Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Union soldier Michael Houck kept this diary during 1864. In the diary, he describes the weather, chores in his unit's camps, building fortifications, his unit's movements (including the towns that they passed through), the Confederate Army's movements, and his experiences in battle. At the end of the diary, Houck includes several tables showing various properties of artillery, a poem entitled What I live for, a list of his clothing and equipment, and a list of his accounts. This item is a...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of photocopies of transcriptions of letters from Mary Jane Johnston Reynolds to her husband, Simeon Reynolds, who was serving with the Confederate 62nd Regiment of the Tennessee Mounted Infantry. At the time these letters were written, Mary Jane was living with her parents on the Johnston plantation in Loudon, Tennessee. They provide a description of life on the plantation during the first six months of 1864. The letters are prefaced with an introduction by Lucy...

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This collection houses ten promissory notes issued by the Bank of the State of Tennessee between 1821 and 1824.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Samuel Beckett Boyd kept this diary while imprisoned at Camp Chase from January 1, 1865 to April 3, 1865. In it, he describes the weather, his diet, his journey to Camp Chase, letters he has written to and received from family and friends, rumors (especially rumors of prisoner exchanges) he has heard, men released from prison (particularly men who have sworn loyalty to the Union forces as a condition of their release), men transferred into the prison, and his health and the health of the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Samuel Beckett Boyd kept this diary while imprisoned at Camp Chase from January 1, 1865 to April 3, 1865. In it, he describes the weather, his diet, his journey to Camp Chase, letters he has written to and received from family and friends, rumors (especially rumors of prisoner exchanges) he has heard, men released from prison (particularly men who have sworn loyalty to the Union forces as a condition of their release), men transferred into the prison, and his health and the health of the...