1853 letter written by Jefferson Davis, while he was the acting Secretary of the Navy. The letter authorizes the discharge of ship's cook Robert Johnson on board the USS Union. Letter is addressed to George Read, Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy...
Special orders for the promotion of Jacob Johnson, Co. E, 2nd Tenn. Cav. Regt., from sergeant to 2nd Lt. By order of Col. H. M. Ashby, Commanding Brigade, and J. H. I. Frierson Jr., Acting Asst. Adj. Gen.
William Summerfield Sawrie, Acting Adjutant General in Goran's Brigade, with hands clasped. Image is set in a frame. Uniform and spurs of Sawrie are in the Carter House in Franklin, Tennessee.
Chart of the system of notification for the Second Infantry Brigade, Tennessee State Guard. This chart was part of the internal security plan for the Guard during World War II.
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...
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...
Letter dated Feb. 19, 1943, from the captain of the Sixth Regiment of the Tenn. State Guard to Gov. Prentice Cooper bringing to his attention the expert marksmanship of Sergeant Cecil H. Kelley. Enclosed with this letter are two rifle targets...
Letter dated March 10, 1943 from Fred J. Bertorelli, Brigadier-General of the First Infantry Brigade of the Tennessee State Guard (TSG), to Gov. Prentice Cooper. The letter is most noteworthy for the TSG emblem illustrated at the top of the letter.
Military officers; Monuments & memorials; Plazas; Military education; Militias; Military training
Two men in military uniform, one being Brigadier General Jacob McGavock Dickinson, sit under a Civil War monument in the town square of Franklin, Tennessee, and confer during military exercises.
Military parades & ceremonies; Military officers; Buildings; Jeep automobiles; Saluting; Military vehicles
Army Day Parade in front of the Tennessee State Capitol. This event featured the 2nd Tennessee Infantry on parade in downtown Nashville. Many people are lining the street watching the jeep vehicle as the individuals inside salute as they ride by. ...
List of blanks (blank forms and books) received in Nashville for the use of the 3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, April 23, 1864.
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