Henry and Emma James were the younger siblings of Francis (Frank) W. James, a doctor in Rutherford, Tennessee. Aged seventeen and nine, Henry and Emma lived in Bluff Springs in Gibson County, Tennessee. Henry writes about the corn and cotton crops,...
Gold-washed spoon commemorating the Grand Army of the Republic (G. A. R.) reunion in Louisville, Kentucky. The handle of the spoon is comprised of a uniformed Grand Army of the Republic soldier with rifle. The bowl of the spoon is engraved with an...
The letter is written on paper with the letterhead "The War for the Union" with an eagle. It expresses fond affection from Martha to William, a soldier in Company C, 48th Tennessee Infantry Regiment.
Black and white etching that pictures a wounded soldier being tended to. Etched by Hamilton, N.A., and painted by Thomas Hoverden, N.A. Copyright, Fishel Adler of Schwartz, N.Y., 1889.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
The Civilian Conservation Corps camp from the mountain when it was first established. Men were housed in tents before barracks were built. From left are workshops, assembly area, mess hall, and tents.
Form No. 3 offers two pages of information, both printed and handwritten, providing a record of the death and interment of a Federal soldier who died at a Federal military hospital. The document includes data from the hospital surgeon, the post...
One-page document recording the retirement from military service of Jesse West of Smith County, Tennessee. The certificate provides West's rank, company, civilian occupation, and physical description. It is signed by three Confederate surgeons.
Double-sided, handwritten, one-page document lists those prisoners being held by Federal authorities. Those incarcerated include citizens, soldiers who have committed disciplinary infractions, and soldiers being held for possible court-martial.
List of officers and enlisted men of a Confederate Company G "inside the lines." Includes fifty-three names listed for duty (nine of whom are listed as "sick"), seven listed in the convalescent camp, seven on daily duty, and one on detached...
Blank Confederate service oath form. The signing soldier would affirm to bear true faith and yield obedience to the Confederate States of America and observe the orders of the President of the Confederate States and of the officers appointed,...
Account Form No. 22 from the United States Army Quartermaster to Private B. P. Pool of Company A, 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, for extra duty service as a wagoner for ninety-one days- September, October, and November of 1862- at twenty-five...
Order from Brigadier Genernal Felix Zollicoffer, Nashville, handwritten on a Bill of Purchase form, making arrangements, when necessary, to provide the commutation value of the rations instead of the actual rations to the Commands, July 17, 1861.
U.S. Order for Transportation #67122 for Antony DeGraft, destitute soldier, who had been robbed of his money and is unable to purchase food or lodging. The order permits him to travel from Knoxville to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and includes a letter...
This printed form with handwritten entries records Lieutenant Jojn B. Turner's entrance into military service, acceptance of the terms of service, and the verification of his commanding and mustering officers.
One-page printed and handwritten abstract of provisions form, submitted by Lieutenant William Alonzo Wainwright, Regimental Quartermaster of the 75th Indiana Infantry and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, for subsistence stores sold to officers...
General order No. 226 issued from E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of the United States Army, describing the proper ration of pork, soft bread, hard bread, beans, vegetables, rice, vinegar, coffee, candles, soap, salt, and pepper for each...
Cross dressing; Escapes; Firearms; Tents; Horses; Soldiers; Women; Sheet music covers; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate President Jeff Davis is pictured fleeing (in a crinoline dress) from an army camp, holding a dagger as a bonnet flies off his head. A soldier aims at gun at him and a woman in a dress appears to be in distress. Words by George Cooper....
Sheet music covers; Children; Families; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Lithograph from a photograph of three young children serves as the centerpiece of the cover of a Civil War-era song, dedicated by the author, James G. Clark, to J. Francis Bourns M.D. of Philadelphia, Pa.
Soldiers; Marching; Farms; Mules; Dogs; Swine; Roosters; Arrivals & departures; Families; Farewells; World War, 1914-1918
Comical drawing in which a soldier with rifle on his shoulder marches off to World War I down a dirt road and leaves in the background mother, father, sweetheart, a dog, and a mule sticking its head out of a barn. American flags are being waved by...
