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,...
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Music publishing industry; Songs; Ballads
This is a folio-sized song, original Civil War period ballad by J. W. Turner about Jefferson Davis. The cover features a cartoon depicting Davis wearing a dress.
This is Special Field Order No. 114, issued by General John Hood, relieving Captain J. P. Baltzell from duty at Opelika, Alabama, and assigning him to duty as Provost Marshal at Augusta, Georgia.
This one-page printed and handwritten document that begins as a Form No. 2 requisition conveying a request for camp articles from Lieutenant Colonel C. D. Venable of the 5th Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A., to J. E. Ray, Regimental Quartermaster of the...
This one-page printed form with handwritten entries begins as a Form No. 3 requisition conveying a request for articles of clothing from Captain A. W. Caldwell of the 5th Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A., to J. E. Ray, the Regimental Quartermaster of the...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows a poem called "High Flight," written by Pilot Officers John J. McGee, Eagle Squadron, killed in action. The poem is about the joy of flying.
This photograph pictures Confederate veterans who were attending the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The image was taken by Frank J. McCann of 721 Jefferson Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Centennial celebrations; Public speaking; Exhibitions; Souvenirs
Three-page souvenir transcript of an address by J.W. Thomas, President of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, delivered at the opening of the exposition on May 1, 1897. Thomas proclaimed that the event was to celebrate the state's past and...
To "My Dear Wife and little ones," Scott writes of camp as the "greatest excuse of wickedness which we frigtined [sic] away into that retired, unfrequented corner, nestled down at the feet of Jesus." He has confidence that God will guide her in...
Military officers; Monuments & memorials; Plazas; Military education; Militias; Military training
Two men in military uniform, one being Brigadier General Jacob McGavock Dickinson, sit under a Civil War monument in the town square of Franklin, Tennessee, and confer during military exercises.
Two-page letter from J. W. Maybin of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to John S. Brien. The letter requests legal advice from John S. Brien, "one of the first legal minds in the United States," regarding his legal options after having seen much of his...
Armories; Military facilities; Military depots; Military training; Military inspections; Barbecues; Military officers; Militias
Uniformed members of the Tennessee State Guard are in the foreground of this image. They and the civilian spectators pictured behind them are standing outside the Clarksville Armory watching the various spectacles and demonstrations that are;...
Armories; Military facilities; Military depots; Military training; Military inspections; Barbecues; Military officers; Militias
Uniformed members of the Tennessee State Guard both serving food and standing in line to receive a meal inside the Clarksville Armory. A small boy is pictured at the front of the line. This barbecue followed the September 10, 1944 military...
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....
Greek temples; Parks; Sculpture; Buildings; Galleries and museums
View of the Parthenon, a replica of the original located in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee. At right is a statue of Major J.W. Thomas, a leader of Tennessee's Centennial Exposition effort.
Voter registration certificate for Confederate veteran J. L. Gee. Gee served as a private in Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. The registration is signed by W. T. Rice, Comm'r of Registration for Tipton County, Tenn.
