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...
Print of the Federal Ironclad "Montauk" destroying the Confederate Privateer "Nashville" in the Ogeechee River. The "Montauk" is a low-profile inroclad steamship on the left, and the "Nashville," a converted passenger vessel, is in flames. Men...
Order issued by Federal 1st Lieutenant G. W. Anderdown that all in his command be prohibited from wasting ammunition, destroying fencing and garden trucks, or other depredations. The bell was to be rung for morning and night roll calls and...