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Samuel Bell Palmer Collection
Journals and drawings by Samuel Bell Palmer during and about his time as a Confederate soldier, later Union prisoner at Camp Douglas, in the Civil War.
Samuel Bell Palmer Collection
Samuel H. Showers Civil War diary, 1864-1865. Co. E, 15th Regt. Penn. Cavalry, Anderson’s Cavalry. (Typescript).
Typescript of the diary of Samuel H. Showers , 1864-1865. Co. E, 15th Regt. Penn. Cavalry, Anderson’s Cavalry. Also a map detailing events in the diary. 36 pp. Copied from a diary in the possession of Mrs. Gordon Colborn, Norris, Tenn.
Samuel Mayes Arnell Papers, 1863-1903.
Sawyers and McBee Family Papers (Gift of Charles R. McBee and Betty McBee Sloan).
Sawyers/McBee Papers.
Sevier Family Papers, 1814-1898.
Letters and deeds of the Sevier, Loring, and Putnam families (from Tenn., Miss., Ala.). 1814-1898. An item-by-item calendar was prepared for this collection.
Sgt. J. T. Slowers(?) parole pass, 1865.
May 25, 1865, parole pass issued to 1st Sgt. J. T. Slowers (Stovers?, Slovers?), Co. B, 11th Tenn. Inf., Nashville. ADS 1 pc. (in rice paper at time of receipt).
Sgt. R. P. Everett letter to Miss [McMillan], June 6, 1863.
June 6, 1863, letter from Sgt. R. P. Everett, 6th Florida Regt., at camp near Loudon, Tenn., to Miss [McMillan]. ALS 2 pp. Original + typed transcription. Mentions guarding the bridge over Flat Creek (Mascot, Knox County, Tenn.).
Sirenius M. Mort, 1st Lt., Co., F, 9th Tenn. Cavalry, Volunteers, USA (Civil War tintype)
Civil War tin type in Daguerreo style Union Case embossed with the eagle and U.S. flag. Lt. S. M, Mort is in uniform, seated, holding a sword. The buttons and bars on the uniform are highlighted in gold. The sash is highlighted in purple. His obituary is folded and in the case. He died July 15, 1869. The obituary includes tributes from men who served with him in the Union army. Mort was a member of the well-known family of potters in Jefferson County, Tenn..
Smith Family Papers. Cocke County, Tenn. Descendants of Gen. A. E. Smith of Cocke County.
A series of letters dated 1838 to 1900 to and from members of the Smith family of Cocke County, Tenn., descendants of Gen. A. E. Smith. Donor has made transcriptions of the letters, included with the gift. Letters from Newport, Tenn. and Asheville, N. C. have good wartime information.
Solomon Garrison Civil War pass and claim, 1863 and 1868.
1863 safeguard pass for Solomon Garrison, Knox County, Tenn. Signed by H. H. Thomas. 1868 claim of Solomon Garrison vs. U.S. pfa* 4 pp. 1868 claim of Elmyra Pyatt, Knox County, Tenn. pfa 4 pp. * pfa = printed form, filled in by hand
Sons of Veterans encampment invitation, 1894.
Letter from the W. P. Saunders Camp No. 3, Sons of Veterans, Division of Alabama and Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn., to the Commander in Chief and members of the National Encampment, Sons of Veterans, USA. August 4, 1894. Extending an invitation to have the national meeting in Knoxville in 1895. AD 3 pp.
Speedwell Collection (Gift of Ginny Rogers).
Sue Barton memoirs.
Handwritten and typed notes made from conversations with Miss Sue Barton, Knoxville. Mentions Generals Burnside, McClellan, and Sanders; battle at Fort Sanders; Bleak House; Boyd family, etc. Also, Christmas cards with notes on the back. On an envelope accompanying the collection: “Mrs. Etta G. Coile notes by Miss Helen Galbreath conversation with Sue Barton.”
Sue R. Alexander (Susan Ramsey). “Our Women in the War.”
Apparently Susan Ramsey Alexander wrote this article to submit for publication in the volume “Our Women in the War.” Her article does not appear to have been included in the book. Her article was based on her Civil War diary, which is a manuscript now in the McClung Historical Collection.
Susan Amelia Ramsey Diary, September 1863-April 1864.
Susan Amelia Ramsey diary, September 1863-April 1864. Contains 1857 poems and essays at the front of the volume, then diary entries re: Civil War from September 1863 to April 1864, with several entries until July 1864 (written by other family members?) and one entry for April 15, 1865. Susan A. Ramsey was 17 years old when she began the diary and lived with her Confederate family east of Knoxville, Tenn.
T. A. R. (Thomas Amis Rogers) Nelson Papers.
T.A.R. (Thomas Amis Rogers) Nelson Scrapbooks.
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings kept by T.A.R. Nelson. 19 vols. in 9 boxes. 1843-1872. Mostly political + Legal Scrapbook 1867-1868 donated in 2017.
Tennessee 200 posters (“A Path Divided: Tennessee’s Civil War Years”; “Colors of the Bicentennial”; “Reserve Your Place in History.”).
The Chattanooga Rebel (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (August 9, 1862). (facsimile)
The Chattanooga Rebel (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (August 9, 1862) (facsimile); one issue (4 pp.) (17 x 12 inches) This issue reprinted several times for reunions of veterans of the Civil War.
The Clark Collection.
Thomas Bounds letter, April 23, 1864 (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. T. Gordon Bounds).
April 13, 1864, letter from Thomas Bounds in camp at Chattanooga, to his sister Cynthia Bounds. Mentions problems with the mail.
Thomas J. Cook pocket diaries
Thomas J. Cook. Pair of pocket diaries by a sergeant under Burnside and Sherman. 2 volumes. [271]; [186] pages. 12mo, unmatched original limp calf, first volume with moderate wear, the second worn with front wrapper detached; second volume apparently lacking 2 leaves at beginning, others coming loose, a few pages written in faint ink. January 1863 to February 1865
Ticket for the 1962 commemorative excursion on The General, a reenactment of the Civil War train ride. (gift of Allen Coggins)
Ticket for the 1962 commemorative excursion on The General reenactment of the Civil War train ride. # 11730. Issued by Louisville & Nashville Railroad, mention historic run of April 12, 1862. Used by Allen Coggins of Oak Ridge and his great uncle Herbert Lucas. 1 ticket. + photocopies of notes by donor.
Two Civil War CDVs of Union Soldiers from Johnson County, Tenn., 13th Cavalry, USA
Union Prisoners Confined in Camp Sumpter, Near Andersonville, Ga. (prints)
United Daughters of the Confederacy scrapbook, ca. 1870s-1930s.
United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) scrapbook with newspaper clippings, ca. 1870s-1930s. Mostly local interest, Confederate veterans, decoration days, Civil War stories. Gift of Mrs. Amanda White McTeer.
United States to John Van Gilder, 1863.
List of articles taken from the storehouse of John S. Van Gilder during the Siege of Knoxville in November-December 1863. Money due from the United States Government. Listing of articles dated December 5, 1863. Document sworn to on May 12, 1864. ADS 1 pc. (both sides) + envelope with explanation, written by Calvin Morgan McClung.
Veterans of the Reunion of Co. C, 1st Tenn. Cavalry Association (Gift of Sarah Weber from the estate of David Babelay.)
Veterans of the Reunion of Co. C, 1st Tenn. Cavalry Association (framed and mounted black & white photograph), ca. 1900 (possibly 1920s).
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