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  • Excerpts from the Narrative of Jesse Cox
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • William Luther Bigelow Lawrence Diary Excerpts
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    Civil Wars; War
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    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...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Thomas Crutchfield, Jr. to James R. Hood, December 27, 1863
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    Civil Wars; War
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    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...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Site of the Poe House on the Chickamauga Battlefield
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    Battlefields; Historical markers; Cannons
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    Historical marker on the site of the Poe House at Chickamauga with a cannon in the background. The house was burned to the ground during the battle.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • Chickamauga Battle Survivor, Larkin H. Poe, at the site of his Old Home
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    Battlefields; Historical markers
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    Larkin H. Poe, age 94, standing on the site of his old home on the Chickamauga Batlefield. The house was burned to the ground during the battle.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • Larkin Poe
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    Battlefields
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    Photograph of Larkin H. Poe, age 94, seated at the site of his old house on the Chickamauga Battlefield. The house was burned to the ground during the battle. The front of a car can be seen in the background.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • House on Chickamauga Battlefield
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    Houses; Battlefields
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    Unidentified house on the Chickamauga Battlefield.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • Julia Snodgrass at herold house on Chickamauga Battlefield
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    Battlefields; Women; Houses
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    Mrs. Julia Snodgrass Reed standing in front of her old home on Snodgrass Hill, on the Chickamauga Battlefield.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • William C. McDonald, Chickamauga Battle Survivor
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    Battlefields
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    William C. McDonald, only survivor of the McDonald family who lived on Chickamauga Battlefield during the conflict.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • Shiloh National Military Park, "Michigan Monument"
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    Soldiers
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    The "monument erected and dedicated by the people of Michigan in memory of her soldiers who fought and fell in the Battle of Shiloh." Features soldier standing with his rifle.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • Slave bill of sale
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    Bill of sale for one slave, Simon, aged twenty-two, for the sum of $968 to Robert B. Maupin. During the Civil War, Maupin's family split among Union and Confederate lines. One son, Robert Caruthers Maupin, fought for the Union while the other son,...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Map of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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    Maps
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    Map detailing the battle at Horseshoe Bend during the Creek War (1813-1814).
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • Advertisement for NAACP Mobilization Meeting at Fisk University Featuring a Speech by Thurgood Marshall
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    Broadsides
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    Broadside advertising an NAACP City-Wide Mobilization Meeting at Fisk University, featuring a speech by Thurgood Marshall, Chief Legal Council for the NAACP. Also speaking are members of the J. C. Napier Lawyers Association. The meeting will...
  • Throwaway History - The Broadside in American Culture
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  • McIntosh
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    Portrait paintings; Headdresses; Daggers & swords
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    Portrait of Creek chief William McIntosh wearing a cape over a checkered red vest and white shirt. His hand is on the hilt of a sword and his headdress is adorned with a single feather.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Menawa
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    Portrait paintings
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    Portrait of Creek warrior Menawa in colorful Native-American clothing and a beaded bag.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Selocta
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    Portrait paintings
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    Portrait of Creek chief Selocta in colorful Native-American clothing and peace medal.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • David Vann
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Book illustrations
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    A half-length color portrait of David Vann, a Cherokee chief. The chief is dark-skinned, with curly hair. He is wearing a beaded sash.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Correspondence from Arthur H. Harris to George Carroll Harris, January 13, 1861
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    Civil Wars; War
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    This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Nannie E. Haskins Diary Excerpts
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    Teenagers; Girls; Civil Wars; War; Battlefields; Rebellions; Campaigns & battles; Cities & towns; Villages
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    Excerpts from a small handwritten diary written by Nannie Haskins, a young girl of Clarksville, Tennessee. Provides an insight into the day to day activities of an observant young girl. Haskins was strongly in support of the Confederacy and loathed...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Portrait photograph of Thomas G. Ryman as a young man
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    Portrait photographs
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    Head and shoulders photographic portrait of Thomas Green Ryman as a young man.
  • Ryman Auditorium

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