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  • Bayonet
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    Bayonet found near the site of Fort Pillow in the 1950s. In April 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest led an assault on Fort Pillow, at that time a Union outpost. The assault killed nearly half of the 600-man garrison, composed largely of African...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Newspaper clipping on Battle of Franklin reunion
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    Clipping from an unnamed newspaper recounting a reunion held at the Battle of Franklin. "The surviving remnants of the Blue and the Gray met yesterday, in comradeship and the bonds of brotherhood, on the most desperate field that their enmity...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Oche Finceco
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
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    Color lithograph image, with very wide margins on large folio. Detailed rendering of a Native American with black hair, dark brown skin, ruffled white collar,; and blue tunic with red fringes.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • 1862 Colt police revolver
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    Colt model 1862 police revolver with a half rebated cylinder. It is a 5 shot .36 caliber. Its serial number is 20067. It was reported to have been used during the Civil War. The revolver belonged to Capt. William Armstead Marshall, CSA.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Correspondence from John G. Latta to Lucinda Latta, August 17, 1861
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    Correspondence; Mothers; Children; Families; Civil Wars; War
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    Correspondence from John G. Latta to his mother, Lucinda (Gilchrist). Letter is from her son in Boston and is dated August 17, 1861. He states that his family will leave Boston for Tennessee on September 3. He is very anxious to get home. He...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Fleam
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    Cutting instrument for man or animal for medical bleeding purposes. Used in the first half of the nineteenth century.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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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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  • Soldiers about to depart for patrol
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    Soldiers; Men; Military vehicles; Trucks; Military uniforms; Helmets; Military personnel; Mud; Puddles
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    Four soldiers about to depart for patrol with another soldier nearby. A large military transport truck in the background appears to be a "deuce and a half," slang for a two-and-a-half-ton truck. Photograph is from Ammons's first tour in 1968.
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Correspondence from Mary Guthrie Latta to Samuel R. Latta, January 25, 1862
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Four-page letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to husband Samuel expresses anxiety over not receiving a letter from him and the fact that this worry has infiltrated her dreams. She writes of receiving visitors, of the children's exploits, and of managing...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Old Adams Colored School
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    Schools; Educational facilities
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    Front and side views of a small clapboard structure with a center chimney. The schoolhouse is set on stone pillars.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Major General Alexander McDowell McCook
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    Soldiers; Military uniforms
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    Half length portrait of Alexander McDowell McCook, seated, wearing major general insignia and holding a sword in his left hand. The inscription reads: "Affectionately yr brother, A. McD. McCook, Maj. Genl."
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • Private Robert Archer Cheatham, Company C, 1st (Field's) Tennessee Infantry
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    Portrait photographs; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms
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    Half length portrait of Confederate Private Robert Archer Cheatham, First Tennessee Infantry. He wears a Confederate uniform and kepi.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • Lieutenant Colonel John van Horn
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    Soldiers; Military uniforms
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    Half length portrait of Federal Lieutenant Colonel John Van Horn in uniform. The hilt of his sword can be seen in the lower right area of the image.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • Bivouac of captured rebels on an island near Bridgeport, Tennessee [sic]
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    Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Guards; Military camps; Campfires; Smoke; Trees
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    Image of captured Confederates on an island erroneously labeled near Bridgeport, Tennessee; the location is near Bridgeport, Alabama. The site is at the current CSX Bridge 122.6 over the Tennessee River Slough. Several clashes took place here due...
  • Civil War Visual Culture
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  • Correspondence from Jane Smith Washington to William L. Washington, December 18, 1864
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    Civil Wars; War; Correspondence
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    Letter from Jane Smith Washington of Springfield, Tennessee, to her son, William L. Washington in Toronto, Canada, describing a confrontation with Federal troops. Mrs. Washington describes an extremely violent confrontation with Federal troops. In...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Mary Guthrie Latta to Samuel R. Latta II, August 19, 1861
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    Correspondence; Fathers; Mothers; Campaigns & battles; Civil Wars; War
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    Letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel R. Latta, dated August 19, 1861. Although she has hoped that Samuel Latta's unit would be ordered into retreat in Tennessee, they have instead been ordered to New Madrid, Missouri.
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Robert Rutledge to Mary Minerva Rutledge, April 1, 1863
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    Civil Wars; War; Correspondence
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    Letter from Robert A. Rutledge to his wife, Mary Minerva Rutledge, concerning his lodgings; his purchase of a trunk, a cot, and a quilt; his problems being appointed assistant surgeon; and the desire of the "Lincolnites" and "Bushwhackers" of...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Robert Rutledge to Mary Minerva Rutledge, May 21, 1863
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    Civil Wars; War; Correspondence
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    Letter from Robert Rutledge describing a Union cavalry raid on his camp in which several men were wounded or captured and also a fight beween Harry Henry and an artilleryman in the camp. He asks about the condition of Mr. Runion, who has small pox;...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Map of the country included between the Nashville and Northeastern R. R. and the Duck River from its mouth to Columbia, circa 1863
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    Maps; Roads; Rivers; Streams; Cities & towns; Railroads; Topographic maps
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    Map covers a portion of Middle Tennessee included between the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad, Nashville Decatur and Stevenson Railroad and Duck River from Columbia to its mouth. Issued by command of Major General George H. Thomas. Basically...
  • Civil War Maps
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  • Monthly return of public animals, wagons, harness, and other means of transportation
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    One-page printed Form No. 5 includes categories for horses; mules; oxen; wagons; ambulances; carts; ships; schooners; sloops; steamers; boats and barges; and skiffs and batteaux in the possession of William Alonzo Wainwright, Assistant...
  • Civil War Military Records

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