Letter from George Franklin Robinson to his wife, Elvira Jane Griffin, following the Battle of Gettysburg, July 18, 1863. Robinson draws a map of his unit's march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In the letter, he says:...
Inventories of equipment lost or destroyed under command of Capt. Robert Cochran, Co. E., 9th Tennessee Cavalry around Bulls Gap, Tenn., May 30-November 16, 1864. "List of stores lost in Stampede between Bull's Gap and Strawberry Plains, Tenn.,...
Map of G. F. Robinson unit's (and the Army of Northern Virginia's) march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and back to Virginia. See TSLA Mf. 1969 for all G. F. Robinson letters.
Discharge record of James R. Hord of Co. F., 2nd US Cavalry (Blount County). Hord served in Capt. James Walker's Company. He was from Friendsville, Tennessee.
Reunion badge belonging to Henry Glosson, Co. H., 12th Tennessee, Volunteer Infantry, CSA, of Humboldt, Tennessee. Glosson enlisted July 30, 1861 at Union City, Tennessee.
A letter from G. F. Robinson describing Gen. Lee's retreat after Gettysburg campaign. See G. F. Robinson Letters, 1861-1864. TSLA Mf. #1969 for entire collection of Robinson letters.
Discharge certificate for James C. Mates, Private, Company A, 101st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, USA. Mates enlisted on August 25, 1862 for a period of three years. He was captured and survived Andersonville prison. James C. Mates'...
5th Tenn. Confederate Veterans. The photograph was taken in front of the Confederate Memorial in Paris, Tennessee. An inscription on the back lists the following individuals: "Top row: A. H. Hancock, J. W. Bowden, Pack Orr, J. Watt Allen, Jack...
List of Union Quartermaster's stores, transferred by Capt. Francis H. Rugar to Lt. Geo. F. Nelson at the Federal supply depot, Johnsonville, Tennessee.
Letter from 1st Lt. John A. Crutchfield, Co. F, 20th (Russell's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., part of Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in northern Mississippi describing recent battle (Battle of Harrisburg?) in Mississippi and his unit's losses. Crutchfield...
Trust deed for two town lots in Athens, Tennessee, on which the bank is currently located. It was executed July 3, 1865. Document constitutes mortgage on lots being conveyed to David Cleage. Affixed is $3.00 Federal Internal Revenue stamp.
John Sanford Barker was born July 8, 1827, in Monroe County, Tennessee, the son of Burrell and Elizabeth Barker. He was a veteran of the Union Army, serving from September 1864 through June 1865 under Capt. Charles A. Pickens in Co. A, 5th Regt....
Document dated July 30th, 1863, assigning Sgt. Zina B. Chatfield as Orderly Sgt., 12th La. Inf. Regt., Vols. of African Descent. Signed by T. S. Binert, Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Chatfield had been...
Letter to Cleopatra Robinson from her husband, Tom H. M. Hunter, regarding updates on what has been happening to him during the war. He mentions that his regiment is on duty in Atlanta, policing the town.
Confederate States of America (CSA) bond with interest coupons to be clipped every six months. The item was signed by N. Palmer, the Register of the Treasury. The $100 bond would mature July 1, 1878, at 8% interest.
Letter to "Dear, Dear Wife" (J. E. Harrison) written by a soldier from Camp Jackson, 15 miles from Gallatin. The writer is enjoying good health, but wants to see his wife very much. "[I]t want be long till I will come to hold you to my bosem, the...
