Letter ordering an officer to go with a guard of one non-commissioned officer and six men in order to take charge of a passenger train on the Rome Railroad; the letter includes additional instructions. An example of the form to be kept is...
Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
This information from the Bureau of Agriculture, Mines, and Statistics communicates on a county-by-county basis (though not all counties are profiled) a kind of manufacturing census for the State of Tennessee. By including the manufacturer name,...
Governor Andrew Johnson describes the exchange of prisoners and commissions ex-Governor William B. Campbell to "examine and describe the terms and conditions" of the prisoner exchange.
Special orders issued from the Provost Marshal's Office to divide guard. The orders specify that "the guard will be divided into squads of two men one of which must be competent to examine passports." The orders are signed by "John Bain, Capt &...
