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  • Wounded from the 27th Infantry Division
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; War casualties; Wounds & injuries; Prisoners of war
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    Wounded from the 27th Division, United States Army, being carried to the rear by the aid of German prisoners taken during the drive at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the Signal Corps,...
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • William Luther Bigelow Lawrence Diary Excerpts
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    Civil Wars; War
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    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...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • U.S.S. Rambler with anti-sub gun and depth bombs at Brest.
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    World War, 1914-1918; Bombs; Ships; Soldiers; Artillery (Weaponry); Oceans
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    A sailor prepares to operate an anti-submarine gun on the U.S.S. Rambler. The gun is a 3"/50.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • The South in History
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    Pamphlets; Leaflets; Flags; Public Speaking; Meetings
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    Twenty-three page address given by General Bennett Henderson Young at a United Confederate Veterans' Reunion in Mobile, Alabama, in 1910.
  • War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
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  • Special Order No. 127 convening a general court-martial for Colonel S. R. K. Patton
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    Special Order No. 127 was issued by Major General Stoneman convening a court-martial for the trial of Colonel S. R. K. Patton of the 8th Tennessee Cavalry. The order also commands Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan to "depart for the court."
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Soldiers examining a mine crater
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Mine warfare; Mines (Warfare); Explosives; Military retreats; Soldiers
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    Huge crater caused by the explosion of mine planted and exploded by the Germans in their retreat before the American troops.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Sixty-pound guns in action
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles
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    Sixty-pound guns in action at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. This British long-range gun will send its projectiles 15,000 yards. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the...
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • On board U.S.S. Rumpler [sic Rambler] - ready for the subs
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    World War, 1914-1918; Sailors; African Americans; Warships; Arms & armament; Naval warfare
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    Unidentified seamen aboard the U.S.S. Rambler during convoy escort duty. The men are operating the ship's 3"/50 gun. The inscription on the photograph incorrectly identifies the ship as the U.S.S. Rumpler.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Monthly report of Federal Quartermaster's Department employees deceased, deserted, or discharged
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    Report submitted by Lieutenant William Alonzo Wainwright, Regimental Quartermaster of the 75th Indiana Infantry. This monthly departmental form,designated No. 8, names twenty-eight civilian employees due pay. All but one are listed as "Colored"...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Mine crater
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    War; Mine warfare; Mines (warfare); Explosives; Military retreats; Soldiers; War damage; World War, 1914-1918
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    Huge crater caused by the explosion of mine planted and exploded by the Germans in their retreat before the American troops.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Marshal Foch and General Pershing
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    World War, 1914-1918; Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948; Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929; Military headquarters; Generals; Military officers
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    Marshal Foch and General Pershing standing outside the General Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces at Chaumont.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Letter describing a mortar attack
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    Three-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing a Viet-Cong mortar attack on the fire support base occupied by his company.
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Journal Second Provisional Regiment, Tennessee State Guard, March 1943, Riot Problem
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    Schedules (Time plans); Military training
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    One sheet of typed paper containing the training schedule, special orders, and sick report of the Second Regiment of the Tennessee State Guard for their March 1943 maneuvers at Camp Forrest.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Journal of the Second Provisional Regiment, Tennessee State Guard, March/April 1944, Schedule of Instruction
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    Charts; Military training
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    Chart showing the schedule of instruction for the State Guard encampment at Camp Forrest for the week of March 25 to April 1, 1944.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Hospital Yard, Nashville
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    Military hospitals; Laundry; Women; Photographs; Military life; Military hospitals; Clotheslines; Laundresses
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    Scene in the yard of a military hospital in Nashville, showing numerous men and women, some African American, among lines of hanging laundry.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • Hermitage
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    Log cabins
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    A simple log cabin is depicted. According to the text, the home is The Hermitage of Andrew Jackson, built in 1804. The print was inspired by an image from the collection of the Ladies' Hermitage Association in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • General Order No. 73 from Headquarters District of Tennessee, Nashville
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    General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Engineers Putting in a Bridge across the Selle River
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    World War, 1914-1918; Rivers; Engineering; Bridges; War
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    Members of the 105th Regiment Engineers putting in a bridge across the Selle River on the road between Escaufourt & St. Martin-Reviere.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Elizabeth C. Grissim's oath of amnesty
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    Document verifying the oath of amnesty sworn by Elizabeth C. Grissim of Smith County, Tennessee.
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Eaton Depot, rear view
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    Military depots; Military life; People; Wooden buildings; Historic buildings; Storehouses; Warehouses; Guards; Standing
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    Rear view of Eaton Depot with a soldier standing guard. The Capitol, Downtown Presbyterian Church and Maxwell House Hotel are visible in the background. An inscription in the lower left corner reads, "James F. Rusling, Nash."
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs

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