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12 color copies (+ backs of two of the copies) (color laser copies) of stereoviews (stereographs) in the Library of Congress. Civil War scenes, including bridge at Strawberry Plains, railroad bridge across Platt Creek, environs of Knoxville seen from south bank of Tennessee River. + photocopies of Library of Congress order information, including call number and reproduction number (needed to order copies).

Scope and Contents 1. No date. 4 pp. handwritten schoolwork. Minnie Beeler. Includes two diagrammed sentences. 2. Partial letter (date missing). New Market, Tenn. Letter from Anderson Acuff to son. Haven’t heard from you. ALS 1 pc., 2 pp. 3. March 31, 186_? Letter from Joseph Beeler to Caroline Beeler, Port Hudson. ALS 1 pc., 2 pp. 4 December 9, 1862 letter from John Acuff to Emmaline Acuff. ALS 1 pc., 4 pp. 5. February 12, 1863. [Emmaline Acuff] to husband John Acuff. ALS 1 pc., 2 pp. 6. April 16, 1863. Port...

Scope and Contents Adjutant Report Letter Book, Ed Maynard Post, G. A. R., 1886-1887 and 1926-1929. Correspondence hand copied into the book. 1886-1887 by Thos. H. Kearney. Minutes of the Ed Maynard Post, No. 14, G. A. R., 1926-1929, recorded by Alexander Eckel. Last entry January 4, 1930, “There having been no regular meeting of the Post since July last on account of want of a quorum the members being unable to attend on account of sickness....” followed by a large number of blank pages. At the end of the...

Scope and Contents Collection includes: diary kept by Mary A. Dickinson during a summer trip from Louisiana to Canada, 1859 + transcription; Mary A. Dickinson’s diary, 1864 (Civil War) + one papers entitled “The War in 1860, 61, 62.”; Mary A. Gay’s diary, 1867-1871 (home life); “History of the Mitchell Family; Children of J. H. Gay and Sophia Mitchell; Children of E. J. Gay and Lavinia Hynes” by Mrs. C. J. McClung, 1952 (typed, 3-ring binder. Copy of McClung shelves). Writings on the Mitchell, Haley,...

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Parson Brownlow’s Farewell Address in view of his imprisonment by the Rebels, October 24, 1861. Printed by Thomas W. Hartley, Philadelphia. Includes picture of Brownlow. 1 pc. 10.75 x 13.5”

Scope and Contents Papers of the family of Pierre Francois Buffat, his wife Sylvie Louise Tauxe Buffat, their children and relatives, who came from Switzerland to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1849. Pierre F. Buffat owned a farm at Spring Place in Knox County, Tenn. He ran a mill starting in 1861, and his son Alfred Buffat joined the business in 1865. Other family names included in the correspondence include: Bolli, Chavannes, Porta, Esperandieu, Sterchi, Truan, and Tauxe. Many of the letters were written in French,...

Scope and Contents The Campbell Family Collection was acquired by the McClung Historical Collection and the East Tennessee Historical Society with funds provided by Knox County in October 2001 to prevent this valuable historical family collection containing over two centuries of Knox County history from being dispersed in an auction sale. The Campbell family were early settlers of the Riverdale community. Manuscripts and photographs are held by the McClung Collection. Artifacts are part of the Museum of East...

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...

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Eleven cartes-de-visite of Civil War Union officers. SPC 2014-013-001 Orlando M. Poe (signed). SPC 2014-013-002 M. ([Marsena] R. Patrick. SPC 2014-013-003 John G. Parke. SPC 2014-013-004 Wm. P. Sanders. SPC 2014-013-005 Rufus Saxton. SPC 2014-013-006 Robert C. Schenck. SPC 2014-013-007 Wm. Rosencrans. SPC 2014-013-008 [Lovell] Rousseau. SPC 2014-013-009 D. G. Farragut.(signed). SPC 2014-013-010 David G. Farragut. SPC 2014-013-011 Charles W. Sanford.

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Civil War Diary of B. F. Morris, McLaughlin’s Ohio Veteran Volunteer Cavalry. Transcribed by descendant David E. Zehner.

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The Civil War diary of Edwin L. Hayes, N.J. (photocopy) + his Civil War service record, pension forms, etc. + 1 page of Hayes genealogy.

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Civil War documents, Department of the Cumberland. Many of the documents are from Kingston and Chattanooga in East Tennessee.

