Proclamation to the citizens of Tennessee issued by Military Governor Andrew Johnson, condemning the rebellion but offering to return civil government to Tennessee and protect its citizens. He states he will appoint citizens loyal to the...
Published copy, General Order No. 40, Headquarters, Dept. of Mississippi, Vicksburg, April 28, 1865, on the death of President Lincoln. General Order No. 66, April 16, 1865, announces the "untimely and lamentable death" of the President, and is...
Recommendation from Military Governor Andrew Johnson of Tennessee for a military pass for John Ullean "to go out on Lebanon road to procure a raft to be brought here for the Government." Ullean's credentials are endorsed by Dr. R. Knaffe, Surgeon,...
Reproduction full-length portrait of James Hoots Call wearing double-breasted frock coat and campaign hat. Because of an arm wound sustained at Shiloh, he was discharged from service in June 1862 at age 35. Family lore states that Call carried a...
Broadsides; Announcements; Handbills; Fliers (printed matter); Plazas; Boots; General stores
Single-sheet public notice, printed on only one side, provides information, commentary, announcement, and advertisement concerning the opening of a new cash store in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
Small broadside announcing that it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to be drunk on the public square, on the street, or in any public place. Fine not to exceed $50.00. Endorsed by Mayor J.M. Wilson and Clerk W.C. Morgan.
Steel engraving consisting of images of President Andrew Johnson and members of his immediate Cabinet (Stanton, Seward, Chase, and Welles), with a heraldic eagle at the top and a depiction of the United States Capitol at the bottom.
This small print of a man on a horse (with the words, "Bernhardt Wall, Etcher," underneath it) serves as the signature page or insignia of Bernhardt Wall, the artist who created this book of Andrew Jackson prints.
Three dead Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade. They fell near the fence along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
Tuskegee Institute poster featuring vignettes of the school and oval portraits of three featured men, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass. Probably created in the late nineteenth century.
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....
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...
