William Henry Palmer with his Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) medallion. Palmer was born November 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th...
Ambrotype of William Henry Palmer as a sergeant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Photograph of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the summer of...
Tintype of Rube and Martha Wallace, parents of Madison Monroe Wallace, who served with Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry and was captured twice, once at Fort Donelson and again at the Battle of Nashville. The Wallaces are buried at Lee's Cemetery in...
Carte-de-visite of Edward L. Buford who joined the 3rd Tenn. Inf. in May 1861 and was captured at Fort Donelson in February 1862. He was captured again in May 1864 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and sent; to Rock Island, Illinois. Buford was...
"War history of Carson Reed Orr who enlisted in Co. H, 3rd (Clack's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commanded by C. H. Walker." Brief memoir and letter written in 1916 by his brother C. J. Orr to his son, Billie Mack Orr. Both brothers, Carson R. Orr...
Photograph of Merritt Booker Tomlinson, who enlisted in Co. F, Brown's (later Clack's) 3rd Tennessee Infantry and was captured at Fort Donelson. Tomlinson is wearing his veteran's uniform and regalia. He died in 1939.
Shadowbox containing items found at Ft. Heiman, Kentucky, includes bullets, buttons, and a buckle. Fort Heiman is located near Fort Henry and Fort Donelson.
Photograph of Lt. Col. Peril Columbus Haynes of the 4th Tenn. Cav., CSA. This was Starnes-McLemore's regiment. Haynes was from Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tenn. He was wounded Feb. 3, 1863, at Fort Donelson. He was shot in the head but lived to...
Military commission for 2nd Lt. Archibald B. McLean (misspelled as McLane), Co. C, 57th Regt., Ill. Vols., USA. Commissioned by Richard Yates, Governor of the State of Illinois. The commission began on June 7, 1862, and is registered in book A,...
1st Lt. W. P. Anthony, Co. C, 30th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, wrote to his wife Bettie Anderson of Hartsville, Tenn. from Johnson's Island Prison in Lake Erie, Ohio, sharing news about prison life and family. The envelope has examiner markings from the...
William & Sara McDonald's wedding photograph. The couple were married on June 2, 1856. William (1838-1899) joined Co. C, Gantt's 9th Bn., Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, during the war. He fought at Forts Henry and Donelson (1862). Unlike most at Ft....
Photograph of Tillman Gray. He enlisted with the Confederates in Co. B, 42nd Tenn. Inf. Regt. Gray was captured at Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862. He taken to Camp Douglas, Ill., and later sent to Vicksburg, Miss. Gray was wounded at the Battle...
After his brother Cpl. John Abernathy, Co. K, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, was injured at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va., Alfred traveled to find him and bring him home. Writing from Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson's headquarters, he asked Bettie to tell...
This sword likely belonged to Col. Alfred Harris Abernathy, 53rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Harris joined the Confederate Army on Dec. 6, 1861, after his brother John died of wounds sustained at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va. Col. Harris surrendered...
