Charles T. Swindler was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness and taken to Andersonville Prison. He enlisted on September 18, 1861, and mustered out February 21, 1865. He was a member of the 7th Indiana Infantry and fought at Gettysburg.
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.
Regimental coat of arms in color, Capt. Stephen H. Brown, 2nd R.I. Vol. Inf., Army of the Potomac, USA, entered service June 6, 1861, mustered out June 17, 1864
Shortened and refurbished saber owned by George Washington Brown, Company A, 53rd Kentucky Infantry in Covington, Kentucky. Brown enlisted on September 12, 1964. He was promoted to Sergeant Major on November 11, 1864, and Second Lieutenant on June...
Discharge paper for Isaac Cornett, Company I, 13th Tennessee Cavalry. Adjutant General's Office form #99. Enlisted August 19,1864 and mustered out September 5, 1865. Appointed captain on August 1, 1865.
Head and shoulders portrait of Zina B. Chatfield (1828-1923). N. H. Black, photographer. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He was commissioned an officer in Co. F., U. S. Colored Troops, 58th Inf. Regt., on...
Muster roll for Capt. Zina B. Chatfield's Co. F, 58th Inf. Regt., United States Colored Troops. These troops were recruited in the vicinity of Natchez and Vicksburg, Miss. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He...
Full-plate tintype, approximately 5" x 7", hand-colored head and shoulders portrait of Zina Bradley Chatfield (1828-1923). Photograph probably taken after the war. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He was...
Orders issued by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant appointing Sgt. Zina B. Chatfield of Co. A, 4th Regt., Minn. Inf. Vols., USA, Orderly Sgt., in the 12th Regt. of Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent. Signed by John Aaron Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant...
Carte de visite of David Preston Sherfy. Sherfy, using the alias George W. Garber, enlisted in Co. H, 1st Ill. Cav. Regt. at Cairo, Ill., on July 17, 1861. He was promoted to full corporal and mustered out on July 5, 1862. He enlisted in Co. C,...
Circular tin containing brass pistol caps that belonged to David Preston Sherfy. Sherfy, using the alias George W. Garber, enlisted in Co. H, 1st Ill. Cav. Regt. at Cairo, Ill. on July 17, 1861. He was promoted to full corporal and mustered out on...
Cooper was the son of artist Washington Cooper. He belonged to the 20th Tennessee Infantry and enlisted as a private. He mustered out as a captain. We have James Litton Cooper's diary at TSLA.
Copyprint of George Hampton, Co. G., 16th US Colored Inf. Regt. Hampton was born in Warren Co., Ky. He mustered in at Clarksville, Tenn., February 16, 1864 and attained the rank of sergeant in October 1865. He died December 28, 1908, and is buried...
"Roll call of Co. F, 6th Tenn. Cav. by Levi Thompson for the pleasure of the surviving brethren." The roll lists the name, age, enlistment date and mustered in date for each member of the company. The roll is in pieces, and has been taped in...
New Testament found on the Shiloh battlefield the day after the battle ended. Note the water stains as well as the autograph page. It belonged to 1st Sgt. Martin L. Calhoun of Peoria, Ill., of Co. E., 11th Ill. Vol. Cav. Regt., USA, commanded by...
Watkins, writing to his sister, is getting impatient about how little correspondence he receives. Fears that some have concluded he is "not worth writing to." The regiment has not been paid since it returned to camp. According to Gov. Kirkwood...
Broadside welcoming the Tennessee First Regiment back from service in the Philippines. Photographs of First Regiment commanding officer Lt. Colonel Gracey Childers is featured, along with sketched portraits of James Robertson, James K. Polk, John...
Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
Cover page of "War Memories" by W. W. Fergusson featuring calligraphied, stylized text for the title and hand-drawn, hand-colored Confederate and Federal flags.