5th Tenn. Confederate Veterans. The photograph was taken in front of the Confederate Memorial in Paris, Tennessee. An inscription on the back lists the following individuals: "Top row: A. H. Hancock, J. W. Bowden, Pack Orr, J. Watt Allen, Jack...
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...
Gas warfare; Poisons; War damage; Campaigns & battles; World War, 1914-1918
Aerial shot above the battered earth of the Western Front. A gas attack has been launched, and the gas can be seen streaming from the shells across an area of contention.
Agricultural map, in combination with the written statistical information, reflecting cotton crop yields, acres under cultivation, and the underlying fertility of the soil and its adaptability to the growing of cotton. Map is from Tennessee: Its...
Cabinet card of Civil War veteran, Andrew Baxter, 21st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. The following is inscribed on the back of the image: "Andrew Baxter my uncle lost his arm in Civil War he is the father of Miss Ethel Baxter a head nurse at the Baptist...
Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...
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...
Civil War era field glasses made in Paris, France. The following markings are visible on the field glasses: Vendome, Paris; Day & Night; Signal Glass. The item may have been issued to the signal specialist working for Union forces.
Communication from J. S. Johnson in North Carolina containing Special Order No. 5 from General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., commanding the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army and Navy not to take up arms against the United States, and...
Confederate veteran Victor Vallette appears in a seated position wearing a Confederate uniform. According to family friend and photograph donor Emma I. Sloan, the uniform was obtained for the photo from John P. Hickman during Vallette's 1910...
CSA envelope depicting Jefferson Davis. The envelope also contains the following verse: "March to the battle field, The foe is on before us, Each heart is Freedom's shield, And Heaven's smile is o'er us."
Dual photograph featuring two images of the wheat threshing equipment that was owned by George Whiteside of Swan Creek. A number of farm workers are pictured circulating between the thresher and the mule-drawn wagons of wheat.
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.
Armories; Military facilities; Military depots; Military training; Military inspections; Barbecues; Military officers; Militias
Five uniformed members of the Tennessee State Guard are seated as they eat their barbecue in the Clarksville Armory. The meal was served following the military program staged at the facility by the 2nd Regiment of the Tennessee State Guard on...
Form II, Book and Blank Division, from Ordnance Office, War Department, Washington, D. C., to Colonel George P. Buell, 58th Indiana Volunteers, Department of the Cumberland. "I transmit to your address today, by mail, in compliance with requisition...
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