Pen and ink drawing (possibly lithograph) of Cumberland Gap camp showing the Cumberland Gap from the south and the encampment of 14th United States Infantry Regiment, under General George W. Morgan.
Letter from Maj. W. Jere Crook, 13th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his first cousin, once removed, Hattie Crook. He was from Henderson Co., Tenn., and she was from South Carolina. The two married after the war. At the time of the letter, Hattie was a...
Letter from Maj. W. Jere Crook, 13th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his cousin, Hattie Crook. The two were first cousins, once removed. He was from Henderson County, Tenn., and she was from South Carolina. The two married after the war.
Copyprint of Civil War Veteran John Patterson Allison with his wife and daughter. Patterson was born on October 22, 1844, in Saltville, Virginia and died August 2, 1912, in Saltville. He was buried in the Elizabeth Cemetery. He enlisted on May 6,...
Letter to "friend" D. Odell from unknown writer regarding the death of Odell's son Philip A. Odell of Co. B., 4 Tenn. Reg., The letter was written from near Waynesborough, South Georgia, the Fairfield District. The letter includes a transcription.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Boxing
Two members of Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 496 battle each other in a boxing ring on camp grounds, as camp spectators gather around the ring to watch.
Mrs. Nancey [sic] Page, a quiltmaker from Clifty, Tennessee, near Crossville, sitting on her front porch swing with a "Dutch Doll" or "Sunbonnet Sue" quilt across her lap.
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,...
List of quartermaster's stores received by Quartermaster to Captain J. P. Baltzell, Provost Marshall at Augusta, Georgia. List includes two horses, one mule, three saddles, and three bridles taken from R. N. H. Mazer of Company D, 3rd South...
Communication from J. S. Johnson in North Carolina containing Special Order No. 5 from General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., commanding the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army and Navy not to take up arms against the United States, and...
Sheet music covers; Music publishing industry; Music title pages
Sheet music cover and lyrics of the "comic song" called "The Carpetbagger." Cover shows a drawing of a carpetbagger with the spoils of Reconstruction in a large carpetbag. The song is dedicated to General Ben Butler.
Former slave in talks with a former master whose continued paternal and patriarchal spirit is supposedly expressed in his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.
Education; Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Angled view of a dilapidated two-story wood schoolhouse. The building is surrounded by trees and a wire fence. A bell on a post stands near the entrance.
