Two documents detailing the parole and oath of allegiance taken by Thomas P. Reed. The document gives a physical description of Reed and is signed by Provost Marshal A. G. Brady.
This Colt .44 caliber, Navy (London) revolver of Capt. J. W. Rogan, Co. C, 15th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, has a pre-war serial number. His name and unit are engraved on the handle. He became Colonel of the 30th Ark. Inf. Regt., later converted to...
Letter ordering an officer to go with a guard of one non-commissioned officer and six men in order to take charge of a passenger train on the Rome Railroad; the letter includes additional instructions. An example of the form to be kept is...
Monthly report of the Confederate Provost Marshal of the Georgia District providing numbers of officers and privates for each division in his district and statistics for individuals charged with offenses. Categories include drunkenness (officers...
Letter from Robert Rutledge to G. R. Rutledge describing the state of his current encampment near his Uncle Sam and Aunt Elzira's property. He explains that due to pillaging by the army the local population now despises the Confederate army almost...
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...
Pass granting permission to W. M. Cox to visit "East Tennessee at Pleasure" provided he does not "communicate in writing, or verbally, for publication any fact ascertained, which, if known to the enemy might be injurious to the Confederate States...
Order from Confederate General Braxton Bragg outlining the duties of the Provost Marshal, including suppression of marauding, depredations, brawls, disturbances, drunkenness, and gambling; and the regulation of hotels, taverns, and markets. It...
General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
List of quartermaster's stores received by Quartermaster to Captain J. P. Baltzell, Provost Marshall at Augusta, Georgia. List includes two horses, one mule, three saddles, and three bridles taken from R. N. H. Mazer of Company D, 3rd South...
Small document serving as a military pass allowing the bearer, Mrs. Hannah M. (Herrick) Morey, to travel through Union lines to Franklin, Tennessee, and return. The pass was authorized by Brig. Gen. John Franklin Miller and issued at the Provost...
Pass from the Provost Marshal's Office at Gallatin, Tennessee, to permit W. T. Robinson to travel within Federal lines until further orders. The pass was issued by order of Brigadier General E. A. Paine, and signed by Major J. J. Searitt, Provost...
Military pass issued by the Provost Marshal's office to Mrs. Spencer for herself, her carriage, and driver through Federal lines to three miles out Lebanon Pike- good for 60 days. Signed by Captain H. H. Curling, Assistant Provost Marshal.
Military travel pass issued by the Union Provost Marshal's Office in Nashville (Tenn.) to D. J. Kerr. The pass was good for travel on Lebanon Pike for five days.
Oath of allegiance taken by Thomas H. Capatin of Lawrence County, Tennessee. The oath was sworn to S. D. Burnett, Capt. 39th Iowa and Provost Marshall.
Certifies that John W. McDonough of Hickman County swears allegiance to the U. S. government. Issued by Provost Marshal's Office, Nashville. Signed by Lt. Col. George Spalding, Provost Marshal.
