, bacon, beef, sugar, candles, soap, and many others. It includes the 5-year average for prices of goods preceding the war, the...
A form issued by the Confederate Secretary of War promoting W. W. Ferguson to Second Lieutenant of the Corps Engineers. The document is signed by Judah P. Benjamin, whom Jefferson Davis would appoint Confederate Secretary of State the following...
List from the U. S. Army Quartermaster of the bridges and trestling destroyed on the Nashville Northwestern Railroad, including bridges to be built or rebuilt, and grading to be done. The list enumerates each item by section and includes length,...
Veterans; Portrait photographs; Military standards; Flagpoles; Daggers & swords; Dogs
Confederate veteran John B. Kennedy is seated outdoors surrounded by his saber, his canteen, his cane, and a small dog. The flag of his regiment, the 3rd Tennessee Infantry, hangs on a pole behind him.
Mrs. Caroline Meriwether Goodlett (1833-1914). "Copy of the Caroline Meriwether Goodlett portrait, unveiled Nov. 21, 1944 - now hanging in the State Library" is written on the back of the photograph.
