Full-length portrait of two Federal soldiers in uniform. One is standing with his right hand in his tunic, and one is seated with a sword across his lap and his right hand in his tunic.
Full-length portrait of Federal Captain William Inness, in an overcoat and uniform. He is resting his right arm on a pedestal draped with an American flag, and he holds a kepi in his right hand.
Three-quarter length portrait of Joe Weakley Sr., believed to be a "Dunlap Zouave." He wears a traditional Zouave uniform with kepi and has an infantry sword on his belt.
Soldiers; Portrait photographs; Military uniforms; Military officers; Military camps; Tents
Full-length carte de viste portrait of Union Lieutenant C. F. Braden (or Brader) with arms crossed. He wears a five-pointed star medal on his left chest. The painted backdrop depicts an army camp.
The "monument erected and dedicated by the people of Michigan in memory of her soldiers who fought and fell in the Battle of Shiloh." Features soldier standing with his rifle.
Soldiers; Veterans; Patriotic societies; Older people
Mrs. R. W. Brown presenting a "Cross of Honor" medal to Elbert L. Bailey. The photograph also shows a Confederate monument and a woman holding an American flag.
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows a song along with a tiny illustration of a soldier in prison. The song is called "Thanks for the Memories" and is attributed to L. G. Young, POW. The song is a parody and makes light of the...
US Navy warship, the USS Vindicator, with soldiers on the top deck in front of the wheel boxes and on the bow. There is a cannon on the stern and three smaller boats tied to the USS Vindicator.
Composite photograph of sixty-six graduates of the Fisk University Class of 1928. Head and shoulder photos are set in ovals. Class officers are listed first, then men, then women. Class officers include William H. Fort, Jr., Preston A. Merry,...
Scrap of a military record denoting the first names of negro enlistments in Colored Infantry Regiments. Also mentioned are some officers with the units. The notation of Gallatin and the date of 1863 most probably is associated with the formation...
Report from L. Wheeler, Quartermaster's Agent, detailing the loyalty to the U. S. Government of specific individuals, all of Marion County. Of the 31 persons listed only seven (Esther C. Hall, John D. Wynix, Owen R. Been, James Griffith, Margaret...
Order from Confederate General James Longstreet, issued by Assistant Adjutant General William Small, directing the men to maintain their fortitude while enduring reduced rations and other hardships of the field, and presenting a letter captured...
Letter from B. J. Semmes, Office Chief of the Depot Commissary, Army of Tennessee Headquarters near Chattanooga, reporting to Colonel L. B. Northrop, Commissary General, in Richmond, Virginia, on returns and abstracts of provisions, accounts,...
Pamphlet issued by J. L. MacFarland, Solicitor of Claims, instructing individuals on how to recover claims with the United States for personal property used in the war effort by the U. S. Army. Loyalty requirements are listed, as are the types of...
General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
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...
