Special Order No. 127 was issued by Major General Stoneman convening a court-martial for the trial of Colonel S. R. K. Patton of the 8th Tennessee Cavalry. The order also commands Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan to "depart for the court."
Certificate issued by Judge Advocate Gray certifying that Lieutenant Colonel John E. McGowan was in attendance of the General Courts-martial from June 14 to July 26, 1865, in accordance with Special Order No. 127.
Statement makes reference to arms and ammunition damaged by wet weather during the battle with Hood at Nashville on December 15 - 18, 1864. From Company F, 7th Regiment of Quartermaster's Forces, Nashville, for the second quarter ending June 30,...
One-page form that constitutes the official release of John Morrisey, private in the 10th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, from service in the United States Army, issued May 29, 1865.
One-page printed and handwritten inventory of commissary property form submitted by Lieutenant William Alonzo Wainwright, Regimental Quartermaster and Assistant Commissary of the 75th Indiana Infantry. The quantity of stationery, office furniture,...
Resolution of Congress of the United States, Forty-Fourth Congress, First Session, on motion by Mr. McFarland, to convey sympathy to the family of former President Andrew Johnson, deceased, and "further mark of respect for the memory of the...
This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
Excerpts from a small handwritten diary written by Nannie Haskins, a young girl of Clarksville, Tennessee. Provides an insight into the day to day activities of an observant young girl. Haskins was strongly in support of the Confederacy and loathed...
Civil Wars; War; Slaves; Agriculture; Political issues; Cities & towns
Excerpts from the Robert H. Cartmell Diaries. They contain full commentaries on the nature of his farm operation, the weather, and the fluctuations of the cotton market. They contain thoughtful comments on politics and candidates for office and...
Small document serving as an oath of allegiance of Mont. T. Byrn of Williamson County to the United States government. The oath was taken at Nashville, Tennessee, on February 12, 1864.
Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...
Sheet music honoring the 1901 meeting of the United Confederate Veterans in Memphis. Pictured on the color title page are Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Deliveries from Steamer Pioneer and Steamer Colossus from H. Shoals, Tennessee, are recorded on the same printed form. Their cargo is mostly iron and brass.
Form No. 3 offers two pages of information, both printed and handwritten, providing a record of the death and interment of a Federal soldier who died at a Federal military hospital. The document includes data from the hospital surgeon, the post...
Table of fourteen men and fifteen categories of clothing and equipment checked, including socks, trousers, drawers, knapsacks, ponchos, shoes, shirts, hats, blankets, overcoats, blouses, boots, caps, pocketbooks, and knives. The table also includes...
One-page printed and handwritten Federal Form No. 9 (a) reflects the type of ammunition consumed and how and where it was used over a particular time period for Company K, 5th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, United States Army. In this case, the...