Three-page letter written from Dong Tam, final headquarters base camp of the 9th Infantry Division. Ammons describes an air assault in which the platoon was pinned down in knee-deep water under heavy fire by the Viet-Cong. He writes, "The leeches...
Two-page letter written by Ammons to his family on the day he arrived in Vietnam. He describes conditions and housing at the 90th Replacement Battalion headquarters, 22 miles north of Saigon; the appearance and poverty of the Vietnamese villagers;...
A pictorial representation in lithographic form of Nashivlle during the Civil War, with the camp of the Illinois 16th Volunteer Regiment at Edgefield in the foreground. The Cumberland River is seen in the background with gunboats and riverboats...
Military training; Military maneuvers; Military headquarters; Military uniforms; Military rations; Sutlers
Color lithograph of the 1st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, in camp before the battle of Shiloh. The lithograph is based on a drawing by a soldier in the regiment. Pictured are tents, military equipment, and soldiers involved in various activities,...
Letter written about the death of Mrs. Merriman's son, William H. Merriman, from consumption and scurvy. The author of the letter discusses William's final days. The letter was written from Headquarters, Medical Department, Fort Rice, Dakota...
Log cabin quilt made by Martha Crisp, a Civil War widow. General Grant visited her farm, located close to the Confederate lines at Fort Donelson, and made her home his headquarters for the duration of the battle there.
Published copy, General Order No. 40, Headquarters, Dept. of Mississippi, Vicksburg, April 28, 1865, on the death of President Lincoln. General Order No. 66, April 16, 1865, announces the "untimely and lamentable death" of the President, and is...
Discharge of service for Capt. Zina B. Chatfield, 6th Miss. Regt., Vols. of African Descent. Issued at Headquarters, Dept. of the Tennessee, Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 5, 1863. Zina Bradley Chatfield (1828-1923)
One order, sent from "Headquarters Left Wing Army [of] Ten[nessee]" orders that "Quartermaster's or foraging parties belonging to this command will not forage any more from this man J. Hunley, as he has no more than will support his family until...
After his brother Cpl. John Abernathy, Co. K, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, was injured at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va., Alfred traveled to find him and bring him home. Writing from Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson's headquarters, he asked Bettie to tell...
Letter from Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, from Headquarters, Camp Fredericksburg. Reporting casualties and outcome of Dranesville. Report comes from Major John S. Mosley.
General order issued by Assistant Adjutant General George William Brent condemning the army's wanton destruction of fences, houses, countrysides and other property. Brent describes such action as "unworthy the character of Confederate soldiers,...
Order from General Bragg, issued by Assistant Adjutant General George G. Garner, congratulating the army on its role in the Confederate victory at the Battle of Hartsville and also permitting the corps engaged in that action to bear the name of the...
General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
Order from Confederate General Braxton Bragg outlining the duties of the Provost Marshal, including suppression of marauding, depredations, brawls, disturbances, drunkenness, and gambling; and the regulation of hotels, taverns, and markets. It...
Special order issued by Colonel James M. True and Post Adjutant E. R. Wiley Jr. specifying the method of collecting assessments for the support of Federal refugees. The order includes a list of individuals with assessments against them and the...
