Letter written by John F. House on U. S. House of Representatives letterhead on behalf of Pennia E. Mays for a claim against the U. S. Government for $96,000.
Enlisted in Company E, 18th Infantry, May 29, 1861, at Camp Cheatham. He was captured at Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862, and sent to Camp Butler prisoner of war camp in Illinois. He was parolled and was killed at New Hope Church on May 16, 1864....
Pencil sketch of William E. Maury. Maury was a member of Company C, 49th Tennessee Infantry, and was killed at the Battle of Franklin. His diary is in the Carter House Museum. Originally from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Maury had brothers who fought...
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...
Wax drawing of Union veteran, Newton Worth Narramore, Company E, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Narramore was from Bledsoe County and is buried at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Dunlap, Tennessee.
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...
Letter from William Templin to his wife Pollyanna Templin and children. W.M. Templin originally enlisted in the Confederate Army in Hawkins County, Tennessee. He was captured and sent to Indiana. He took the oath of allegience and enlisted in Co....
Lithograph of Robert E. Lee. "General Lee this picture may be worth something" is written on the back. "Give to mama and papa when first married" is also written on the back.
Letter written from Bolivar, Tennessee, July 6, 1862, commenting on Gideon Pillow's fitness as a commander, following Battle of Fort Donelson. Letter written by [E. P. McNeal].
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...
Sampler made by Jane E. Penn. The sampler includes Penn's date of birth, October 14, 1816, and an image of the school she attended. Also stitched on the sampler is the verse: "Religion should our thoughts engage, amidst our youthful bloom, it...
Lithograph of Jefferson Davis and his cabinet with General Robert E. Lee in the council chamber at Richmond, Va. The name of each cabinet member appears under their seat. Published by Thomas Kelly in New York.
Letter from Assistant Adjutant General W. T. Clarke from the War Department, Office of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Land, concerning the terms of returning the home of J. E. Bailey to its owner after the army used it as a hospital.
