Tennessee Virtual Archive

Private M. L. Hunley of Company K
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Military life; Infantry
"Pvt. M. L. Hunley of Company K, 117th Regiment Infantry, 30th Division and other unidentified soldiers in a trench. Pvt. Hunley appears to be mending a piece of his equipment. The description on the back of the photograph describes him as "caught...
Tennessee in World War I

Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to John B. Hamilton, November 8
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John B. Hamilton. She discusses problems with the slaves and the crops.
Civilian Life in the Civil War

Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to John B. Hamilton, February 1, 1863
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John B. Hamilton. She is critical of the conscription, and remarks that "I have not got any man to stay with me."
Civilian Life in the Civil War

Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to John Hamilton, March 6, 1864
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John Hamilton. She discusees the loss of the property and the slaves. She bemoans: "How long will this unholy war continue?"
Civilian Life in the Civil War

Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas "Tommie" H. Williams, January 25, 1863
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas Williams. She discusses patients at the war hospital in Columbia, rumors of the Yankees at Franklin and concern for her son, "Tommie."
Civilian Life in the Civil War

Correspondence from Mary Dedman to Tommie Williams, March 13, 1865
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Mary Dedman of Selma, Alabama, to Tommie Williams. She gives details of the day of fasting and prayer, and prays for peace with liberty.
Civilian Life in the Civil War

Two Army of the Potomac Officers
Photographs; Soldiers; Military life; Military officers; Military uniforms
Full-length portrait of two men serving as members of the Army of the Potomac. Both men are in full uniform.
Civil War Soldier Photographs

Men in Confederate uniforms
Photographs; Soldiers; Military life; Boys; Men
Portrait of an unidentified group of men standing in front of a sewing machine store. Some men wear Confederate uniforms. The tintype is set in a decorative gold frame.
Civil War Soldier Photographs

The "Patronage" at Marolles
Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Men; Military life
An unidentified member of the 105th Engineers stands with one hand on hip in front of a building. The caption on the photograph reads, "The Patronage at Marolles. Used as a theater by regiment. The loft is a billet for 50 men. Supply office and...
Tennessee in World War I

Brig. General Dickinson visits with a clerk at the Officers' Post Exchange
Military officers; Military uniforms; Militias; Military life; Military facilities; Military exchanges; Universities & colleges
Brig. General Jacob M. Dickinson visiting with a clerk at the Officers' Post Exchange at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. In the background are well-stocked shelves showing items available to officers.
Tennessee State Guard

Forage house
Military life; People; Wooden buildings; Historic buildings; Storehouses; Equipment & supplies; Railroad tracks
Unfinished forage house in Nashville, Tennessee, with a group of officers of the Quartermaster Department. An inscription beneath the photograph reads, "Forage House on N. and NW. RR. Nashville, Tenn. - DIMENSIONS. 1st Sec 904 by 156 ft wide; 2d...
Civil War Soldier Photographs

Officers of the Union Quartermaster's Department
Military life; People; Wooden buildings; Historic buildings; Civil wars; Portrait photographs; Military uniforms; Mustaches; Beards; Soldiers
Officers of the Quartermaster's Department, Nashville, Tennessee, July 1864, "James F. Rusling , Nash." is handwritten in the lower left corner.
Civil War Soldier Photographs

Hospital Yard, Nashville
Military hospitals; Laundry; Women; Photographs; Military life; Military hospitals; Clotheslines; Laundresses
Scene in the yard of a military hospital in Nashville, showing numerous men and women, some African American, among lines of hanging laundry.
Civil War Soldier Photographs

Eaton Depot, rear view
Military depots; Military life; People; Wooden buildings; Historic buildings; Storehouses; Warehouses; Guards; Standing
Rear view of Eaton Depot with a soldier standing guard. The Capitol, Downtown Presbyterian Church and Maxwell House Hotel are visible in the background. An inscription in the lower left corner reads, "James F. Rusling, Nash."
Civil War Soldier Photographs

Nashville and the camp of the Sixteenth Regiment of Ills. Vols. Inft. At Edgefield, Tennessee, circa 1863-1865
Maps; Military life
A pictorial representation in lithographic form of Nashivlle during the Civil War, with the camp of the Illinois 16th Volunteer Regiment at Edgefield in the foreground. The Cumberland River is seen in the background with gunboats and riverboats...
Civil War Visual Culture

Nashville and the camp of the Sixteenth Rigiment of Ills. Vols. Inft. At Edgefield, Tennessee, circa 1863-1865
Maps; Military life
A pictorial representation in lithographic form of Nashivlle during the Civil War, with the camp of the Illinois 16th Volunteer Regiment at Edgefield in the foreground. The Cumberland River is seen in the background with gunboats and riverboats...
Historical Maps of Tennessee

Letters to Kittie from William H. Merriman
Two letters on the same sheet of paper to Kittie describing military life and his affections for her. The first letter is dated Dec. 26, 1862, and the second letter is dated January 1, 1863.
Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee

Letter to Cousin
Letter to cousin from John M. B. Wekles (?) written from Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia; he describes his military life during the Civil War.
Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee

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