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  • Correspondence from Elisha W. Harris to George Carroll Harris, May 4, 1861
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Two-page letter from Elisha W. Harris to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of the war being upon them with bloody consequence. He has abandoned his efforts to cling to the union and...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Joseph Gerald Branch to Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, December 12, 1863
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife Mary in Maury County, Tennessee. He writes about his plans to send her $15,000 in U.S. Treasury notes to invest in real estate to curb currency depreciation and insure...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Joseph Gerald Branch to Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, January 28, 1864
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife Mary in Maury County, Tennessee. He writes that he has not heard from his wife or children since August. He desires to know whether Mary has received the $15,000 in...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Joseph Gerald Branch to Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, March 16, 1864
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife, Mary, in Maury County, Tennessee. He is concerned that his letters are not reaching her, and he observes, "What is property or anything else compared to one's...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from J. W. Maybin to John S. Brien, March 12, 1864
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    Correspondence; Cities & towns; Campaigns & battles; Troop movements; Surrenders; Plantations; Cotton plantations; Civil Wars; War
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    Two-page letter from J. W. Maybin of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to John S. Brien. The letter requests legal advice from John S. Brien, "one of the first legal minds in the United States," regarding his legal options after having seen much of his...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Atlantic strawberry on the cover of the "Rural Record"
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    Farm life; Country life; Plantations; Strawberries; Vegetables; Cotton; Grains; Fruit; Livestock
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    Cover sheet for the January 10, 1884, issue of the "Rural Record." An illustration of the Atlantic Strawberry is centered in the middle of this front page, the masthead for the "Rural Record" is back-grounded by images of the farm, plantation, and...
  • Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
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  • John Duncan Diary
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    Farms; Farming; Plantations; Cotton plantations; Agricultural laborers
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    Transcription of the diary of John Duncan of the University of the South. The diary has been typed on carbon paper. The diary includes only the year 1868.
  • Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee
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  • Ashport to Memphis Confederate Map, circa 1861
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    Maps; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Artillery (Weaponry); Cities & towns; Islands; Wetlands; Plantations; Rivers; Bodies of water; Military camps
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    Maps; Maps, Military; Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
  • Historical Maps of Tennessee
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  • Ashport to Memphis Confederate Map, circa 1861
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    Maps; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Artillery (Weaponry); Cities & towns; Islands; Wetlands; Plantations; Rivers; Bodies of water; Military camps
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    Military map, hand-drawn on linen, by Albert Martin (possibly a Confederate cartographer). It stretches along the Mississippi River from Ashport in the north to Memphis in the south. Though detailed in its presentation of waterways, swamps,...
  • Civil War Maps

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