Cover image of the "Washington Artillery Souvenir" booklet featuring a tiger surrounded by a laurel wreath with the words "Try Us" printed on a ribbon beneath the image. An American flag appears on the left and a blue flag featuring the slogan "Non...
Tintype of Dock Monroe Smith (1841-1926). Smith fought for the Confederacy as a sergeant with Co. C, Holman's Battalion, Tenn. Partisan Rangers and then with Co. E, 11th Tenn. Cav. Regt. He served under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, participating in...
Armories; Military facilities; Military maneuvers; Rifles; Firearms; Military training; Militias
Members of the 2nd Battalion/ 2nd Infantry of the Tennessee State Guard perform maneuvers at the Armory in Clarksville. The men are lying on their stomachs, shooting rifles. A wooden frame house is seen in the background.
Model 1860 U.S. staff and field officer's sword manufactured by Springfield Armory and Southern Cross belonging to William Fairchild Dennis Jr. (October 17, 1845 - June 9, 1927). Dennis served with the Raymond Minute Men of Hinds County,...
Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Military vehicles
SP4 Thomas W. Page, of Clarksville, TN, leans with his left elbow against a 2 1/2 ton military transport truck in Vietnam. Page was with the 299th Combat Engineer Battalion. In the background is a populated area with a mountain in the distance.
Military parades & ceremonies; Military officers; Buildings; Motorcycles
The Army Day Parade in front of the Tennessee State Capitol. Many people are lining the street watching the men on motorcycles and other marchers as they drive and walk by.
Photograph of William Henry Edwards with reunion medal attached to lapel. Edwards served in Co. E, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry CSA, December 1861 to May 1865. He was wounded outside Atlanta at New Hope Church, Georgia, captured and imprisioned...
Samuel Day Dabney (1844-1919), son of Eliza Day Dabney and John Overton Dabney. Samuel was a member of the 3rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA and Co. C, Holman's Battalion, Tenn. Partisan Rangers. He had four brothers who fought for the Confederacy, and...
Two-page typed Special Order No. 188 contains military orders for a number of individuals plus a short note to his parents concerning his orders. On page two of the document are the orders assigning Christopher Ammons to his Vietnam unit. The note...
The caption reads, "Second Bn. 105th Engineers Hdq. Near Brandhock." Writing on the picture reads, "2nd Bn. Hdq. Brandhock Belgium." Several buildings can be seen in the picture next to a wooden walkway.
Armories; Military facilities; Military depots; Military training; Military inspections; Barbecues; Military officers; Militias
Uniformed members of the Tennessee State Guard both serving food and standing in line to receive a meal inside the Clarksville Armory. A small boy is pictured at the front of the line. This barbecue followed the September 10, 1944 military...
Certificate of discharge from the Army of Tennessee for David A. Hickerson, a private in Captain James H. Lewis's Company C, 2nd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry. At the time of discharge, he was 26 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, fair complexion, gray...
Framed crayon portrait of a soldier wearing the uniform of the 14th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. Also called Bradford's Battalion, it was virtually annihilated at Ft. Pillow, Tenn., in April 1864. Confederate forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathan...
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas Williams. She discusses patients at the war hospital in Columbia, rumors of the Yankees at Franklin and concern for her son, "Tommie."
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John Hamilton. She discusees the loss of the property and the slaves. She bemoans: "How long will this unholy war continue?"
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John B. Hamilton. She is critical of the conscription, and remarks that "I have not got any man to stay with me."
Medal, actually a name tag rather than medal, that was ordered after the war for use during Confederate reunions. Served as W. H. Edwards, Co. E, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, CSA.
