Letter from Quartermaster General's Office to Kinney and Kinney of Nashville, Tennessee, denying claims of William P. Mays and others due to the disloyalty of the claimant and witnesses.
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...
Letter written from Bolivar, Tennessee, July 6, 1862, commenting on Gideon Pillow's fitness as a commander, following Battle of Fort Donelson. Letter written by [E. P. McNeal].
Photograph of Montgomery County Confederate veterans, including John William Trotter (ninth from left on second row) and E. P. Martin (seventh from left on front row). John William Trotter served in Co. A, 50th Tenn. Inf. Reg., CSA.
Prisoner of war ledger kept by Lt. Col. Lee, 15th Arkansas Regiment at Johnson's Island Prison, Sandusky, Ohio. Ledger shows names, addresses, and unit affiliations of dozens of Confederate prisoners, including several Tennesseans. Lee was from...
Letter written by W. H. Lipscomb to his father on beautiful Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, LA) letterhead. Written during the Vicksburg campaign, Lipscomb describes conditions in the Confederate ranks and a recent fight between forces of...
Belonging to Captain John J. Fly, Co. E, 41st Infantry. He captured the sword from a U. S. cavalryman. It was manufactured by N. P. Ames in 1848, called the "Wristbreaker." Capt. Fly was from the Fly community.
Washington County, New York General Affidavit in the matter of a pension claim of Amos P. Ingrohaus stating that his son, John H. Ingrohaus, was not killed in the Battle of Fair Oaks. John Ingrohaus was a member of Company l, 96th Regiment N. Y....
5th Tenn. Confederate Veterans. The photograph was taken in front of the Confederate Memorial in Paris, Tennessee. An inscription on the back lists the following individuals: "Top row: A. H. Hancock, J. W. Bowden, Pack Orr, J. Watt Allen, Jack...
Certificate to be given a soldier at the time of his discharge for P. Griffan, a Private of Captain H. B. Cunningham's Company of the 15th Regiment of Tenn. Vols.
Model 1860 cavalry saber and scabbard. "K I" is cut into the saber's pommel cap and the blade is marked, "P.S. JUSTICE PHILADA." The scabbard is nickel-plated.
Scalloped and stamped copper or brass tag with the all-seeing eye above 3 chain links, the Oddfellows insignia with "FLT" in links (Friendship, Love, Truth), excavated in western Washington County, Tenn.