Letter from Robert Rutledge describing a Union cavalry raid on his camp in which several men were wounded or captured and also a fight beween Harry Henry and an artilleryman in the camp. He asks about the condition of Mr. Runion, who has small pox;...
Military map of Middle Tennessee, circa 1862, from the Benjamin Franklin Cheatham Papers, showing cities and towns, roads, turnpikes and toll roads, railroads, rivers and streams, in the following counties: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson,...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Upon enlisting in the Civilian Conservation Corps you're supposed to stay 6 months, and most stayed 6 months. They were supposed to discharge a camp member after 2 years. Because of the work he was doing and his position as Civilian Conservation...