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  • Turned Down? Over Age? Draft Exempt? Here Is How YOU Can Help
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    Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons; Propaganda; Publicity; Public opinion; Slogans; Press
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    A man sitting pondering perhaps his future and a directive as to how he might join the Second Infantry Brigade, Tennessee State Guard. A drawing of a soldier with his compatriots charging was also positioned on the page.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Our hats off to you
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    Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons; Propaganda; Publicity; Public opinion; Slogans; Press
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    Caricatures of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Adolph Hitler of Germany, and Benito Mussolini of Italy are employed in this Tennessee State Guard promotion to remind Murfreesboro Daily News Journal readers that American apathy and "laying down on the...
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • 1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Vounteers of African Descent
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    Photographs; Soldiers; Armies; Montages; Military officers
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    Composite of the officers of the 1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Volunteers of African Descent, United States Army.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • French front line trenches
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    World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Firearms; Trench warfare
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    French soldiers standing and sitting in a front line trench. Three soldiers are standing casually and looking outside the trench. Two soldiers below them, one standing and the other sitting, are conversing with one another. The interior of the...
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Union Lieutenant Alfred C. Williams
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    Soldiers; Uniforms; Portrait photographs
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    Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Alfred C. Williams in uniform. The photograph is hand-tinted.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • Reminiscences of Frances Elizabeth Phillips Stokes about the Civil War
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    In this account of the Civil War, Mrs. Stokes wrote about the hardships she had experienced, including the imprisonment of her brother. She also details the return of her future husband, Pvt. Horatio Kinchen Stokes, Co. H, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt.,...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Correspondence from Joseph Gerald Branch to Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, December 12, 1863
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife Mary in Maury County, Tennessee. He writes about his plans to send her $15,000 in U.S. Treasury notes to invest in real estate to curb currency depreciation and insure...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Letter describing intense engagement with the enemy
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    One-page handwritten letter from Christopher Ammons to his family describing intense military action experienced by the South Korean soldiers stationed with him on the mountain. The South Korean soldiers were apparently close to surrounding the...
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Mister, you're wanted if you can take it
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    Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons; Propaganda; Publicity; Public opinion; Slogans; Press; Insignia; Bayonets
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    Political cartoon featureing a uniformed Tennessee State Guard member crouched with his bayonet at the ready. The backdrop is the emblem for the State Guard. A list appears at the top right of the types of drills and skills that are involved. The...
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Letter from Pvt. Alexander Brabson Walker describing the Battle of Stones River
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    Pvt. Alexander B. Walker was in the 12th (Day's) Tenn. Cav. Bn., CSA, and part of the January 1863 retreat of Bragg's army from Murfreesboro, Tenn. In describing the battle, Walker wrote, "I have seen the elephent [sic]," a common phrase among...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Trench scene at Batagland "Four de Paris"
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    World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Trench warfare
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    Soldiers inside a trench, some are standing and others are lying down in dugouts. The floor appears to be constructed of wood planks.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Men and boys
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    Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons; Propaganda; Publicity; Public opinion; Slogans; Press
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    This patriotic newspaper cartoon/promotion for the Guard appearing in the Williamson County News features in the upper right-hand corner an image of a shadowy,helmeted soldier with his weapon raised. The accompanying text emphasizes the wide range...
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • If You Aren't In The ARMY Why Aren't You In The Tennessee State Guard?
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    Propaganda; Publicity; Public opinion; Slogans; Press
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    Uniformed Tennessee State Guard member with rifle in hand with a backdrop of a manufacturing plant and railroad. There is listed the criteria for enlistment and the individuals to contact, along with businesses and individuals who paid for the...
  • Tennessee State Guard

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