Voucher issued to J. B. Hamilton in the amount of $936.60 for expenses in "driving, pasturing, and forage for cattle from Lincoln County, Tennessee, across Tennessee River and pasturing the same in Alabama, driving them to Chattanooga, from July...
United States Bureau of Pensions form No. 780,434 issued to Lottie Waldrup, widow of Union soldier William Waldrup, Co. F., 6th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. The form states that Lottie will receive $12 per month beginning in March 1914, payable...
United States Bureau of Pensions form No. 529,859 issued to William Waldrup, Pvt., Co. F, 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regt., USA. The form states that William will receive $12 per month, payable quarterly beginning in February 1913. Waldrup was a farmer...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67122 for Antony DeGraft, destitute soldier, who had been robbed of his money and is unable to purchase food or lodging. The order permits him to travel from Knoxville to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and includes a letter...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67108 for Mary Phinny and child, destitute refugees, to travel from Knoxville to New Market, Tennessee. Phinny was "here on a begging excursion and wishes to get home where she has four little children." The order...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67101 for Angeline Taylor, refugee, to travel from Knoxville to Jonesboro, Tennessee. Taylor was 10 years old and was going to live with her mother. The order includes a letter to W. A. Wainwright at the Freedmen's...
U. S. Springfield rifle, model 1873, "trapdoor loader." The rifle belonged to Col. Mathes, Co. I, 18th Tenn. Regt., CSA. The model 1873 trapdoor Springfield was the first-ever standard issued breech-loading rifle for the U.S. Army.
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Two large brick buildings comprise the campus of Grand Junction School. The two-story structure at right appears to be for classrooms, while the one at left appears to be a gymnasium or field house. A line of people, possibly in caps and gowns,...
Tintype of an unidentified Union infantry soldier. He is wearing a Hardee hat with an infantry bugle on it and issued infantry frock coat (full regulation uniform).
Three-page handwritten letter written from Ammons to his family recounting his attendance at the Bob Hope USO show on Christmas Eve in 1967. He describes being issued clean fatigues, flying on a Chinook helicopter to Lai Khe Base Camp, and viewing...
This roll lists fourty-nine men in Company K, 5th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. Army, and the items of clothing they were issued on February 28, 1865. Items issued include trousers, shirts, drawers, boots, stockings, ponchos, and jackets. The...
This order of protection for Miss Mary Taylor of Sumner County was issued by General E. A. Paint at the Federal Headquarters at Gallatin. It permits her to travel in the daytime to and from all places within the Federal lines in the prosecution of...
This one-page handwritten form is an Abstract K, recording information that will be reflected in the quarterly return known as the Return of Quartermaster Stores (Form No. 23). Listed here by the regimental quartermaster are the dates, voucher...
This is Special Field Order No. 114, issued by General John Hood, relieving Captain J. P. Baltzell from duty at Opelika, Alabama, and assigning him to duty as Provost Marshal at Augusta, Georgia.
This Confederate ten-dollar note, issued in Richmond, Va., has an artillery unit as its central image. The lower right image is R. M. T. Hunter, former Confederate Secretary of State. It bears the words "This is not valid until two years after the...
This commission certificate was issued to Benjamin Haught by the Virginia governor. Haught was assigned as Captain of the volunteer company attached to the 123rd Regiment of the 23rd Brigade and the 3rd Division of Virginia Militia. Item is a part...
This bucket was found in a closet with a Confederate soldier's uniform. According to a family story, the buckets were issued to some Confederate soldiers at the end of the war by the Federal army. The soldiers were told to take the buckets and go...
Third series paper currency issued at Richmond. Front side engraved in center with an allegorical representation of the South striking at the Union. Upper left corner bears an image of Confederate statesman Judah P. Benjamin. He served in the...
The original and duplicate returns, the letter of transmittal, and all papers connected with them, were to be sent to the Chief of Ordnance in one package [Form No. 1 - (b.) For the use of Cavalry.].
Text of general order No. 43 issued by the Quartermaster General's Office in Washington, D. C. ,conveying the rules and regulations with regard to horses and mules. Include blank forms to be used.
