On the back, it states that the photograph is presented to Amelia S. Jacobs on October 9, 1862, by (name illegible). Seller indicated that the unit pictured is the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, but this cannot be confirmed.
Broken ambrotype of Captain Robert E. Mayes, who was born in Robertson County in 1823, and died in 1862. He was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 89th Regiment of the Tennessee State Militia on March 22, 1847. He later enlisted in the Confederate...
Black and white profile photograph of Joseph Baldwin Taft, Lt. Col., 143 New York. Born August 9, 1838. Died on November 25, 1863 at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Battle of Chattanooga. Buried at Chattanooga's National Cemetery. Photogropher was...
Background of discharge includes pictures of soldiers and slaves. "The Union Defenders Certificate in Support & Defense of the Government the Union and the Constitution of the United States Against the Great Rebellion."
Benjamin Eaves, 43rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, (5th East Tennessee Volunteers). Fought in Battle of Murfreesboro, Big Black River, Mississippi, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. He died in 1913 and his wife, Mahala, died in 1892.
Letter from Lick Creek, Tenn., from John Ray Moss to his wife Nancy concerning his health and his hopes to receive a letter from home soon. Moss served in Co. I, 43rd Tenn. Infantry (5th East Tenn. Volunteers), CSA. The letter includes an image of...
Photocopied photograph of William Raleigh Watkins, 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, who fought at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 24, 1863. He was born on July 1, 1832, and died on February 22, 1891.
James H. Colter was a doctor in the 29th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. Paroloed at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 2, 1865. Colter was from Greene County, Tennessee.
Born 1837 in McMinn County, Tennessee, died 1867 in McMinn County. He was in the 43rd Infantry, East Tennessee Volunteers, Gillespie's Regiment. It was organized December 14, 1861, and mustered out May 9, 1865.
Wax drawing of Union veteran, Newton Worth Narramore, Company E, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Narramore was from Bledsoe County and is buried at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Dunlap, Tennessee.
William B. Morgan, veteran, 6th Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Personal letters from Morgan may be found in "A Personal Look at the Civil War in Rhea and Meigs Counties, Tennessee," published by the Rhea County Historical and Genealogical Society....
Black and white photo of Peter Culberson (1833-1900). He served in the Union army, 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry. Was a prisoner of war in Cahawba, Alabama. He served tfrom April 1863 to June 1865. Culberson was from McMinn County,...
Frame including photograph of James A. Cook and his wife Kate; an account from Confederate States of America for damages to James Cook for $6,368; a letter confirming account information is correct; and a form No. 13 from the Confederate States of...
Muster roll of Company K, 33rd Massachusetts Infantry, from December 1863 to February 1864. Fought at the Battle of Wauhatchie and Battle of Lookout Mountain.
