Thomas Whitwell and his wife, Mary Melvina Cooper. He was 3rd Lt., Co. B, 10th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. She was Mary Melvina Cooper Whitwell and the daughter of 2nd Lt. William Adams Cooper of Co. A, 48th (Nixon's) Tennessee Infantry.
Co. D, 2nd Regiment Tennessee Cavalry USA drilling in formation. The image shows guidon, muskets, carbines, and Colt revolving rifles. Co. D was predominantly from Blount County, possibly Cades Cove. The image has been hand-tinted.
State of Alabama, Selma, Marion, Memphis Railroad Company bonds. Issued September 1, 1869. Reverse side includes original signature of Nathan Bedford Forrest, President. Bond is numbered 67, amount $1,000. Payable in "gold coin of the United...
Parole record issued May 10, 1865 at Gainesville, Alabama. Signed by Brig. Gen. Dennis for Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Camby, USA. Issued to W. S. Fisher of Co. C, 10th & 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment CSA, residing in Marshall County, Tennessee.
1853 letter written by Jefferson Davis, while he was the acting Secretary of the Navy. The letter authorizes the discharge of ship's cook Robert Johnson on board the USS Union. Letter is addressed to George Read, Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy...
Letter from Maj. Gen. Breckinridge (through his adjutant Lt. Col. John A. Buckner) to Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in LaVergne requesting that a cavalry unit under Capt. Atkinson report to Columbia.
Photograph of Columbia Tennessee Confederate Veterans. Names listed on back: C. C. Vaughn, Nate Due, T. E. Lipscomb, Sims Latta, Hugh Collier, Brown Church, Dave Watkins, Frank Aydlott, B. Rieves, Merritt Booker Tomlinson, Gibson, Garmen, Bill...