A letter from Frederick M. Williamson to Alice O. McBee. Williamson wrote from General Hospital No. 2, 3rd Division Ward in Lynchburg, Va. He describes his illness and only having a blanket and a bed of straw to rest on. He discusses wanting to...
Advertisement for the estate sale of the late D. W. Clark by the executor of his estate, Lucy G. Clark. These items are listed for sale: one mare, one mule, one gold watch, library case, bureau, wash stand, rockaway and harness, center table,...
Carved Minie balls and bullets, belt buckles, Civil War military buttons and corps badges. Collected from across Tennessee. The carved rifle bullets are particularly fine, having been carved in the shapes of death's heads, cannon, coffins, "Yank,"...
Correspondence; Children; Families; Mothers; Spouses; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel R. Latta. This four-page letter provides information about the homelife of Mary Guthrie Latta since her husband's departure. She states that the family "is getting along as well and...
Crayon print of William Humphrey Hardison (1841-1870), Co. H., 1st Tennessee Infantry CSA. Son of Asa and Mary Ann Hardison. Having survived the war and just before his 30th birthday, Hardison was ambushed and killed by a neighbor over a property...
Diagram of the area at Camp Forrest detailing the location of the different posts for the Second Provisional Regiment of the Tennessee State Guard during their maneuvers to be held March 25 to April 1, 1944.
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Dilapidated one-story structure made of vertical boards and tin roof. A chimney can be seen on the right side of the roof. A crude bench is in front of the building.
Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
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...
Four-page letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband Samuel details news of their children and other family members. References are made to a scarcity of food and civilian transportation and rumors of battle. Mary proclaims her hope that her...
Letter from Arthur H. Harris to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville. He writes of the pervading excitement that has surrounded the 1860 presidential election in his area. Though he is glad the contest is over, he acknowledges the death...
Letter from Chistopher Ammons tells about having seven men killed, including their company commander, and one wounded in a Claymore attack during a patrol. "They killed Capt. Tellers, a Capt. From intel[l]igence, a Capt. From mortar platoon, 3...
Letter from Christopher Ammons telling about meeting Thomas Page, a friend from Clarksville, in Qui Nhon. He and Page, a truck driver in the army, had a long conversation. Ammons asks his family to call Page's parents and tell them he is doing...
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...
Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife Mary in Maury County, Tennessee. He writes about his plans to send her $15,000 in U.S. Treasury notes to invest in real estate to curb currency depreciation and insure...
Letter from Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th (Brown's) Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his wife Nancy. The letter was written at the start of the 55th's encampment on Island No. 10, less than one month before its surrender to Union Gen. John Pope...
Letter from Robert Rutledge to his father, G. R. Rutledge, explaining the strategic value of East Tennessee and the likelihood of a Union invasion. He implores his father to leave Cleveland, Tennessee, and flee south to Georgia before such a raid...
