Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
Letter describes witnessing the execution of a man accused of spiking 26 guns at Fort Jackson outside New Orleans and enabling the "Yankeys" to capture New Orleans.
Pete and Hannah Shelton with their five children: Artie Malissa, Vicey J., Elizabeth Ibby, Bettie, and James or Brownlow. Pete Shelton's father, the donor's great grandfather, was killed in the Shelton Laurel Massacre. The Shelton Laurel Massacre...
Pete Shelton (pictured here) had a father who was killed in the Shelton Laurel Massacre. This picture was taken at home. The twins (babies) are Robert and Hobert. The three children are Jake, Bruce, and Macon Shelton. The two older children are...
Communication from J. S. Johnson in North Carolina containing Special Order No. 5 from General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., commanding the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army and Navy not to take up arms against the United States, and...
