Benjamin Eaves, 43rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, (5th East Tennessee Volunteers). Fought in Battle of Murfreesboro, Big Black River, Mississippi, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. He died in 1913 and his wife, Mahala, died in 1892.
Hand-drawn map of West Tennessee executed by B. J. Radford, cartographer with 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th (?) Illinois Volunteers, commanded by Col. L. F. Ross. Notation on back that map had been shown to Carl Sandburg. Official Records, Series...
Letters from and about Sergeant Wiley Bartlett, Company H, 61st Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Letters written from Vicksburg, Mississippi, during seige to Sallie Bartlett.
Letter from Jackson, Mississippi, June 10, 1863, describing cavalry action around LaGrange, Tennessee, and Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Letter written by [Will D. Somers].
Letter from John G. Decker to his brother Phil commenting about the campaign in West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. See also the John G. Decker Papers, Mf. 1964.
Tintype of William Henry Palmer as a lieutenant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Ruby ambrotype of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the...
William Henry Palmer with his Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) medallion. Palmer was born November 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th...
Ambrotype of William Henry Palmer as a sergeant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Photograph of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the summer of...
Carte-de-visite of Kinloch Falconer of Holly Springs, Mississippi. He was the Assistant Adjutant of the Army of Tennessee, CSA, rank of major. Falconer died of yellow fever in September 1878 in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
Carte-de-visite of John Ward Gates. He was a newspaper man from Jackson, Tennessee. Gates was a member of Henderson's Scouts in Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry. He was captured near Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1864 and sent to Alton,...
Carte-de-visite of Dr. Charles Bonner, father of Kate Sherwood Bonner of Holly Springs, Mississippi. He operated a field hospital, caring for the wounded from the Battle of Shiloh and other battles in Mississippi. Dr. Bonner died in September...
Shadowbox containing a carte-de-visite of William Churchill Kirkland (January 10, 1839 - January 6, 1926). It also contains a 1914 reunion ribbon for a joint Confederate and Federal reunion. Kirkland enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, on June 2,...
Belt buckles from Confederate uniforms dug at sites of Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, and Battle of Nashville near Harding Pike and Granny White Pike. Some from Mississippi units; serpent buckles from England.
