Two-page handwritten letter from Ammons to his family telling of his assignment to the 1st Infantry Division in Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry. He describes sewing on his division patch and the stripes that represent his PFC E-3 rank. He...
Pro-Confederate newspaper published on the run in Tennessee in advance of Federal occupation. This particular issue was published in Murfreesboro, Tenn., reporting on war news and the presence of CSA President Jefferson Davis, who was in town....
Three items: envelope with notation by 1st Lieutenant W. T. Robinson, "To file away for Safe Keeping for future reference should it be necessary;" Circular No. 52 -- Series of 1863 entitled "Invoice of Ordnance and Ordance Stores."
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 Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, from Headquarters, Camp Fredericksburg. Reporting casualties and outcome of Dranesville. Report comes from Major John S. Mosley.
Scott's letter signed "your affectionate husband" reveals that men in the company are circulating a petition to remove their captain. Scott hopes for peace soon, and he writes of newspapers reporting on European intervention and dissension in the...
Pro-Confederate newspaper published in Athens, Tenn. Reporting on various war news, mostly from East Tennessee. Reference on front page to the Daily Rebel Banner being published in Shelbyville, Tenn.
