Officers of the three brigades of the Tennessee State Guard during World War II. Three of the photographs are group photographs of the officers of the First, Second, and Third Brigades with the officers unnamed. This photograph; is a shot of the...
Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
List of clothing issued, reportedly to the sergeants of the 1st and 27th Tennessee regiments of the Confederate Army. The form consists of a hand-drawn grid on the pages of a small diary, and the list includes hats, caps, jackets, pants, shirts,...
Map indicating the regions of Middle Tennessee in which the Second, Seventh, and Tenth Regiments of the Tennessee State Guard operated. Also shows county boundaries, main highways, and railroads.
Small farm in Philadelphia, Tennessee. In the background is the farmhouse, along with several outbuildings. In the foreground is a wooden fence and telephone pole.
Three-quarter length portrait of Joe Weakley Sr., believed to be a "Dunlap Zouave." He wears a traditional Zouave uniform with kepi and has an infantry sword on his belt.
Tintype of Henry Jenks and an unidentified individual. Jenks and a friend escaped (dug out) from Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, and made it safely back to Union territory to rejoin their regiments.
Pass signed by President Abraham Lincoln ordering the Secretary of War to permit Henry Jenks and his friend, recently escaped from Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, to rejoin their regiments.
Civil War soldier (possibly Phillip Bauman of the 139th Ill. Vol. Inf. Reg., USA). The 139th Ill. Vol. Inf. Reg. served the Federal Army during the Civil War. It was one of many regiments raised in the summer of 1864.
Watkins writes to his sister that they have left Corinth and moved to Lagrange. The regiment has found a nice chestnut grove to camp, but there are four men to a tent. His health is poor, so he visited the 3rd Michigan Hospital. Still no pay, and...
One-sheet certificate of enlistment for Dennis Morgan, "a Colored man whom W. H. Morgan claims as his slave, April 5, 1864." Certificate includes Morgan's age and physical description, as well as the signature of L. E. Davis, First Sergeant, 17th...
Confederate regimental accounting document No. 10, for Captain J. E. Ray, Assistant Quartermaster for the 4th and 5th Tennessee Regiments, on the account of the Quartermaster's Department in the field for the quarter ending September 30, 1863....
Hand-drawn and handwritten table names each company commander with a report of ordnance in his unit: carbines, pistols, sabres, horse equipment, and statement of condition.
Roster of eleven enlisted men serving in the 5th Regiment in Shelbyville on "extra duty" as teamsters - one ward master, one wage master, and one hospital nurse. The roster lists their ranks, companies, regiments, the names of the officers who...
Report of the status of the men of the Confederate 154th Senior Infantry Regiment listed by command company. It shows the status of men present: ready for duty, sick, extra duty, or under arrest; it also shows the status of those absent: detached...
Race relations riot that occurred in Memphis in May of 1866. The black population of Memphis had swelled from 4,000 to over 15,000 by 1865. The volatile mix of former slaves or contraband, long-time freedmen of the Beale Street area, four regiments...
