Four-page letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband Samuel details news of their children and other family members. References are made to a scarcity of food and civilian transportation and rumors of battle. Mary proclaims her hope that her...
Letter from A. C. Montgomery to G. R. Rutledge describing status of business in Maryville, local elections resulting in the election of "Union men," the outcomes of battles involving Sterling Price, the death of Benjamin McCulloch, and the status...
Alvin C. York, his wife Gracie, other York family members, Gov. Prentice Cooper, and onlookers are pictured in front of the Knickerbocker Theatre at the Nashville premiere of the movie "Sergeant York."
Alvin C. York, his wife Gracie, York familiy members, Gov. Prentice Cooper, and spectators look on as a sign designating 6th Avenue as "Sergeant York Avenue" is unveiled. The scene takes place in front of the Knickerbocker Theatre during the...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Soldiers; Draft; Government officials
Posing in front of a train are, from left to right, Alvin C. York, Jess W. Evans, Dr. J. P. Sloan, and A. S. Bushing. These men were the members of the Fentress County Draft Board.
Photograph shows five unidentified entertainers wearing white cowboy hats and standing on a raised stage. Visible from behind are the heads of audience members, seated in a semi-circle. A barn faade is in the background with a sign over the doors...
Ten members of 194th MP Security Platoon on Vung Chua Mountain posing before patrol. Two are largely hidden. Visible, left to right, are Hammonds, Doughty, Riggle, Race, Manning, Lark, Thomas, and Leech. Two deuce-and-a-half trucks are beside and...
Christopher D. Ammons standing with members of his family on the day he graduated from basic training. Left to right: Tim Ammons, Esther Ammons, Chris Ammons, Randy Ammons, and George Albright.
Christopher Ammons with five unidentified members of 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Ammons is at the back row, left, wearing glasses. Two soldiers are kneeling in front; three men are shirtless. There...
Three-page handwritten letter from Ammons at Lai Khe Base Camp to his family describing his assignment to the 3rd Platoon as a Rifleman. He will be carrying the M79 grenade launcher, two Claymore mines, trip flares, grenades, and a .45 caliber...
Street scene on the main square in Ripley, Tennessee, during a celebration involving Confederate veterans and members of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Ten individuals pose in front of a large siege cannon.
Photograph of four members of the Decker family. John G. Decker, first from left, and Phillip G. Decker, second from right, are twins. Phillip G. Decker died during the war. John G. Decker was a member of Co. K, 32nd Indiana Vol., USA. Numerous...
Program of the Scott-Dickson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, No. 197. 1929-1930 reunion in McKinney, Texas. Lists members, officers, and the program schedule.
Union veterans, some of whom were members of the 8th Tennessee Infantry. They enlisted from Washington County, Tennessee, but their communities were later absorbed by Unicoi County. Additional persons pictured: David McInturff and David Ervin. See...
Handwritten family history entries on hand-sewn pages inside an 1813 edition of The Christian Catechism. Donor is uncertain if male family members served in the Civil War.
This tintype was found in Vesta Huffine's trunk in Washington County, Tenn., and shows three unidentified members of either the Huffine or Andes family.
Silver spoon that belonged to the Thornton family of Barnesville, Georgia. According to family legend, the spoon was part of a set that was buried to prevent Gen. Sherman and his troops from taking it. The silver was distributed among family...
Letter from Anna E. Peck to her cousin, Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA, thanking him for news of her brother who was in Maryland. She writes, "his heart and soul is with us, who are only contending for our own rights....
