Machine gun pill box constructed in the ruins of a shelled house. Caption reads: '"Old Hickory Machine Gun Pill Box' Constructed by 105th Engineers. Not completed on account of Bosche retreating in 'Voormozele [sic-Voormezeele] Stunt."'
Statement makes reference to arms and ammunition damaged by wet weather during the battle with Hood at Nashville on December 15 - 18, 1864. From Company F, 7th Regiment of Quartermaster's Forces, Nashville, for the second quarter ending June 30,...
One-page printed Form No. 5 includes categories for horses; mules; oxen; wagons; ambulances; carts; ships; schooners; sloops; steamers; boats and barges; and skiffs and batteaux in the possession of William Alonzo Wainwright, Assistant...
Handwritten and hand-drawn Form No. 1 with categories listing date, voucher number, classes, small arms, accoutrements for muskets, miscellaneous, and remarks. These ordnance stores were to be received and issued at Nashville in the quarter ending...
Three-page letter describes a plane crash on Vung Chua that killed eight South Korean officers. (The plane, still visible on the mountain, and a nearby monument are pictured in Ammons's photos.) No one knows why the plane was so far from the Qui...
One-page handwritten ordnance abstract form, designated No. 3, which conveys by date, certificate number, quantity, and class the ordnance lost during the fourth quarter of 1864 for which Captain R. H. M. Donnelly of Company D, 13th Tennessee...
Double-sided, handwritten, one-page document lists those prisoners being held by Federal authorities. Those incarcerated include citizens, soldiers who have committed disciplinary infractions, and soldiers being held for possible court-martial.
General order issued by Assistant Adjutant General George William Brent condemning the army's wanton destruction of fences, houses, countrysides and other property. Brent describes such action as "unworthy the character of Confederate soldiers,...
Order issued by Federal 1st Lieutenant G. W. Anderdown that all in his command be prohibited from wasting ammunition, destroying fencing and garden trucks, or other depredations. The bell was to be rung for morning and night roll calls and...
Oversize forms providing the list of names of individuals and the jobs they were hired to perform. Forms specify the wide array of services performed by the Quartermaster in Nashville and list "colored employees" specifically and separately. The...
Communication from Mrs. E. M. Hayes, wife of the late Oliver B. Hayes, listing thirteen line items including two mares, eighty-four head of sheep, five milk cows, and fifty-five hogs, total value of $3,142.00 dollars, that she claims were pressed...
General order No. 5 issued by Governor and Commander-in-Chief Isham G. Harris and Adjutant General W. C. Whitthorne to organize the state's Reserve Military Corps as required by an act of the General Assembly passed March 18, 1862.
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...
