Letter written from Bolivar, Tennessee, July 6, 1862, commenting on Gideon Pillow's fitness as a commander, following Battle of Fort Donelson. Letter written by [E. P. McNeal].
Photograph of Dion and Ann Nicholson sitting in chairs. Dion Boone Nicholson was born July 26, 1837, and died August 11, 1922. He was the son of William J. Nicholson and Elizabeth Ann (Teasley) Nicholson. Ann Tennessee Nicholson was born...
Marriage bond of the father of General Gideon Pillow, also named Gideon Pillow. The elder Gideon Pillow married Anne Payne. Includes transcription and appears to be a microfilm copy of the original.
Letter from William G. Harding, Neill S. Brown, and J. S. Briley to Major General Gideon Pillow about military supplies on behalf of the Military and Financial Board of Tennessee.
Steel engraving consisting of images of President Andrew Johnson and members of his immediate Cabinet (Stanton, Seward, Chase, and Welles), with a heraldic eagle at the top and a depiction of the United States Capitol at the bottom.
Four-page letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel, conveys her anxiety at not hearing from him and her disappointment both in his defeat for promotion to Lt. Colonel and in his inability to come home for Christmas. She also relates...
Report of the Confederate soldiers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Virginia killed, wounded, missing, or escaped from Fort Donelson. Shows a total of 15,246 engaged, 949 wounded (not surrendered), 273 killed,...
Special contract beween the Confederate Headquarters Volunteer and Conscript Bureau and H. M. Blake for Blake's slave, Squire, an 18-year-old male valued at $1,600.00, to be employed by the Confederate Army as a teamster. The order is issued by...
