1st Lt. W. P. Anthony, Co. C, 30th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, wrote to his wife Bettie Anderson of Hartsville, Tenn. from Johnson's Island Prison in Lake Erie, Ohio, sharing news about prison life and family. The envelope has examiner markings from the...
A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb. Island Home. Knoxville, Tenn." by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled: "Supt's Residence" in the bottom left, "Little...
A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb" by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled, "Superintendent's residence" in the bottom left, "Dormitory for little boys"...
A photographic reprint (in green) of Josiah James Hughes, Co. E, 61st N. C. Inf. Regt., CSA, in uniform. There is a knife and a gun tucked inside the front of his belt. Hughes was from Green County, N. C. He fought at Fort Wagner on Morris Island,...
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Carte-de-visite of Edward L. Buford who joined the 3rd Tenn. Inf. in May 1861 and was captured at Fort Donelson in February 1862. He was captured again in May 1864 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and sent; to Rock Island, Illinois. Buford was...
Cased ambrotype of Samuel A. Whiteside, Co. B, 48th Tenn. Inf. (Voorhies') Regt., CSA. Whiteside, a native of Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., was captured at Fort Donelson and sent to Johnson's Island Prison (Ohio). He was paroled, returned to his unit, and...
Schools; Construction; Construction workers; Dormitories; Buildings
Construction nearly complete on Cottage D, the boys' dormitory building, on the campus of the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb. Scaffolding, ramps, and sawhorses give an indication of the flurry of construction activity associated with this...
Copy print of Confederate veteran, Capt. Robert Laird Evans, Co. I, 53rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, seated with his wife, Delilah Angus Evans, three unidentified women, and one child. Evans was taken prisoner at Fort Donelson and sent to Johnson's...
Cottages A and B on the grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf. The two buildings are shown in the early stages of construction, with only the foundations completed. Scaffoldings are visible inside the foundation frames, and the foundation on...
Document representing the oath of allegiance certificate issued to Corporal J. M. Morey of the 32nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, by the Union Provost Marshal's Office on June 14, 1865. It includes a physical description of the soldier followed by...
Federal columbiad guns mounted on tinclads probably fired this 7-inch Dyer shell at Confederate fortifications on Island No. 10. The island surrendered to Gen. John Pope on April 8, 1862. The shell is on permanent exhibit at the Carnegie Center in...
Prisons; Prisoners of war; Prison hospitals; Prison guards; Sutlers; Military medicine
Hand-drawn color map of the military prison at Johnson's Island in the bay of Sandusky, Ohio, where captured Confederate officers were held. Prison buildings and grounds are labeled. Drawn by Capt. J. T. Hogane, Topographical Engineer, C.S.A.,...
Hand-drawn ink & watercolor of Rock Island Prison by J. M. Breeding. Possibly created for Christian Buhler, who was in the prison for 17 months and 12 days in Barracks #5. Drawing shows barracks, stockade & parapets, horses, guards, a burial...
Hand-drawn map of West Tennessee executed by B. J. Radford, cartographer with 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th (?) Illinois Volunteers, commanded by Col. L. F. Ross. Notation on back that map had been shown to Carl Sandburg. Official Records, Series...
Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Guards; Military camps; Campfires; Smoke; Trees
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...
Letter from Col. Alex J. Brown, Cos. F and S, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regts. (Brown's), CSA, to Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA. Both men were with the 55th on Island No. 10 and surrendered on April 7, 1862. Warlick, as an...
Letter from M. B. Carter to Tod Carter. The letter was written to Tod while Tod was a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island. The letter is part of a larger collection available on microfilm as TSLA Mf. 1971.
