Samuel Bell Palmer Collection

Folder 1: Letters to Mother from Samuel Bell Palmer: July 2, 1862 letter to Mother from Sam B. Palmer, Loudon, TN. ALS 1 p. Mentions cooking and baking bread at the camp. July 23, 1862 letter to Mother from Sam B. Palmer, Camp Bill Parker, Loudon, TN. ALS 2 pp. (1 pc.). Mentions cooking at camp, shelter, firing shells on the anniversary of the Battle of Manassas, friends killed. Includes a sketch labeled ‘Our parlor, bedroom, dining room & kitchen.’ Formerly cataloged as MM.1998.021

Journal and sketches by Samuel Bell Palmer: Formerly cataloged as MM.1998.021

Folder 2: Civil War journal of Sam B. Palmer, Mabry Light Artillery, CSA, 1862-1862. Includes accounts at front of volume, his writings about the Civil War and being a prisoner of war in Knoxville in 1863. Volume also includes sketches by Sam B. Palmer. Folder 3: Contains photocopies of journal (copied July 1998). Folder 4: sketches by Sam B. Palmer, many of Civil War scenes, Knoxville, Knoxville’s prison, etc. Loose sheets cut from a small volume. Folder 5: Contains photocopies of sketches (copied July 1998).