Handwritten diary (selected pages) of William Fisher, Co. C, 11th (Holman's) Tennessee Cavalry. Gives Mr. Fisher's 1864 account as a soldier in Army of Tennessee at Battles of Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Nashville and subsequent retreat. Includes his...
Correspondence from a soldier to his wife. He writes of the need for news from home. In the upper left hand corner is a depiction entitled "Capitol at Washington" printed by Reagles & Co. of New York. There is mention of Gen. Landers, a Col. Tyler...
Card from Christopher Ammons featuring a cartoon soldier and the text Dont Worry While Im in Vietnam. A message on the back describes weather and night at Vung Chua Mountain in Qui Nhon, including regularly scheduled movies at an outdoor theater. ...
Black and white etching that pictures a wounded soldier being tended to. Etched by Hamilton, N.A., and painted by Thomas Hoverden, N.A. Copyright, Fishel Adler of Schwartz, N.Y., 1889.
Alvin C. York's heroism went unnoticed in the United States, even in Tennessee, until the publication of the April 26, 1919, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. In an article titled "The Second Elder Gives Battle" (pp. 1-4 ff.), journalist George...
One-page printed and handwritten abstract of provisions form, submitted by Lieutenant William Alonzo Wainwright, Regimental Quartermaster of the 75th Indiana Infantry and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, for subsistence stores sold to officers...
Cover of the Battle of Franklin, Civil War Centennial, guide book and program. It features a Confederate Soldier in a slouch hat standing on the left holding a musket, and a Federal Soldier in a kepi on the right, also holding a musket. The Carter...
Blank Confederate service oath form. The signing soldier would affirm to bear true faith and yield obedience to the Confederate States of America and observe the orders of the President of the Confederate States and of the officers appointed,...
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...
An unknown soldier from Mississippi carried this watch during the Civil War. "Benjamin" is scratched on the inside of the watch case. Fastened to the chain is a key for winding the watch. A small silver revolver was attached later.
A piece torn from a black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the surrender of a Viet-Cong soldier on the front with text and leaflet number (246-131-68) on the reverse.
Red and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys a seated, malnourished Viet-Cong soldier with his weapon at his feet as he daydreams of food. The reverse has text and the leaflet number (6-163-68).
Christopher Ammons with five unidentified members of 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Ammons is at the back row, left, wearing glasses. Two soldiers are kneeling in front; three men are shirtless. There...
Civil War soldier, possibly John Washington Christopher. John Washington Christopher was a private in Company A, 7th Tennessee Cavalry. He was a survivor of Andersonville Prison Camp.
Civil War soldier (possibly Phillip Bauman of the 139th Ill. Vol. Inf. Reg., USA). The 139th Ill. Vol. Inf. Reg. served the Federal Army during the Civil War. It was one of many regiments raised in the summer of 1864.
