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
- Creation: 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
Geographic
Topical
- Abolition
- Ann E. McCall
- Artifacts
- Battle of Nashville
- Bushwhackers
- Cahaba Prison Camp
- Civil War camp life
- Civil War civilian life
- Civil War court martial decisions
- Civil War court martial duty
- Civil War soldier in uniform (Union) tintype
- Civil War “Union” bottle
- Col. Thornburgh
- Copperheads
- Correspondence
- Gay Street (Knoxville, Tenn.)
- General Forest
- General Gilliam
- General Hood
- General Wheeler
- Grey Eagle Marble Quarry
- Home Guard
- Horace Maynard
- McCammon - McCall genealogy
- McClung’s Battery
- Military orders
- Mustering Officer
- Nashville Military Prison
- Officers’ Hospital in Nashville
- Oliver P. McCammon
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Rebel prisoners
- Smallpox
- Sultana
- Union soldiers
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. 3rd Tennessee Cavalry
- Vaccination
- 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