Crayon print of Nancy Shepherd Martin, born in Albemarle, N. C. in 1812. She was married to John Lemuel Martin. Her grandson, John Taylor, served in the Confederate Army and was wounded at Shiloh. According to family lore, her granddaughter, Nancy...
Crayon print of Nancy Taylor Kinzer by John L. White Photography. Nancy was reportedly educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She married John Wesley Kinzer. Her brother, John Taylor, served in the Confederate Army at Shiloh....
Josiah Stewart House, Co. H, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, signed this Parole of Honor in Memphis after the surrender. He pledges, "I will not take up arms again" against the U.S. Document issued by the Office of the Provost Marshal, District West...
Letter from William House, Co. B and Co. F, 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, who served at Shiloh and at the Battle of Belmont, to his sister. House mentions his brother's regiment moving over close to his. He discusses the Battle of Shiloh and states...
Letter from S. K. P. House, 1st Lt., Co. B and Co. F, 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. In the letter he discusses the death of William (reported to be his brother). House conveys that he plans to enlist again. He also writes about the "posession of...
A group of men are gathering up hogs and guiding them up a wooden chute onto a steamboat to send them off for slaughter. Most of the men pictured are African American.
Letter by Christopher Ammons describing a road clearance operation at Thunder IV. Both squads patrolled all day, then took up a night defensive position on armored personnel carriers. He writes about trying to kill a rat ("some as big as cats")...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
"Jimmie Driver and his Tennessee Playboys" band. Pictured are three guitar players, one fiddle player, one banjo player, a harmonica player, and a spoons player with each holding his instrument. The caption on the front of the photograph...
Barbed wire; Trees; Fences; Tree stumps; Buildings
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II includes a drawing of a tree as well as a number of tree stumps, all within the POW camp boundaries. He writes, "Around the compound - approximately a dozen...Trees. About the Reich, 'tis...
Off-center broadside print advertises the Fayetteville undertaking business of J. B. Wilson. Gives location, undertaking services, and promotes warranted furniture-making as well.
Red and white poster produced by the University of Tennessee-Knoxville giving farm families information concerning price controls and rationing during World War II.
Capitols; Soldiers; Guards; Forts & fortifications; Military camps; Railroads; Cannons; Spectators; Public sculpture; Architecture; Lampposts
Image presents the juxtaposition of the beautiful architectutral features and sculpture exhibited in the east, or main fascade of the Tennesseee State Capitol Building with the surrounding heavy Federal stockades, fortifications, and general...
Confederate Monument in Rose Hill Cemetery. The monument consists of a large stone pedestal with a soldier at parade rest standing on top. It is surrounded by gravestones.; Two more unidentified monuments can be seen behind it. The engraved text...
Front view of the Auditorium at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, which had Colonial style architecture. It had a one-hundred and forty foot high square tower and four porticoes on the corners of the building.
Angled view of the U.S. Government Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The building stood close to the main entrance of the grounds near Lake Katherine. The building, with classical style architecture, had the form of a cross. The...
Letter from Arthur H. Harris to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville. He writes of the pervading excitement that has surrounded the 1860 presidential election in his area. Though he is glad the contest is over, he acknowledges the death...
