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  • Abstract of provisions issued
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    Abstract of provisions issued from the 1st day of November 1862 to the 1st day of December 1862 to sick in hospital. Wainwright notes that he compared the specifics for subsistence actually required in hospital.
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • American Ambulance Service with the French Army
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    World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Armies; Ambulances; Mobile health units; War casualties
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    Image of the American Ambulance Service, as well as a group of soldiers.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Annual Lincoln's Day Birthday Address
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    Pamphlets; Leaflets; Public speaking; Meetings; Birthdays; Students
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    Program advertising the "Annual Lincoln's Day Birthday Address" to be given at the African-American hospital in Clarksville.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • Bill of Recitations for the Twentieth Session of the Nashville Female Academy, Commencing January 22d and ending June 21st, 1827
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    Broadsides
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    Broadside listing the names, residences and statistics for students of the 20th Session of the Nashville Female Academy in 1827.
  • Throwaway History - The Broadside in American Culture
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  • Cabinet card of Andrew Baxter
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    Cabinet card of Civil War veteran, Andrew Baxter, 21st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. The following is inscribed on the back of the image: "Andrew Baxter my uncle lost his arm in Civil War he is the father of Miss Ethel Baxter a head nurse at the Baptist...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Certificate of accounts given to soldier Francis M. Bolton at time of discharge
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    Double-sided, one-page printed Form No. 4 contains handwritten information about the soldier's service, his description, and any pay or compensation that is due to him upon his discharge from service. This certificate of accounts also functions as...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Confederate medical discharge, "Form for Retiring a Soldier"
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    This form belonged to I. W. Payne, who served as a private in Co. H, 1st Regiment of Virginia Infantry. The form was signed by three surgeons (Provisional Army of the Confederate States) at the Chimborazo Hospital. Payne had worked as a farmer and...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Correspondence from Beck Wallace to Samuel R. Latta, December 29, 1861
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Four-page letter from Beck Wallace to her cousin, Samuel Latta, of the 13th Tennessee Infantry, CSA, makes reference to her war work, particularly a concert she has helped organize in Macon to benefit the Southern Mothers in Memphis. She writes of...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Mary Minerva Rutledge to her sister, October 9, 1862
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    Civil Wars; War; Correspondence
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    Letter from Mary Minerva Rutledge to her sister concerning the health of an individual named "Green," the mischievous activities of "Lincolnites," and her husband Robert Rutledge.
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to John B. Hamilton, February 1, 1863
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    Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
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    Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John B. Hamilton. She is critical of the conscription, and remarks that "I have not got any man to stay with me."
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas "Tommie" H. Williams, January 25, 1863
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    Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
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    Letter from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas Williams. She discusses patients at the war hospital in Columbia, rumors of the Yankees at Franklin and concern for her son, "Tommie."
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Diagram of the Second Provisional Regiment area at Camp Forrest
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    Military camps; Diagrams
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    Diagram of the area at Camp Forrest detailing the location of the different posts for the Second Provisional Regiment of the Tennessee State Guard during their maneuvers to be held March 25 to April 1, 1944.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Dr. Charles Bonner carte-de-visite
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    Carte-de-visite of Dr. Charles Bonner, father of Kate Sherwood Bonner of Holly Springs, Mississippi. He operated a field hospital, caring for the wounded from the Battle of Shiloh and other battles in Mississippi. Dr. Bonner died in September...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Elijah Anderson, C.S.A.
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    Soldiers
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    Gold-framed ambrotype of Confederate soldier Elijah Anderson (circa 1816-1862) in civilian clothes. Pinned to his left lapel is a ribbon displaying the name "Anderson."
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • Fisk University
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    Schools; Universities and colleges
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    Engraving depicting the barrack-type buildings of Fisk University.
  • Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee
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  • Greenberry Williams Jr. letter
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    Letter to Greenberry Williams, Jr. The letter is from his sister, Laura. Williams died in a hospital in Atlanta.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Hand-carved wooden spoon
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    Wooden spoon hand carved by John Marshall Akin, Co. B, 53rd Ga. Inf. Regt., Simms' Brigade, McClaw's Division, Longstreet's Corps. Akin, a resident of Barnesville, Ga, served one year in the army. He then served three years as a hospital nurse...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Hospital Yard, Nashville
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    Military hospitals; Laundry; Women; Photographs; Military life; Military hospitals; Clotheslines; Laundresses
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    Scene in the yard of a military hospital in Nashville, showing numerous men and women, some African American, among lines of hanging laundry.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • Journal of the Second Provisional Regiment, Tennessee State Guard, March/April 1944, Schedule of Instruction
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    Charts; Military training
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    Chart showing the schedule of instruction for the State Guard encampment at Camp Forrest for the week of March 25 to April 1, 1944.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Journal Second Provisional Regiment, Tennessee State Guard, March 1943, Riot Problem
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    Schedules (Time plans); Military training
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    One sheet of typed paper containing the training schedule, special orders, and sick report of the Second Regiment of the Tennessee State Guard for their March 1943 maneuvers at Camp Forrest.
  • Tennessee State Guard

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