Black and white photograph of Lard & Nancy (Copeland) Hammock. Lard Hammock was in Company E, 8th Tennessee Cavalry (13th), from Overton County. He was captured near Woodbury, Tennessee, on September 6, 1864, at the Battle of Readyville. He was...
Bolton was from the Kingsport, Tennessee, area and served in the Co. E, 61st Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A. The donor also provided Bolton's narrative report and memoirs.
Broadside advertising a mass meeting at the Ryman to "Save the South" from the Susan B. Anthony amendment and federal suffrage force bills. It advertises that Oscar Underwood, Ruffin Pleasant, E. B. Stahlman, Charlotte Rowe, Frank Bond, and Gus...
Broadside advertising an ice cream supper at the Female Academy featuring good music. Proceeds to liquidate the indebtedness of the M. E. Church at Fayetteville.
Broadside depicting a soldier with rifle and wearing full field dress who stands kneeling before Columbia in front of a flag and other soldiers. Two fascii frame the image. Text states the image is dedicated to Sam White, Private, Company E,...
Broadside describing a pleasure excursion via train to Nashville for the benefit of the A.M.E. and M.B. churches. The cost for the round trip was $2.75. The train departed from Fayetteville, Lincoln County, and arrived in Nashville, Davidson...
Broadside lithograph features photographs of a company of American soldiers, with the men photographed in threes and set into a large blue horseshoe design ornamented with gold stars and topped by an eagle. A central photograph shows an...
Broadsides; Handbills; Fliers (printed matter); Posters; Public speaking
Broadside with "Speaking!!" written in broad letters. The text states: "Joe E. Williams, the Colored Orator of Nashville, and Capt. Towner, of Marshall County, will speak at Fayetteville Next Saturday Night. All are Invited!"
Patent medicines; Pamphlets; Leaflets; Government officials; Advertising; Promotional materials
Brochure advertising a patent medicine named "Taylor's Cherokee Remedy." Included in the booklet are line drawings of major Confederate figures, including Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson. Also included are several poems and...
Broken ambrotype of Captain Robert E. Mayes, who was born in Robertson County in 1823, and died in 1862. He was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 89th Regiment of the Tennessee State Militia on March 22, 1847. He later enlisted in the Confederate...
Bust portrait of W. R. McQuown in civilian clothing. An inscription beneath the image reads, "4th Ky. Regt., C.S.A./ Col. Lewis Regt./ W. R. McQuown." An inscription on the back reads, "Leader of the 4th Ky. Regt and the 1st Tenn Band until the...
C.S.A. Brigadier General E. W. Rucker, seated, in Confederate uniform, wearing a decoration on his left breast. His left arm has been amputated. The photograph includes signature.
Cabinet card of Pvt. Daniel Byrd Huffine, Co. E, 8th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA, wearing a Union veteran (Grand Army of the Republic) medal. Photo by Cargille of Johnson City, Tenn.
Cabinet card portrait of Thomas Hughes, Co. E, 61st N. C. Inf. Regt., CSA. He was wounded in the arm. Hughes is in a Confederate uniform with his hand Napoleon-style in coat. Background consists of a vase with flowers and a small table with books.
Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...
Ceremonial flag of the Barrow Guards, Gordon's Bn., later known as Co. C, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt. (Col. James T. Wheeler's), CSA. The flag is hand-sewn with eleven stenciled stars, hand-drawn pen and ink lettering and scroll. The flag belonged to...
