Photograph of Gen. John Williamson Harris, veteran of the 20th Tenn. Cav., Bell's Brigade, Buford's Div., CSA, which was commanded by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Orders issued by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant appointing Sgt. Zina B. Chatfield of Co. A, 4th Regt., Minn. Inf. Vols., USA, Orderly Sgt., in the 12th Regt. of Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent. Signed by John Aaron Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant...
Pair of leather pommel holsters with brass tips. The holsters belonged to Gen. George Dibrell, 8th (also 13th) Tenn. Cav. Regt. The unit, referred to as the "Independent Partisan Rangers," was composed of 921 men primarily from White, Putnam, and...
Letter from Titus Rodgers to his mother. He tells her that he is well and his company has been twelve days on the march. Titus enlisted in Chicago with his brother Oliver. Family lore states that he was on Gen. Grant's staff. He is said to have...
Letter from Oliver Rodgers to his sister, dated April 11, 1865, Blew Springs, Tenn. Oliver writes of Gen. Lee surrendering his army to Gen. Grant. "Col. Russell was at Midway [probably Greene Co.] and heard the firing in the camp and thought that...
Half-length studio portrait of Titus Rodgers wearing his Union uniform. He enlisted in Chicago in 1861 with his brother, Oliver. The family states that Titus was on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's staff. He fought with Grant and Gen. William T. Sherman in...
Copy photograph of Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace, USA. Excoriated for his dilatory role at Shiloh, Wallace was stationed in Union Depot, now Bartlett, Tenn., later in the Civil War. Courtesy of the Bartlett Historical Society.
Thirty-day pass granting Pvt. Thomas J. Watkins, Co. H, 4th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, a leave of absence to visit his home in Arkansas. The Quartermaster was to furnish transportation by order of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell and Asst. Adj. Gen. T. O....
Thirty-day pass granting Pvt. Thomas J. Watkins, Co. H, 4th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, a leave of absence to visit his home in Arkansas. The Quartermaster was to furnish transportation by order of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell and Asst. Adj. Gen. T. O....
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...
List of quartermaster's stores received by Quartermaster to Captain J. P. Baltzell, Provost Marshall at Augusta, Georgia. List includes two horses, one mule, three saddles, and three bridles taken from R. N. H. Mazer of Company D, 3rd South...
Civil wars; Military officers; Generals; Peace; Surrenders; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Cover depicts Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee, in uniform, shaking hands, with the slogan "Let us have peace" printed above them. The remains of the battlefield are shown on the ground around them, including cannon, flags, and a drum.
Military officers; Governors; Military maneuvers; Forests; Snow; Jeep automobiles; Military vehicles
Governor Prentice Cooper, Lt. General Lloyd Fredendall, Brigadier General J. M. Dickinson and Pvt. Floyd Laud of the Tennessee State Guard in a jeep on way to 106th Infantry Division command post on tour of maneuver area.
Proclamation issued by Governor Newton Cannon requesting 2500 volunteers from Tennessee to answer President Andrew Jackson's call for a war on the Creek Indians. It spells out the reasons for a call to arms and explains how volunteers are to be...
Black and white photograph of the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Shows the front entrance of the building. The building was a circular structure.
