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....
Charles T. Swindler was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness and taken to Andersonville Prison. He enlisted on September 18, 1861, and mustered out February 21, 1865. He was a member of the 7th Indiana Infantry and fought at Gettysburg.
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...
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....
Ambrotype of Peter Peterson Knudson (1840 - October 13, 1863), 2nd Minn. Army, USA. He enlisted on July 5, 1861, and was mortally wounded while on picket duty on October 12, 1863.
Tintype of William Henry Palmer as a lieutenant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Ruby ambrotype of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the...
William Henry Palmer with his Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) medallion. Palmer was born November 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th...
Ambrotype of William Henry Palmer as a sergeant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Ambrotype of Evin Knudson (July 17, 1842- July 28, 1920). Knudson enlisted on July 5, 1861, and was discharged on May 28, 1862, because of a medical disability relating to a head wound.
Photograph of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the summer of...
Tintype of Thomas Stewart. Stewart was born in Quebec, Canada, and his family later moved to Indiana. Stewart enlisted in Co. A, 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment, USA. He was captured at the Battle of Atlanta. Stewart was a POW at Andersonville,...
Tintype of Russell Lasetor Brown of Co. H, 16th Inf., CSA. He is holding his musket and Colt revolver. Brown was born in Warren County, Tennessee, on October 24, 1842. He enlisted in the Confederate Army on May 18, 1861.
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."
Shadowbox containing a carte-de-visite of William Churchill Kirkland (January 10, 1839 - January 6, 1926). It also contains a 1914 reunion ribbon for a joint Confederate and Federal reunion. Kirkland enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, on June 2,...
"War history of Carson Reed Orr who enlisted in Co. H, 3rd (Clack's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commanded by C. H. Walker." Brief memoir and letter written in 1916 by his brother C. J. Orr to his son, Billie Mack Orr. Both brothers, Carson R. Orr...
Photograph of Merritt Booker Tomlinson, who enlisted in Co. F, Brown's (later Clack's) 3rd Tennessee Infantry and was captured at Fort Donelson. Tomlinson is wearing his veteran's uniform and regalia. He died in 1939.
Shortened and refurbished saber owned by George Washington Brown, Company A, 53rd Kentucky Infantry in Covington, Kentucky. Brown enlisted on September 12, 1964. He was promoted to Sergeant Major on November 11, 1864, and Second Lieutenant on June...
