Printed form listing stores transferred to Lieutenant Abram Pelham, 13th Michigan Infantry, on June 17, 1864, at Tullahoma, Tennessee. "Received, Nashville, June 17, 1864 of Wainwright, Nashville, the following list of Quartermaster Stores: 25...
The York Agricultural Institute, showing the front of the school building and several vehicles parked in the drive. York established the institute in Jamestown, the Fentress County seat, in an effort to provide rural children with an education. ...
List of Union Quartermaster's stores, transferred by Capt. Francis H. Rugar to Lt. Geo. F. Nelson at the Federal supply depot, Johnsonville, Tennessee.
Carte de visite of David Preston Sherfy. Sherfy, using the alias George W. Garber, enlisted in Co. H, 1st Ill. Cav. Regt. at Cairo, Ill., on July 17, 1861. He was promoted to full corporal and mustered out on July 5, 1862. He enlisted in Co. C,...
Circular tin containing brass pistol caps that belonged to David Preston Sherfy. Sherfy, using the alias George W. Garber, enlisted in Co. H, 1st Ill. Cav. Regt. at Cairo, Ill. on July 17, 1861. He was promoted to full corporal and mustered out on...
1st Lt. W. P. Anthony, Co. C, 30th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, wrote to his wife Bettie Anderson of Hartsville, Tenn. from Johnson's Island Prison in Lake Erie, Ohio, sharing news about prison life and family. The envelope has examiner markings from the...
Letter from Col. Alex J. Brown, Cos. F and S, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regts. (Brown's), CSA, to Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA. Both men were with the 55th on Island No. 10 and surrendered on April 7, 1862. Warlick, as an...
Paper authorizing the transportation and release of Lewis S. Hodges, a citizen and prisoner, by order of the U. S. Quartermaster. Hodges was transferred from Nashville to Campbell Station, Tenn. He was tried and convicted on charges of disloyalty...
One-page printed Form No. 5 includes categories for horses; mules; oxen; wagons; ambulances; carts; ships; schooners; sloops; steamers; boats and barges; and skiffs and batteaux in the possession of William Alonzo Wainwright, Assistant...
List of items issued to Company K, 5th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. Army at Tullahoma, Tennessee. It includes the number issued, type of article, cost when new, and condition when delivered. The articles include thirty trousers, twenty-five...
One-page list of December 1864 hardware purchases by the United States through its Quartermaster's Department from the Alexander Fall business of Nashville. Pencil checks and notations added to the purchase order reveal the careful scrutiny of...
One-page list of December 1864 purchases by the United States through Assistant Quartermaster Captain William Alonzo Wainwright from J. W. Wilson and Company of Nashville. Checks and notations added to the purchase order for cooking, camp, and...
One-page, two-sided, handwritten invoice of ordnance Form 2b, conveying the transfer of ordnance stores from a Federal company commander to his first lieutenant upon the captain's dismissal. The form designates the number of boxes and the types...
Scrap of a military record denoting the first names of negro enlistments in Colored Infantry Regiments. Also mentioned are some officers with the units. The notation of Gallatin and the date of 1863 most probably is associated with the formation...
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Front view of York Institute in Fentress County. It is a large brick or stone building set amid pines, and has multiple windows and a low sloped roof. The words "York Institute" are laid out on the grass in the foreground.
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Front and side views of Fayetteville City Elementary School in Lincoln County. The wooden building has unique architecture that includes a clapboard top story and a walk-in stone basement.
