A mountain cabin with an oak-shingle roof. The cabin is made of logs and wooden planks. A horse stands in front of the cabin with a small boy on its back. Three men stand near the horse: one at its rear and two in front.
Letter from Maj. W. Jere Crook, 13th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his cousin, Hattie Crook. The two were first cousins, once removed. He was from Henderson County, Tenn., and she was from South Carolina. The two married after the war.
Letter to Miss Mary (Mollie) Pearre from unknown writer, who was a prisoner at Elmira in New York, Ward Number 38. The letter discusses slavery and inquires after the health of the family. The two were cousins. See Mary L. Pearre Diary &...
Maj. W. Jere Crook, 13th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, writes to his fiancee, Hattie Crook. He comments on their future marriage and wishes he could be her "Guardian Angel." Crook writes in vague terms about the war, describing places in Alabama rather...
Morris provides his cousins with news of the deaths of his mother and Laura [relationship unstated]. He relates his hardships caused by the war and writes, "Life is the running of a race and Death the goal, so then let us look a head to that time...
Two letters of correspondence between Mrs. John Trotwood Moore and her cousin, Susie Gentry. The first item of correspondence is from Susie Gentry to Mary Daniel Moore, written from Franklin, Tennessee, on May 28, 1934. In her correspondence,...
