Forty or more men and boys are lined up for the rifle shoot. Six women are also present. Only one long rifle is in evidence, along with two dead turkeys.
Bayonet found near the site of Fort Pillow in the 1950s. In April 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest led an assault on Fort Pillow, at that time a Union outpost. The assault killed nearly half of the 600-man garrison, composed largely of African...
Five sheets with printing on both sides, entitled "[Form 1.] Bill of Purchase--Commissary's Department. The State of Tennessee." The five bills of purchase deal with blacksmithing a bake oven door; use of labor of two boys, Ely and Lucien; the...
Four-page letter from Beck Wallace to her cousin, Samuel Latta, of the 13th Tennessee Infantry, CSA, makes reference to her war work, particularly a concert she has helped organize in Macon to benefit the Southern Mothers in Memphis. She writes of...
Two-page letter from Elisha W. Harris to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of the war being upon them with bloody consequence. He has abandoned his efforts to cling to the union and...
Letter from G. G. Rutledge to his father G. R. Rutledge concerning a sermon by Dr. Pitts; joining a company in Greene County as a Lieutenant; the quality of volunteers for the army; purchasing new clothing; and buying flour.
Two-page letter from J. W. Maybin of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to John S. Brien. The letter requests legal advice from John S. Brien, "one of the first legal minds in the United States," regarding his legal options after having seen much of his...
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...
Correspondence; Mothers; Children; Families; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from John G. Latta to his mother, Lucinda (Gilchrist). Letter is from her son in Boston and is dated August 17, 1861. He states that his family will leave Boston for Tennessee on September 3. He is very anxious to get home. He...
Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife Mary in Maury County, Tennessee. He writes about his plans to send her $15,000 in U.S. Treasury notes to invest in real estate to curb currency depreciation and insure...
Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife, Mary, in Maury County, Tennessee. He is concerned that his letters are not reaching her, and he observes, "What is property or anything else compared to one's...
Franklin Courthouse, showing a trolley sitting outside and a water tower to the right. The Confederate Monument, featuring a soldier standing on a tall stone pedestal, can be seen on the right side of the image.
Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General Wililam E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
Three dead Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade. They fell near the fence along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
Confederate soldiers of Brigadier William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker church during the Battle of Antietam. The lower left corner is torn and stained.
A dozen or more Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker church during the Battle of Antietam.
Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
Order from Confederate General James Longstreet, issued by Assistant Adjutant General William Small, directing the men to maintain their fortitude while enduring reduced rations and other hardships of the field, and presenting a letter captured...
