Capt. Oliver P. McCammon Collection.
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Captain Oliver Pinkney McCammon (O.P.M.) (1840-1897) of the 3rd East Tennessee Cavalry, Company L, also relating to the explosion of The Sultana and campaigns in Tennessee. Over 120 items, mostly correspondence between Captain Pinkney (1840-1897, Blount Co. Tenn.) and his future wife, A. E. McCall of Blount Co., during the war years of 1861-1865. Letters between Captain Pinkney and his father, the men in his regiment, and others. Also, McCammon's discussion of military campaigns in Middle Tennessee including engagements with General Wheeler and Hood, capture of his regiment by General Forest in September of 1864 and his subsequent escape, correspondence relating to the loss of several of his men on the ill-fated Sultana steamboat, discussion of guerilla attacks by Rebels in East Tennessee by A. E. McCall and his father, discussion of local and national political matters, smallpox breakouts in the camps, and an ongoing written courtship between McCammon and his future wife, Ann E. McCall. The collection includes a small circular tintype of McCammon in uniform and an amber "Union" bottle from the war period.
Dates
- 1861-1865
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
3 boxes
- Abolition Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ann E. McCall Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Artifacts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Battle of Nashville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Blount County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bushwhackers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cahaba Prison Camp Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil War camp life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil War civilian life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil War court martial decisions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil War court martial duty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil War soldier in uniform (Union) tintype Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil War “Union” bottle Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Col. Thornburgh Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Copperheads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gay Street (Knoxville, Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- General Forest Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- General Gilliam Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- General Hood Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- General Wheeler Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grey Eagle Marble Quarry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Home Guard Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horace Maynard Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McCammon - McCall genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung’s Battery Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military orders Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mustering Officer Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nashville Military Prison Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Officers’ Hospital in Nashville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oliver P. McCammon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pulaski (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rebel prisoners Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smallpox Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sultana Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Union soldiers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vaccination Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Capt. Oliver P. McCammon Collection.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
