Confederate veteran Victor Vallette appears in a seated position wearing a Confederate uniform. According to family friend and photograph donor Emma I. Sloan, the uniform was obtained for the photo from John P. Hickman during Vallette's 1910...
CSA envelope depicting Jefferson Davis. The envelope also contains the following verse: "March to the battle field, The foe is on before us, Each heart is Freedom's shield, And Heaven's smile is o'er us."
Dr. John Gannaway served as private in Co. A, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The Union quartermaster in Murfreesboro gave the claims to his brother, R. B. Gannaway, who remained loyal to the Union, for forage at the family homestead in Rutherford...
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
Form No. 47 explaining the history of the command of Company K, 5th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, from March 1, 1863, to March 31, 1865. The company was commanded by Captain E. W. Bass, who was dismissed from service December 31,...
Funeral notice of Melissa Kirk Snell for Saturday afternoon at 2:30. The service was conducted by the Reverend R. W. Kinkley and the burial was at Evergreen Cemetery.
Portrait photographs; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms
Half-length portrait of Sergeant James Otey Gloster, C.S.A., in uniform. A note on the back of the photograph states that it was a gift of Dr. Digby Seymour of LaGrange, Illinois.
Hand-drawn map of the battle of Nashville featuring the positions of Rucker's Brigade, the Federal pickets, Hood's line, General Hatch's Cavalry, and the lines of probable retreat. The map also shows the Cumberland River and Charlotte, Harding,...
Hand-drawn map of the Battle of Stones River displays the positions of Federal and Confederate divisions and the names of their commanders. The map also features the locations of vegetation, rivers, roads, and railroads, and the layout of...
Hand-drawn map of the territory between Nashville and Murfreesboro from the Engineer office in Murfreesboro. The map was drawn by C. Meister and appears to be addressed to General Pegram, Command Cavalry.
Inventory of the effects of Enos Thompson, Private, Co. D, 4th US Cavalry. Died March 15, 1863 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, following the Battle of Stones River. Includes physical description of soldier. Thompson is buried at the Stone River...
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.
Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
Letter to (sister) Cleopatra Robinson from (brother) Aaron Boyd Robinson regarding some of the soldiers that she knew. Aaron later became a doctor and moved to Murfreesboro, Rutherford County. Cleopatra married J. F. Rickman, who had been a...
