Letter to wife Katherine from husband Benjamin Haught. He discusses his health and his hopes for a discharge. He was from Tyler County, Virginia/West Virginia. The letter is written from the U.S. General Hospital. Letter is a part of a large...
Background of discharge includes pictures of soldiers and slaves. "The Union Defenders Certificate in Support & Defense of the Government the Union and the Constitution of the United States Against the Great Rebellion."
Dishcharge papers for Newton Worth Narramore, Company E, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Narramore enlisted on August 11, 1864. He was wounded (shot in the leg) and discharged on June 13, 1865, in Nashville. Narramore was from...
Military discharge for Corporal George W. Henderson, Company E, 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment. A copy of a photograph of Henderson is attached to the top left corner of the certificate. Henderson, born in Christian County, Kentucky,...
Military discharge paper for Wallace Preston, Company H, 45th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. Preston, a resident of Johnson County, Kentucky, enlisted on August 25, 1863 for a period of "one year or the duration of the war."
"Portfolio of Personal, Military, and Civil History" for Levi W. Shook. The certificate inside affirms Shook's membership in the Soldiers and Sailors Historical and Benevolent Society. Shook fought in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
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...
Medical discharge (on account of "fistula") for Theophilus Fulghum of Co. D, 10th Tennessee Cavalry. Issued June 15, 1863 by the Assistant Surgeon, R. L. Hall. Signed by Col. Cox. Spring Hill Turnpike.
Discharge record of James R. Hord of Co. F., 2nd US Cavalry (Blount County). Hord served in Capt. James Walker's Company. He was from Friendsville, Tennessee.
Discharge paper for Isaac Cornett, Company I, 13th Tennessee Cavalry. Adjutant General's Office form #99. Enlisted August 19,1864 and mustered out September 5, 1865. Appointed captain on August 1, 1865.
Discharge certificate for James C. Mates, Company A, 101st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, USA. Mates survived Andersonville prison. James C. Mates' diary is available on microfilm as TSLA Mf. 1972.
Discharge certificate for James C. Mates, Private, Company A, 101st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, USA. Mates enlisted on August 25, 1862 for a period of three years. He was captured and survived Andersonville prison. James C. Mates'...
This form belonged to I. W. Payne, who served as a private in Co. H, 1st Regiment of Virginia Infantry. The form was signed by three surgeons (Provisional Army of the Confederate States) at the Chimborazo Hospital. Payne had worked as a farmer and...
Certificate to be given a soldier at the time of his discharge for P. Griffan, a Private of Captain H. B. Cunningham's Company of the 15th Regiment of Tenn. Vols.
