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Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Listed as the Lillard School in the State Board of Education Records, this photograph has been identified by Maryville natives as the William J. Hale School. The building is a large imposing brick structure situated on a hill. At the time the...
A waterfront view showing three African American men. One man sits at the edge of the river near a mule-powered ferry. The second man is on the ferry with two mules. The third man sits above the bank on a cliff. Rocks, driftwood and a large iron...
Voucher issued to J. B. Hamilton in the amount of $936.60 for expenses in "driving, pasturing, and forage for cattle from Lincoln County, Tennessee, across Tennessee River and pasturing the same in Alabama, driving them to Chattanooga, from July...
This map illustrates the railroad routes of the United States and Canada that were in operation and in progress circa 1864. State boundaries and state capitals are shown. An inset in the lower right corner features the area covered by Pacific...
Summary of 1912 health report for Gallatin written by the City Health Officer, Dr. W. N. Lackey. The report statistically addresses mortality rates and births and provides a partial breakdown by sex, race, and age. It examines causes of death,...
This page in Mitchener's diary shows a drawing of two train cars with "40 Hommes 8 Cheveaux"(40 men 8 horses) written on one of the cars. Mitchener writes,"As you approach the 'Zug' [train] Yards - Spremburg---'Board!' Fifty-six men per car--Hardly...
Carved Minie balls and bullets, belt buckles, Civil War military buttons and corps badges. Collected from across Tennessee. The carved rifle bullets are particularly fine, having been carved in the shapes of death's heads, cannon, coffins, "Yank,"...
Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Hats; Arms & armament; Helmets
Christopher Ammons is resting among concealing foliage while on patrol. He has a towel around his neck (a common practice for soldiers on patrol) and his M16 lies across his lap. Large leaves and tall grass can be seen behind him.
Letter from Robert Rutledge to his father, G. R. Rutledge, explaining the strategic value of East Tennessee and the likelihood of a Union invasion. He implores his father to leave Cleveland, Tennessee, and flee south to Georgia before such a raid...
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...
William Strickland's sketch of the details of an unnamed suspension bridge. The sketch shows details of the iron suspension cords and a cross-section of the bridge trestles.
