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...
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 Maj. Gen. Breckinridge (through his adjutant Lt. Col. John A. Buckner) to Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in LaVergne requesting that a cavalry unit under Capt. Atkinson report to Columbia.
Hotel tap bell. This bell is reported to be the same style bell as the bell used at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, during the Civil War. The Galt House was a meeting place for Federal generals during the Civil War. Brig. Gen. Jefferson...
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...
Letter from Jane Smith Washington of Springfield, Tennessee, to her son, William L. Washington in Toronto, Canada, describing a confrontation with Federal troops. Mrs. Washington describes an extremely violent confrontation with Federal troops. In...
Carte de visite of Gen. Joseph Horace Lewis. Lewis was commander of Gen. John C. Breckenridge's Orphan Brigade, comprised of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 9th Ky. Inf. Regts. along with two batteries of artillery. After the war, Lewis was elected to...
Daguerreotype of Brig. Gen. Edward P. Fyffe. Fyffe, a physician, enlisted as a Colonel, 26th Ohio Vol. Inf. Regt. on June 10, 1861, promoted to Brevet Brigadier Gen. on March 13, 1865. He was at Stones River. He was from Urbana (Champaign County),...
Booklet manufactured for Duke's Cigarettes, North Carolina. Color lithohgraphs depict a bust portrait of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA (front) and Confederate soldiers rowing ashore (back). The very small volume is titled "A Short History of Gen'l ...
Order from Confederate General James Longstreet, issued by Assistant Adjutant General William Small, directing the men to maintain their fortitude while enduring reduced rations and other hardships of the field, and presenting a letter captured...
Military officers; Governors; Military maneuvers; Forests; Mud
Major General Allan W. Jones of the 106th Infantry Division explains tactical situation of problem to Governor Cooper and officers of the Tennessee State Guard, including Brigadier General Jacob McGavock Dickinson.
Military officers; Militias; Military maneuvers; Military facilities; Military camps
Brigadier General Smith, Major General Pritchard, Major General Roderick R. Allen, Brigadier General Jacob McGavock Dickinson and other unnamed officers from the Tennessee State Guard observing firepower demonstrations from the sidelines. The...
Correspondence; Cities & towns; Campaigns & battles; Troop movements; Surrenders; Military retreats; Generals; Civil Wars; War
A three-page letter dated February 28, 1862, from John S. Brien to John C. Crittenden. Brien rejoices that Buell's troops "occupied the city and country without the necessity of shedding one drop of blood." He argues that property rights must be...
Prisons; Prisoners of war; Prison hospitals; Prison guards; Sutlers; Military medicine
Hand-drawn color map of the military prison at Johnson's Island in the bay of Sandusky, Ohio, where captured Confederate officers were held. Prison buildings and grounds are labeled. Drawn by Capt. J. T. Hogane, Topographical Engineer, C.S.A.,...
Historic buildings; Historic sites; Flags; Flagpoles; Military standards; Hotels
Certificate issued to Ernest N. Haston, a long-serving Tennessee Secretary of State, recognizing financial support and making him a member of the Association committed to restoring the Fort Donelson House. An image at the top of the certificate...
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.
General George W. Gordon and Staff at a Confederate Reunion in Franklin. The individuals in the photograph are identified as Dr. Powell (Union City), Dr. Deering J. Roberts (Nashville), Col. Jno. P. Hickman (Nashville), Gen. J. H. McDowell (Union...
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...
Letter written by W. H. Lipscomb to his father on beautiful Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, LA) letterhead. Written during the Vicksburg campaign, Lipscomb describes conditions in the Confederate ranks and a recent fight between forces of...
