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...
Letter with a hand-drawn map of the Battle of Spring Hill. The letter was written by J. H. Watson of the 57th Indiana Regiment and describes several Tenn. engagements, especially the Battle of Franklin. It was written from a "Camp near...
Scrapbook page contains images of Fisk students. The women in images 1, 3-4 are wearing knee-pants and men's ties. In image 2, the women are dressed in traditional Dutch garb.
Small medallion honoring Andrew Johnson, who earned the nickname "Sir Veto" because of the large number of legislative vetoes he issued during his Presidency. The obverse contains the Johnson's profile and the dates of his term of office. The...
View of two women who are outdoors watching a baby in a crib. Also shown is a clothesline with two quilts/blankets at the side of a house where a tub sits to collect water. A bed spring can be seen leaning against the house.
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...
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
Scale map featuring forts, towns, post offices, topography, roads, railroads, valleys, rivers, creeks, islands, fords, ferries, elevations, iron furnaces, poor houses, mills, and forges in the East Tennessee area. It indicates that data was...
"The Bonnie Blue Flag" sheet music, dedicated to General John W. Geary and the Second Division, Twentieth Army Corps, United States Army. Entered according the Act of Congress A. D. 1864, by H. H. K. Elliott in the Clerks Office of the District...
Medical discharge (on account of "fistula") for Theophilus Fulghum of Co. D, 10th Tennessee Cavalry. Issued June 15, 1863 by the Assistant Surgeon, R. L. Hall. Signed by Col. Cox. Spring Hill Turnpike.
One order, sent from "Headquarters Left Wing Army [of] Ten[nessee]" orders that "Quartermaster's or foraging parties belonging to this command will not forage any more from this man J. Hunley, as he has no more than will support his family until...
Photographic reprint of Capt. A. Cecil Dale, CSA. Dale was from Celina, Tenn. (near present-day Dale Hollow Dam area). He fought at Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Lookout Mountain where he was captured. He was imprisoned at Atlanta until the end of the...
Photograph of Pinewood Mansion, which was built from 1866 to 1868. The house was built by Samuel Graham, who left North Carolina in 1832 and eventually settled in Hickman County. The Pinewood Plantation was established in 1848 as a mill site....
Photograph of Pinewood Mansion, which was built from 1866 to 1868. The house was built by Samuel Graham, who left North Carolina in 1832 and eventually settled in Hickman County. The Pinewood Plantation was established in 1848 as a mill site....
