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...
Military parades & ceremonies; Military officers; Buildings; Jeep automobiles; Saluting; Military vehicles
Army Day Parade in front of the Tennessee State Capitol. This event featured the 2nd Tennessee Infantry on parade in downtown Nashville. Many people are lining the street watching the jeep vehicle as the individuals inside salute as they ride by. ...
William Strickland's sketch of the details of an unnamed suspension bridge. The sketch shows details of the iron suspension cords and a cross-section of the bridge trestles.
William Strickland's sketch of the details of an unnamed suspension bridge. The sketch shows details of the iron suspension cords and a cross-section of the bridge trestles.
Letter dated Feb. 19, 1943, from the captain of the Sixth Regiment of the Tenn. State Guard to Gov. Prentice Cooper bringing to his attention the expert marksmanship of Sergeant Cecil H. Kelley. Enclosed with this letter are two rifle targets...
Form No. 18 certifying the costs of travel and pay for Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan to attend the court-martial of S. R. K. Patton as ordered by Special Order No. 127. Payment totalled $40.85.
Order from Confederate General Braxton Bragg outlining the duties of the Provost Marshal, including suppression of marauding, depredations, brawls, disturbances, drunkenness, and gambling; and the regulation of hotels, taverns, and markets. It...
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...
Order from General Bragg, issued by Assistant Adjutant General George G. Garner, congratulating the army on its role in the Confederate victory at the Battle of Hartsville and also permitting the corps engaged in that action to bear the name of the...
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,...
General order No. 226 issued from E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of the United States Army, describing the proper ration of pork, soft bread, hard bread, beans, vegetables, rice, vinegar, coffee, candles, soap, salt, and pepper for each...
Text of general order No. 43 issued by the Quartermaster General's Office in Washington, D. C. ,conveying the rules and regulations with regard to horses and mules. Include blank forms to be used.
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.
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,...
Published copy, General Order No. 40, Headquarters, Dept. of Mississippi, Vicksburg, April 28, 1865, on the death of President Lincoln. General Order No. 66, April 16, 1865, announces the "untimely and lamentable death" of the President, and is...
Hard-bound volume containing topographical, mineral, agricultural, economic, and social conditions about the state of Tennessee in order to promote immigration into the state.
