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An African American woman is pictured at the back of a multi-story dwelling stirring laundry that is heating over a fire in a black iron kettle. The house, with clothes drying on the porch rails, is visibile behind her. A dinner bell is mounted...
Angled view of the U.S. Government Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The building stood close to the main entrance of the grounds near Lake Katherine. The building, with classical style architecture, had the form of a cross. The...
B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) McCutchen served as a Private in Company I , 6th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, C. S. A.. He was stricken with typhoid pneumonia during the war and ultimately paid for a replacement to finish his service. In the letter, he...
B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) McCutchen was a private in Company I, 6th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, C. S. A.. His health deteriorated significantly during the war, prompting him to pay for a replacement to complete his service. In this letter, McCutchen...
Dishcharge papers for Newton Worth Narramore, Company E, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Narramore enlisted on August 11, 1864. He was wounded (shot in the leg) and discharged on June 13, 1865, in Nashville. Narramore was from...
Document detailing discharge of John M. Vance, Private, of Captain William J. Cleveland's Company A, 1st Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Vance was discharged at Carthage, Tennessee, at the expiration of his term of service.
Eyeglasses and case belonging to William H. Vaughn, born in Lafayette, Macon County, Tennessee. Style of glasses became popular in the late 1850s. Vaughn was a member of Company A, 8th Tennessee Mounted Infantry.
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...
Five-page letter written from John S. Brien in Nashville, Tennessee, to R. M. C[ornin], Esq. in Cincinnati, Ohio. The author expresses his views on secession, the Union, and Southern Rights as well as his hope for compromise. Says Brien, " I...
Foreground features sculpture of soldier atop base of Confederate Monument honoring Henry County Confederate soldiers. Background shows courthouse lawn, Paris storefronts, and colorful 1950s-1960s era automobiles. Back of card is not filled out. ...
Framed photograph of Pvt. Robert Archer Cheatham, Co. C, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The image is mounted on a cast iron street grate that was pulled from a street in Nashville, Tenn. For the original tintype of Pvt. Cheatham, see shel047. See...
Letter from Jane Smith Washington of Springfield, Tennessee, to her son, William L. Washington in Toronto, Canada, describing a confrontation with Federal troops. Mrs. Washington describes an extremely violent confrontation with Federal troops. In...
Letter from Robert Rutledge to his father, G. R. Rutledge, explaining the strategic value of East Tennessee and the likelihood of a Union invasion. He implores his father to leave Cleveland, Tennessee, and flee south to Georgia before such a raid...
Letter written by Frank (Benjamin Franklin) McCutchen to his father during the war. In the letter, McCutchen tells his father of his illness with typhoid-pneumonia. Due to his poor health, McCutchen paid for a replacement to fulfill his service in...
Letters from and about Sergeant Wiley Bartlett, Company H, 61st Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Letters written from Vicksburg, Mississippi, during seige to Sallie Bartlett.
Map of the major locations of the Civil War in 1863 showing the states of Ohio, Maryland, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, North Carlina, South Carolina, and Florida. Shows major waterways, main...
Massey was the business partner of William McCutchen's son, B. F. McCutchen. In the letter, Massey recounts the death and burial of B. F. McCutchen. McCutchen suffered from typhoid pneumonia contracted during his military service in Company I, 6th...
Mounted black and white photograph of an arbor at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. In the background is a view of the Westside Clubhouse for visitors.
