Letter from Lick Creek, Tenn., from John Ray Moss to his wife Nancy concerning his health and his hopes to receive a letter from home soon. Moss served in Co. I, 43rd Tenn. Infantry (5th East Tenn. Volunteers), CSA. The letter includes an image of...
This engraving entitled "Decisive Charge Upon Byrne's Confederate Battery, By The Seventy-Eight Pennsylvania and Twenty-First Ohio Volunteers, at the Battle of Murfreesboro, January 2d 1863" was published in an 1892 edition of Harper's Weekly.
Samuel Morgan (1798-1880) seated as a desk with legs crossed as he writes in a book. Samuel Morgan was known as the "Merchant Prince of Nashville." Samuel Morgan manufactured Confederate munitions and served as Chairman of the Central Bureau of...
Samuel Morgan (1798-1880) standing, leaning next to his cane while holding glasses. Samuel Morgan was known as the "Merchant Prince of Nashville." He manufactured Confederate munitions and served as Chairman of the Central Bureau of Military...
Long is writing "few lines which will bring sorrow and grief upon you and family the death of your Dear Companion J. E. Scott." He tells Mrs. Scott that her husband died on April 6 in an Atlanta hosspital. Long goes on to say that he is sending the...
According to family history, this drum may have been carried by a member of the Worrell family of Haywood (later Crockett) County during the Civil War. The drum has an eagle and a red, white, and blue crest painted upon it. The head and skins are...
Gold pocket watch, serial no. 6047, manufactured by Francois Dubois & Co. The face is engraved with a town landscape. A harbor scene and a dog are engraved on the back and inside cover, respectively. According to family legend, Nathaniel Scott,...
Inoian figure carved out of soft white stone during the Civil War by Samuel Morgan (1798-1880). Samuel Morgan manufactured Confederate munitions and served as Chairman of the Central Bureau of Military Supplies in Nashville. Samuel Morgan was known...
Letter from John A. Hickerson, Company B, 2nd Arkansas Infantry, C. S. A., to his father John D. Hickerson. The letter is the first he wrote to his father after enlisting. The author describes his movements from Arkansas to Knoxville and back. The...
Steel engraving consisting of images of President Andrew Johnson and members of his immediate Cabinet (Stanton, Seward, Chase, and Welles), with a heraldic eagle at the top and a depiction of the United States Capitol at the bottom.
Letter from Arthur H. Harris to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville. He writes of the pervading excitement that has surrounded the 1860 presidential election in his area. Though he is glad the contest is over, he acknowledges the death...
This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
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...
Five-page letter written from John S. Brien in Nashville, Tennessee, to R. M. C[ornin], Esq. in Cincinnati, Ohio. The author expresses his views on secession, the Union, and Southern Rights as well as his hope for compromise. Says Brien, " I...
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 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...
Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...
Two-page letter to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville, Elisha W. Harris writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of attending a local political meeting. He details the zest the crowd displays for politics and the presidential...
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...
Letter from Jane Smith Washington of Springfield, Tennessee, to her son, William L. Washington in Toronto, Canada, describing a confrontation with Federal troops. Mrs. Washington describes an extremely violent confrontation with Federal troops. In...
