Tennessee Confederate Soldiers' Home in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a large brick building with a double front porch and portico. Posing in front are several men who were residents of the home.
A small one-story frame home with a picket fence in front. Two unidentified men are behind and leaning on the fence. There are three very large trees in front of the fence. Another small home stands at a 45-degree angle behind and to the left of...
Misemer writes that officers are riding around the camp telling soldiers that they will be paroled and of Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Richmond. He also says that he has heard that two of his comrades have come from Andersonville and are doing...
Pen and ink drawing of antebellum home on Old Salem Road in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brown owned this home. It was built by Thomas Blanks Turner and was surrounded by a Federal encampment during the Civil War.
A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb. Island Home. Knoxville, Tenn." by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled: "Supt's Residence" in the bottom left, "Little...
"Funeral Is Held for James G. Moss - Funeral services for James G. Moss were to be held Friday afternoon from the Oklahoma Confederate home by Rev. George W. Lewis. Burial at Rose Hill will be directed by the Bettes funeral home. Ross was 80 years...
Letter from Pvt. Samuel Daniel Bayless, Co. C, 60th Tenn. Mtd. Inf. (Crawford's Regt.), CSA, to his wife Arrena from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Bayless longs for home and writes, "will come home as sone as I can git mother I want you and July to have...
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...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II includes a drawing of wooden barrack #170. Mitchener describes his quarters as including ten rooms, housing 8-14 men each. He writes,"Constructed of wood, plaster, and tarpaper - a few bolts - a...
Correspondence; Mothers; Children; Families; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from John G. Latta to his mother, Lucinda (Gilchrist). Letter is from her son in Boston and is dated August 17, 1861. He states that his family will leave Boston for Tennessee on September 3. He is very anxious to get home. He...
Rear view of two homes at a 45-degree angle to each other. There are three unidentified persons in the photograph (two men and one woman). A picket fence surrounds both homes. One house has a back porch where a man and woman are standing. The other...
Correspondence from a soldier to his wife. He writes of the need for news from home. In the upper left hand corner is a depiction entitled "Capitol at Washington" printed by Reagles & Co. of New York. There is mention of Gen. Landers, a Col. Tyler...
Letter from Benjamin Yarbrough to his wife Mary Jane. He states that he left his camp to visit home but returned without trouble and "they never said a thing" about it. He also comments on the amount of money he will send home. Flag stationary.
Pete Shelton (pictured here) had a father who was killed in the Shelton Laurel Massacre. This picture was taken at home. The twins (babies) are Robert and Hobert. The three children are Jake, Bruce, and Macon Shelton. The two older children are...
Photograph of Brig. Gen. Alfred Eugene Jackson, the only Confederate general from Washington County, Tenn. As military commander of Greeneville, Tenn., he saved Andrew Johnson's home. In 1863, he fought at the Battle of Limestone Station, Tenn....
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...
This bucket was found in a closet with a Confederate soldier's uniform. According to a family story, the buckets were issued to some Confederate soldiers at the end of the war by the Federal army. The soldiers were told to take the buckets and go...
Model 1850 foot officer's sword. Evidence of acid-etched engraving. No maker's mark. This item belonged to the family of Warner Bass. Mr. Blackman Dunn of Grassmere was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga. This sword and watch were sent home.
War; World War, 1914-1918; Canals; Barracks; Military camps; Officers' quarters; Mess halls
This photograph features the "Dead End" of the Ypres Canal in the foreground of the image. Behind it appears the officers' and noncommissioned officers' billets and the mess hall. The caption reads: "All comforts of home. Roulette, Tea and boating...
