Confederate regimental accounting document No. 10, for Captain J. E. Ray, Assistant Quartermaster for the 4th and 5th Tennessee Regiments, on the account of the Quartermaster's Department in the field for the quarter ending September 30, 1863....
Application of James Lillard claiming payment due for Quartermaster's stores or subsistence supplies. Lillard claims that one hundred bushels of corn, 16,000 pounds of hay, 12,000 feet of plank, and five grey mares were taken by the U. S. Army...
Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Guards; Military camps; Campfires; Smoke; Trees
Image of captured Confederates on an island erroneously labeled near Bridgeport, Tennessee; the location is near Bridgeport, Alabama. The site is at the current CSX Bridge 122.6 over the Tennessee River Slough. Several clashes took place here due...
Contract between Castor Sawyer of Williamson County (Tenn.) and Freeman Green in which Sawyer agreed to furnish land to Green for cultivation while Green is obligated to give Sawyer one-third of his agricultural output.
Double-sided, one-page printed Form No. 4 contains handwritten information about the soldier's service, his description, and any pay or compensation that is due to him upon his discharge from service. This certificate of accounts also functions as...
Letter from A. C. Montgomery to G. R. Rutledge describing status of business in Maryville, local elections resulting in the election of "Union men," the outcomes of battles involving Sterling Price, the death of Benjamin McCulloch, and the status...
Five-page letter written from John S. Brien in Nashville, Tennessee, to R. M. C[ornin], Esq. in Cincinnati, Ohio. The author expresses his views on secession, the Union, and Southern Rights as well as his hope for compromise. Says Brien, " I...
Letter from Robert Rutledge to G. R. Rutledge describing the state of his current encampment near his Uncle Sam and Aunt Elzira's property. He explains that due to pillaging by the army the local population now despises the Confederate army almost...
Letter from Robert Rutledge expressing concern for his sick son, correcting an earlier assertion that a member of his company was killed, and describing plans to buy land in Texas. He asks his wife to buy needed provisions without concern for...
Letter from Robert A. Rutledge to Mary Minerva Rutledge concerning the climate and his living conditions, provisions, and financial situation. He attempts to dissuade his father from visiting him at the camp but expresses his weariness of the war...
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...
Letter from Quartermaster General's Office to Kinney and Kinney of Nashville, Tennessee, denying claims of William P. Mays and others due to the disloyalty of the claimant and witnesses.
Notification of honorable discharge for T. H. Freeman from Captain John H. McLarin's Company F, 45th Tennessee Volunteers. Freeman enlisted on December 12, 1861. He was discharged due to medical disability. Freeman was born in Wilson County,...
Ferry in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The etching shows the operation of an active ferry. In the drawing are cattle being ferried across the river. There are some small boats and trees in the foreground. There are also hills and a farm in the background.
A list of items requested by A. W. Caldwell, Captain of Companies B and C, requesting numerous items of clothing for his companies due to "destitution in the Regiment." List includes requests for jackets, pants, shoes, shirts, blankets, and caps....
Ammunition supposedly fired in Franklin, Tennessee during the Civil War. The minie balls are believed to be of Confederate origin due to the number of rings (2) at the base.
Tanks (Military science); Tracklaying vehicles; Motorcycles; War damage; World War, 1914-1918
A number of tanks headed down a road and accompanied by several soldiers on foot and one on a motorcycle. The scarred terrain appears in the background of the shot.
This general view of the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition features the Parthenon and the Memphis Pavilion in the foreground of the image. The Commerce Building, the Education Building and the Giant See-Saw are in the background of...