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Bound volume (front and back covers loose) entitled “War Experience of Capt. R. G. Clark.” 94 pp. TS. The Memoir was written by Reuben Grove Clark. R G. Clark (1833-1900) was a captain in the 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, CSA. His granddaughter, the donor Willene B. Clark, edited the memoirs for publication by ‘the University Press’ in 1994. One copy of the Memoir + one copy of the Memoir edited by Willene Clark and published by the University of Tennessee Press.

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Civil War service records of Cyrenius Mort (9th Tenn. Cavalry) and George Mort (39th Tenn. Mtd. Inf.)

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Confederate States of America loan bond. No. 649. $500.00. December 2, 1862. pfa (Printed form filled in by hand). 1 sheet.

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Confederate Souvenir, 1861-1865. Two leaves with poem “The Confederate Note” and a faded piece of currency glued to a second leaf.

Scope and Contents Papers of Creed F. Casteel, no date, 1865-1947. Includes his teaching certificates, contracts, and related papers re: his teaching in Knox Co., Tenn. and Alpharetta, Ga.; constitution and by-laws of the Teacher’s Institute No. 2, Knox Co. + minutes, 1873-1874; June 24, 1888 report on First Baptist Church Sunday School, 1 p.; 1894 photograph of school children at Alpharetta, Ga.; 1901 charges against Casteel for his remarks about McKinley’s assassination; 1912 executor’s letter to C. F....

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Copies of Sept. 15 & 16, 1862, orders and instructions to evacuate Federal troops from Cumberland Gap. Orders of General George W. Morgan, USA. Ten sheets (including typed gift sheet). (photocopies) Several 1891 notes signed by George W. Morgan, one on “Middlesborough” letterhead (resort in Middlesborough, Ky.) with pictures of the hotel.

Scope and Contents Papers of the Cummings, Campbell, Gibson, Preston and related families. David Cummings (CSA) bought a plantation in Mississippi. Cummings home was Eagle Bend, Roane County, Tenn. Collection contains original manuscripts, photocopies, and some printed material. The folders are arranged alphabetically by surname and then by the name of the individual. The contents of each folder are as received, using the donor's heading, with original materials separated into additional folders but retaining...

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Cyclorama Souvenir, from the "Great Cyclorama, Battle of Gettysburg” on exhibition in Chattanooga

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Cyclorama Souvenir (Gettysburg)

Scope and Contents The Ellen Capito Collection consists of Milligan family photographs, books, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, portraits, diaries and Samuel Milligan’s memoir. A letter from Governor William G. Brownlow to George Andrews invites him to speak at Knoxville’s 4th of July celebration for 1868. Two portraits of a young George Andrews and his wife, Mary Lathrop Andrews are housed in wooden, oval frames. Photographs, mostly unidentified, include cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, tintypes, and...

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A[braham] Lincoln, Executive Mansion, Washington, letter to Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass. November 21, 1864. ALS 1 p. Facsimile. Re: death of her five sons in battle.

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Civil War service record of General William P. Sanders, Co. F & S, 5th Ky. Cav. Includes pension application of his mother Margaret H. Sanders, San Francisco, Ca. (photocopies) (Photocopy of the 1867 document procured from the National Archives in 1980) Military Service Records (NNCC) no. 151,907

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Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Dept. of Tennessee. Roster Records consist of two extremely oversize volumes listing the members of the posts in Tennessee

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Photocopy of scrapbook of clippings and articles compiled by H. O. Nelson. Subjects include Zollicoffer Castle, poems, Dr. John M. Boyd, Civil War, historical buildings of Knoxville.

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Haskew, Aron J. Civil War Diary kept in Washington, D. C. Also has family record of family of Aron J. Haskew (b.23 May 1834).

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Hugh L. McClung commission, July 5, 1861, signed by Gov. Isham Harris. Captain, 26th Regiment, Provisional Force of Tennessee Volunteers. DS 1 pc. Gift of Mrs. Hugh M. Thomas.

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August 22, 1862 letter from James Ault, Camp Armstrong, Miss., to his cousin Cynthia Ault, Knoxville, Tenn. ALS 2 pp. + Env. Mentions his company, family, etc. September 25, 1865 letter from “Aunt,” Charleston, to Cynthia [Ault]. ALS 2 pp. Mentions Lincolnites and Negroes, family news, etc.

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Photograph album of James Robinson Ogden, who came to Knoxville with the 2nd Ohio Cavalry during the Civil War, Leather 5x6” album containing mostly Civil War era CDVs (cartes-de-visite). 22 photographs. Subjects include: John Keyes, view of Knoxville(?), [General Ambrose] Burnside, General George Stoneman, James R. Mitchell, H.C. Squire(?), W. Chamberlain, Henry Chester, E.C. Ruggles.