Written on the back of John Hare Bond's checks, this story recounts Fielding Hurst's harassment of West Tennessee planter Uncle Lewis "Luke" Bond. Hurst, a rare Unionist in the region, raised units of scouts and cavalry. They patrolled Federal...
Dr. Francis W. James received this diploma from the University of Nashville. It was authorized by John Berrien Lindsley, Dean of the Medical Faculty. The accompanying envelope has an image of the university. Various cards related to Dr. James's...
Silver spoons manufacturered in North Carolina by the silversmiths John C. Palmer and Walter Ramsey, 1847-1855. The initials "DND" are incribed for David Nichols Dalton.
Letter from Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, from Headquarters, Camp Fredericksburg. Reporting casualties and outcome of Dranesville. Report comes from Major John S. Mosley.
Account of the Battle of Fort Donelson written by William T. Rasbury (born 1914). The story was told to him by his great grandfather, John Allen Walker.
Hansford James, son of John James and Nancy Smyth, born November 3, 1822, died March 23, 1883. Married Mary Melvina Bell, January 12, 1854. Hansford James served in the War Between the States under General Robert E. Lee's command. Captured at the...
Military pass granting permission for John T. Barns to pass from Salem, Virginia, to New Market, Tennessee, during the Civil War. Pass #44. The pass is dated the 25th of ?, 1864.
Certificate of parole for Leander H. Russ, a cavalry escort of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, from Camp Chase, Ohio, issued by W. P. Richardson, Commandant of Prisons. The certificate includes a physical description of Russ and a notarized letter...
Individual Transportation Order, September 28, 1865, for Gains Brooks; Sarah, his wife; and two daughters (refugees) with a letter detailing Brooks' imprisonment after trying to cross the Cumberland Gap to reach Federal forces, the family's move...
Special Weekly Report of Transportation furnished to Citizens, Refugees, et cetera at Knoxville, Tennessee, for the week ending February 3, 1866, by Wainwright, Assistant Quartermaster.
Special Order No. 127 was issued by Major General Stoneman convening a court-martial for the trial of Colonel S. R. K. Patton of the 8th Tennessee Cavalry. The order also commands Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan to "depart for the court."
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 printed form with handwritten entries records Lieutenant Jojn B. Turner's entrance into military service, acceptance of the terms of service, and the verification of his commanding and mustering officers.
Printed Form No. 14, concerning charges to soldiers, specifies weapons damaged, lost, or destroyed and charged on muster and payrolls, first quarter of 1865; it also lists the names of soldiers and the conditions under which pistols were lost....
Three page extract of written questions posed to leaders and teachers assoicated with various benevolent societies working for the Freedmen Department.
