Letter from Lick Creek, Tenn., from John Ray Moss to his wife Nancy concerning his health and his hopes to receive a letter from home soon. Moss served in Co. I, 43rd Tenn. Infantry (5th East Tenn. Volunteers), CSA. The letter includes an image of...
Hand-drawn map of West Tennessee executed by B. J. Radford, cartographer with 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th (?) Illinois Volunteers, commanded by Col. L. F. Ross. Notation on back that map had been shown to Carl Sandburg. Official Records, Series...
Hand-drawn map of Dover and disposition of forces at Fort Donelson, contained in an album written by Lt. Col. Milton A. Haynes, of McCown's Artillery. Haynes was the executive officer of the Artillery Corps of Tennessee. The map, titled "Battle...
Letter with a hand-drawn map of the Battle of Spring Hill. The letter was written by J. H. Watson of the 57th Indiana Regiment and describes several Tenn. engagements, especially the Battle of Franklin. It was written from a "Camp near...
Map of G. F. Robinson unit's (and the Army of Northern Virginia's) march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and back to Virginia. See TSLA Mf. 1969 for all G. F. Robinson letters.
Hand-drawn commemorative fraktur, or illustrated genealogy and Civil War memorial, of Peter Stiner's wartime service as a teamster with the Union "Fisk's Brigade" (he originally was conscripted into the 7th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA). Contains a...
Ceremonial flag of the Barrow Guards, Gordon's Bn., later known as Co. C, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt. (Col. James T. Wheeler's), CSA. The flag is hand-sewn with eleven stenciled stars, hand-drawn pen and ink lettering and scroll. The flag belonged to...
Hand-drawn ink & watercolor of Rock Island Prison by J. M. Breeding. Possibly created for Christian Buhler, who was in the prison for 17 months and 12 days in Barracks #5. Drawing shows barracks, stockade & parapets, horses, guards, a burial...
Hand-drawn plan of the city of Tullahoma, commissioned by former mayor, James G. Aydelott, and drawn by J. B. S. The map indicates locations of lots, homes, and businesses.
Three-page handwritten letter from Ammons to his family. It contains a hand-drawn diagram of the 3rd Platoon's road-clearing operation; the account of a friendly jet dropping bombs very close to a Viet Cong village and very close to his unit as...
Communication from the Inspector's Office in Richmond, Virginia, on furnishing a tablular statement of the operations of an office, December 27, 1864. An example of form to be submitted each month is hand-drawn at the bottom of the letter.
Cover page of "War Memories" by W. W. Fergusson featuring calligraphied, stylized text for the title and hand-drawn, hand-colored Confederate and Federal flags.
Maps; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Artillery (Weaponry); Cities & towns; Islands; Wetlands; Plantations; Rivers; Bodies of water; Military camps
Military map, hand-drawn on linen, by Albert Martin (possibly a Confederate cartographer). It stretches along the Mississippi River from Ashport in the north to Memphis in the south. Though detailed in its presentation of waterways, swamps,...
Hand-drawn map showing the area around Knoxville, indicating fortifications and other landmarks. The map was created by Seth Alden Abbey (1798-1880) and was included in a diary that he kept. The map shows the disposition of forces, gun...
Hand-drawn map of the territory between Nashville and Murfreesboro from the Engineer office in Murfreesboro. The map was drawn by C. Meister and appears to be addressed to General Pegram, Command Cavalry.
Hand-drawn pencil map of railroads, roads, rivers, and topological features in the area west of the Tennessee River and Chattanooga. The map includes a legend that details the specific distances between each town and city on the map.
Hand-drawn map of Franklin showing locations of the fort, major streams, roads, and the railroad. The map includes a chronology of action of both Federal and Confederate troops near Franklin from March 1862 to December 1864.
Hand-drawn map of the Battle of Franklin, December 17, 1864, showing major roads, towns, and waterways. Features include the positioning of the infantry line on a hill on the northwest side of the Harpeth, the site of the rally at Harpeth Creek,...
Hand-drawn map of the battle of Nashville featuring the positions of Rucker's Brigade, the Federal pickets, Hood's line, General Hatch's Cavalry, and the lines of probable retreat. The map also shows the Cumberland River and Charlotte, Harding,...
