General Ulysses S. Grant on Lookout Mountain near Missionary Ridge in 1863. Four men in uniform pose near the edge of the cliff, while one sits further back on the path. The other four are identified, left to right, as General John A. Rawlins,...
Report of the Confederate soldiers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Virginia killed, wounded, missing, or escaped from Fort Donelson. Shows a total of 15,246 engaged, 949 wounded (not surrendered), 273 killed,...
President Andrew Johnson writes to Major Gen. George H. Thomas, Commanding Officer, Military Division of Tennessee, addressing complaints from East Tennessee citizens over harrassment by former Confederates and suggesting that Gen. Thomas confer...
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...
Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife, Mary, in Maury County, Tennessee. He is concerned that his letters are not reaching her, and he observes, "What is property or anything else compared to one's...
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
Letter from J. Wes Broom to Miss G.A. Brigham describing the fighting around Port Hudson. It describes a night battle with Federal ships and the effectiveness of the Confederate batteries positioned in the fort. There are also comments on...
Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Guards; Military camps; Campfires; Smoke; Trees
Image of captured Confederates on an island erroneously labeled near Bridgeport, Tennessee; the location is near Bridgeport, Alabama. The site is at the current CSX Bridge 122.6 over the Tennessee River Slough. Several clashes took place here due...
Thirteen-page paperback booklet detailing the progress made in the creation of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Also included are maps and photographs of various unit memorials.
Confederate soldier with poised rifle is positioned atop the Confederate Monument at Murfreesboro. The background of the image is occupied by the Rutherford County Courthouse, fronted by 1950s-1960s era automobiles and parking meters.
Confederate Monument in Rose Hill Cemetery. The monument consists of a large stone pedestal with a soldier at parade rest standing on top. It is surrounded by gravestones.; Two more unidentified monuments can be seen behind it. The engraved text...
Military headquarters; Log cabins; Military officers; Military uniforms
Union General Joseph Hooker with generals and staff. Hooker appears as the central figure (Number 3); Number 2 is General Daniel Butterfield; Number 1 is General John W. Geary; and Number 4 is General William G. Le Duc. A Capt. Hall and Capt....
Federal troops employing ladders and scaling cliffs at Roper's Rock at the north end of Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga following the Battle of Lookout Mountain.
Letter from John G. Decker to his brother Fred commenting on the availability of rations. He also mentions an incident where men from his camp eager to engage the Confederates began singing an anti-secessionist song. Decker also comments on three...
