Broadside calls Tennesseans to arms against the "hired and ruffian soldiers" of the North. "The Yankee War is now being waged for beauty and booty." Signed by J. B. Murray and H. C. Witt. Most likely a reproduction.
List of expenses of Captain B. J. Semmes for the Confederate Army in the third quarter of 1863. Expenses include $145.60 and $150.00 to H. P. Piper for driving cattle and services respectively; $936.60 to J. B. Hamilton for pasturing cattle;...
Voucher issued to J. B. Hamilton in the amount of $936.60 for expenses in "driving, pasturing, and forage for cattle from Lincoln County, Tennessee, across Tennessee River and pasturing the same in Alabama, driving them to Chattanooga, from July...
Letter from C. J. High, Quartermaster General's Department, Confederate States of America, to J. B. O'Bryan informing him that accounts and vouchers have been received for disbursements on account of pay of the army for the first quarter of 1864.
Hard-bound book containing statistical information on Tennessee pertaining to oil regions, sheep husbandry, wheat, and grasses. The appendix has an interesting schedule of questions/answers involving over one hundred correspondents responding to...
Certificate declaring that W. Warren Johnson has destroyed 300 bales of cotton weighing 400 pounds and belonging to J. B. Berry on May 4, 1862, by order of General P. G. T. Beauregard and Major General T. C. Hindman. Attested to by Will Williams...
Composite photographs; Portrait photographs; Memorial works
Surviving staff of Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry unit are featured in composite form; oval images of Charles Anderson, J. B. Cowan, George Dashiel, Samuel Donelson, W. M. Forrest, and John W. Morton surround the central photo...
This information from the Bureau of Agriculture, Mines, and Statistics communicates on a county-by-county basis (though not all counties are profiled) a kind of manufacturing census for the State of Tennessee. By including the manufacturer name,...
Military headquarters; Log cabins; Military officers; Military uniforms
Union General Joseph Hooker with generals and staff. Hooker appears as the central figure (Number 3); Number 2 is General Daniel Butterfield; Number 1 is General John W. Geary; and Number 4 is General William G. Le Duc. A Capt. Hall and Capt....
Off-center broadside print advertises the Fayetteville undertaking business of J. B. Wilson. Gives location, undertaking services, and promotes warranted furniture-making as well.
John Nathaniel Henderson (1843-1907) enlisted in Company E, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade in the beginning of the war and lost an arm at Antietam. After being wounded, he served under General J. B. Robertson in the rank of captain. After...
John Nathaniel Henderson (1843-1907) enlisted in Company E, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade in the beginning of the war and lost an arm at Antietam. After being wounded, he served under General J. B. Robertson in the rank of captain. After...
John Nathaniel Henderson (1843-1907) enlisted in Company E, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade in the beginning of the war and lost an arm at Antietam. After being wounded, he served under General J. B. Robertson in the rank of captain. After...
People associated with agriculture; Plantation owners; Farmers' groups; Iron industry; Monuments & memorials; Journalists; Emigration & immigration; Bas-reliefs
Tennessee Agriculture Hall of Fame memorial honoring Joseph Buckner Killebrew. There is included an bas-relief image of Killebrew, and brief details of his life.
Letter from Commissioner J. B. Killebrew to H. C. Collier of Charlotte, Tennessee, deals with encouraging immigration to Tennessee in the 1880s and the accompanying sale of farm land across the state. Killebrew assures Collier that immigration is...
Knife thought to have been owned by J. B. Reid, 52nd Tenn. Inf., CSA, a unit that was later consolidated into the 51st Tenn. The Civil War soldiers and sailors database record indicates that there was a Cpl. J. D. Reid, Company G, 51st Inf., CSA,...
This 1890 circular, put together by Land and Immigrant Agent W.M. Janes under the auspices of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Land and Emigrant Department, focuses on iron ore lands along the L& N in Tennessee and Kentucky counties...
This front-page obituary that appeared in the March 22, 1906, issue of the Manufacturers' Record for Joseph Buckner Killebrew highlighted his life-long devotion to agriculture. His contributions to the South with regard to agriculture, mining,...
