One-sheet certificate of enlistment for Dennis Morgan, "a Colored man whom W. H. Morgan claims as his slave, April 5, 1864." Certificate includes Morgan's age and physical description, as well as the signature of L. E. Davis, First Sergeant, 17th...
Two-page letter to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville, Elisha W. Harris writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of attending a local political meeting. He details the zest the crowd displays for politics and the presidential...
Parole and permission to return home for Pvt. J. L. Gee, Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Gee resided in Tipton County, Tenn. The parole is signed by E. S. Dennis, Brig. Gen. Vols. Com. for US.
Parole record issued May 10, 1865 at Gainesville, Alabama. Signed by Brig. Gen. Dennis for Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Camby, USA. Issued to W. S. Fisher of Co. C, 10th & 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment CSA, residing in Marshall County, Tennessee.
Oval-framed photograph of Pauline Cocke. She wrote the accompanying item, "Family in Peace and War: Pauline Cocke's Memoirs," which was edited and compiled by H. Floyd Dennis and Sarah Kathryne Crockett Elson.
Model 1860 U.S. staff and field officer's sword manufactured by Springfield Armory and Southern Cross belonging to William Fairchild Dennis Jr. (October 17, 1845 - June 9, 1927). Dennis served with the Raymond Minute Men of Hinds County,...
