A letter from G. F. Robinson who was stationed at a camp near Spotsylvania, Virginia courthouse. See G. F. Robinson Letters, 1861-1864. TSLA Mf. #1969 for entire collection of Robinson letters. Describing Spotsylvania, "the battle field was the...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Battlefields; Campaigns & battles; Historic sites; Surrenders; Victories; Military leadership; Military officers; Generals; Sheet music covers
A portrait of Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant appears at the center of the engraved cover, surrounded by Civil War-related line drawings entitled "Donelson," "Vicksburg," "Lee's Surrender," and "White House Wash'n."
Sheet music covers; Presidents; Farmers; Eagles; Railroads; Ships; Symbols
A small engraving of rural America with a train, factory, farmers, ships, and workers, is surrounded by a decorative frame of leaves, which lists the names of states and past presidents of the United States. Also pictured are Lady Liberty...
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...
Historic buildings; Historic sites; Flags; Flagpoles; Military standards; Hotels
Certificate issued to Ernest N. Haston, a long-serving Tennessee Secretary of State, recognizing financial support and making him a member of the Association committed to restoring the Fort Donelson House. An image at the top of the certificate...
Certificate of payment for Confederate Major General B. F. Cheatham for services from June 1 to July 1, 1863, for a total of $300.00. Signed by M. B. Pilcherd, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Paymaster in Cheatham's Division.
Commanders book that belonged to Evin Knudson. The book contains cartes de visite of officers in his chain of command in the Union Army. Cartes de visite of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Vice President Andrew Johnson...
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...
Correspondence; Fathers; Children; Abolitionists; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from John G. Latta of Boston to his father, John Latta, of Dyersburg, Tennessee. In this four-page letter, he states that if Tennessee secedes, "the only channel of communication now left will be closed, and we cannot commicate with...
Civil wars; Military officers; Generals; Peace; Surrenders; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Cover depicts Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee, in uniform, shaking hands, with the slogan "Let us have peace" printed above them. The remains of the battlefield are shown on the ground around them, including cannon, flags, and a drum.
Crayon print of James Washington Smith, Dover resident credited with showing Nathan Bedford Forrest and his Confederate troops an escape route from Grant's encirclement at Fort Donelson, February 1862.
Document dated July 30th, 1863, assigning Sgt. Zina B. Chatfield as Orderly Sgt., 12th La. Inf. Regt., Vols. of African Descent. Signed by T. S. Binert, Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Chatfield had been...
Engraving shows the approach of U. S. Gunboats to Fort Henry. Two Confederate ironclads can be seen at the right of the image. An engraving of R. E. A. Kimball and Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant are featured below the image.
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...
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...
Federal troops employing ladders and scaling cliffs at Roper's Rock at the north end of Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga following the Battle of Lookout Mountain.
