Photograph of Tennessee Soldier Transport Ship
Collection contains a mounted photograph of the 1st Tennessee Regiment on board a transport ship. The portraits of two colonels of the 1st Tennessee Regiment, Colonel William Crawford Smith and Colonel Gracey Childers, are inset into the photograph. Beneath the photograph is text that lists the places the regiment went along with dates. It also lists the number of men in the regiment, how many men there were when the transport ships left the United States, how many men came back, and what happened to those who died along the way.
Dates
- circa 1900
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
Collection contains a mounted photograph of the 1st Tennessee Regiment on board a transport ship. The portraits of two colonels of the 1st Tennessee Regiment, Colonel William Crawford Smith and Colonel Gracey Childers, are inset into the photograph.
Biographical / Historical
The 1st Tennessee Regiment was also known was the United States Volunteers. It was mustered into service on May 26, 1898. The regiment trained in San Francisco, California, before setting sail aboard two transport ships, the Zealandia and the City of Pueblo. One of them is pictured in this photograph, but it is unknown which of the two ships it is. The regiment spent several months thinking it would not see action before being called as back up to the Philippines in October of 1898. William Crawford Smith (1837-1899) served as the colonel of the regiment until he died of heatstroke in battle on February 5, 1899 while fighting in Manila. Lieutenant Colonel Gracey Childers (b. 1860) assumed command and oversaw the regiment until it returned to the United States in November 1899.
Arrangement
This collection is in one folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository