The illustration on page 27 is identified as Figure 12. It is a line drawing illustrating the manner in which Viet-Cong (VC) villages were typically fortified. Labeled on the illustration include the following: tunnels, a booby trap, a man trap, a...
Card from Ammons featuring graphic and the text "The Viet Cong are very tricky with booby traps so open this card carefully. On the reverse, Ammons describes weather and patrols around Vung Chua. He describes time he spent teaching two new men...
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,...
Return of provisions received at Shelbyville for May 1863. List includes date, voucher number, names of quartermasters from whom goods were received, and types and quantities of goods received, including pork, beef, bacon, flour, candles, rice,...
Abstract of provisions issued to the troops of the Confederate States of America Artillery of Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk's Corps by the Commissary of Subsistence at Shelbyville, Tennessee. Document includes date issued, numbers of men and...
Letter from B. J. Semmes, Office Chief of the Depot Commissary, Army of Tennessee Headquarters near Chattanooga, reporting to Colonel L. B. Northrop, Commissary General, in Richmond, Virginia, on returns and abstracts of provisions, accounts,...
Letter from Major D. B. Brewer of the Confederate Subsistence Bureau in Richmond, Virginia, to Captain B. J. Semmes in Chattanooga, Tennessee, certifying that returns for the second and third quarters of 1863 have been received.
Letter ordering an officer to go with a guard of one non-commissioned officer and six men in order to take charge of a passenger train on the Rome Railroad; the letter includes additional instructions. An example of the form to be kept is...
Special order issued by Colonel James M. True and Post Adjutant E. R. Wiley Jr. specifying the method of collecting assessments for the support of Federal refugees. The order includes a list of individuals with assessments against them and the...
Form No. 3 offers two pages of information, both printed and handwritten, providing a record of the death and interment of a Federal soldier who died at a Federal military hospital. The document includes data from the hospital surgeon, the post...
Double-sided, one-page printed Form No. 4 contains handwritten information about the soldier's service, his description, and any pay or compensation that is due to him upon his discharge from service. This certificate of accounts also functions as...
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...
W. M. Canada's application to a Confederate Veteran's Home from January 4, 1901. Canada presents proof of his service and wounds obtained during combat in the U. S. Civil War in service of the Confederacy. The application was rejected without...
Streets; Buildings; Automobiles; Business districts; Stores and shops; Shopping
View of State Street in Bristol, Tennessee. Shows multi-story buildings, automobiles, and pedestrians. The Tennessee-Virginia state line runs down the center of the street. Card no. B-30.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Concessions (Amusements, etc.)
A young man posing in front of merchandise in the PX of the 496th Civilian Conservation Corps Company. Various items are for sale in the stand, including tobacciana, pencils, key cases, candy, and chewing gum. Note: PX is an abbreviation for...
