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In this letter from Lieutenant Colonel John Scott, he claims Colonel Nelson G. Williams of the 3rd Iowa Regiment incorrectly and maliciously reported Second Lieutenant Benton A. Mathews, Second Lieutenant Ole A. Anderson, and Lieutenant Colonel Mathew M. Trumbull of Company D as well as Captain Emilius I. Weiser of Company I as deserters. Scott calls for an investigation so that these men, who had been wounded and served valiantly, might have their records corrected.

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In this letter from Lieutenant Colonel John Scott, he claims Colonel Nelson G. Williams of the 3rd Iowa Regiment incorrectly and maliciously reported Second Lieutenant Benton A. Mathews, Second Lieutenant Ole A. Anderson, and Lieutenant Colonel Mathew M. Trumbull of Company D as well as Captain Emilius I. Weiser of Company I as deserters. Scott calls for an investigation so that these men, who had been wounded and served valiantly, might have their records corrected.

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In this letter from Lieutenant Colonel John Scott, he claims Colonel Nelson G. Williams of the 3rd Iowa Regiment incorrectly and maliciously reported Second Lieutenant Benton A. Mathews, Second Lieutenant Ole A. Anderson, and Lieutenant Colonel Mathew M. Trumbull of Company D as well as Captain Emilius I. Weiser of Company I as deserters. Scott calls for an investigation so that these men, who had been wounded and served valiantly, might have their records corrected.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Two letters in which John McNickle Laird Jr. of the Ohio 124th Infantry Regiment (U.S.) writes to his mother, Julia Laird, from a camp near Knoxville, Tennessee and from Marietta, Georgia.Marching 130 to 140 miles in ten days is the pace which John Laird’s company sustained in order to arrive within two miles of Knoxville, Tennessee by December 8th, 1863. John writes to his mother concerning the war and how the soldiers took chickens, sheep, cattle, flour and more from those who...

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In this letter, Lide Bostwick discusses life on the northern home front during the Civil War. She mentions illnesses and deaths in the family (including the death of her brother Tip at the Battle of Stones River), her concerns for family and friends in the military, and the harm that "northern traitors" are causing.

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While encamped in the Cumberland Ford area of Knox County, Tenn., John W. Hammer serving in the 16th Ohio Infantry Company K writes to a friend named Annie. In this letter dated June 4, 1862, he describes the fortifications that are in place to protect them from the Confederates. His company moves toward the Confederate camps and skirmishes occur.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: William T. Presley wrote this letter to his wife, Henrietta (Ward) Presley, while he was serving with Company D of the 1st Alabama Cavalry during the American Civil War. In it, he discusses a pony that he had purchased to send home to his sons (Gus and Fate), describes selling his old horse (named Stonewall) and purchasing a new one that can better tolerate military life, recounts his unit's retreat from Tennessee after the fall of Vicksburg, sends news of family and friends serving in the...

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This collection consists of a letter, dated February 24, 1863 from Camp Cripplecrick, Tenn., from W. M. Creamer of the 90th Ohio Infantry to his cousin, M. C. Creamer. The author discusses his religious beliefs as well as Captain Robert O. Caddy's treatment of sick young boys in Nashville. In closing, he requests that his cousin and his wife return his letter and excuses his bad handwriting because the letter has been written on paper that rested on his knees.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of World War II letters and a military pass connected with service member James Vernon Thompson.A military pass was issued to Elaine Thompson and Claudine Lindsey in order to visit their husbands at Camp Shelby in Mississippi. Mrs. Elaine Thompson of Cornersville, Tennessee received a Christmas Greeting from the commanding officers of the 261st Infantry Company H. Vernon writes to his wife, Elaine, of his travel arrangements from New York to Camp...

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In a letter dated August 7, 1847, from Pueblo, Mexico, to James W. Breedlove in New Orleans, La., Major General Gideon J. Pillow, brigade and division commander in the Mexican War, defends himself against political attacks by Whigs.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of one original letter and one reprinted letter written by John W. Fox during the American Civil War which discuss his life in the army and his religious faith.In the first letter, Fox writes to Watson R. Anderson of the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Head-Quarters in the District of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee. His letter details a sermon that he had previously attended and one that he hoped to attend, wherein the speaker was to be Rev. Col....

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Special order number 71 dated September 14, 1865 from the Unites States Army Headquarters, Department of Tennessee orders Capt. H. A. Colvin, of the AAG Volunteers formerly of the 12th Tennessee Cavalry to Decatur, Alabama from Nashville, Tennessee. He was to procure the missing rolls and returns of Tennessee. The Special Order is counter stamped Transportat'n furnished from Nashville, Tenn. to Chattanooga via Decatur and Huntsville by Capt. S. B. Brown ACM. at the cost of (blank) on the 18...

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In a letter written February 4, 1865 from the Officers' Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn., to Colonel Cross, George W. Douglas writes concerning his desire for an artifical leg to help him walk.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: A single letter in which Jennie McKay discusses her life on the Confederate homefront in Missouri.In this four-page handwritten letter to her cousin Felix, Jennie McKay describes a number of issues of concern to Confederate families during the Civil War. She reports that her home was burned during the same night that the Price raid was camped at the Old Trading Post on its retreat 15 miles from our house. She also discusses her brother James, who belonged to Shelby's Brigade....

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: A single letter in which Jennie McKay discusses her life on the Confederate homefront in Missouri.In this four-page handwritten letter to her cousin Felix, Jennie McKay describes a number of issues of concern to Confederate families during the Civil War. She reports that her home was burned during the same night that the Price raid was camped at the Old Trading Post on its retreat 15 miles from our house. She also discusses her brother James, who belonged to Shelby's Brigade....

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: A single letter in which Jennie McKay discusses her life on the Confederate homefront in Missouri.In this four-page handwritten letter to her cousin Felix, Jennie McKay describes a number of issues of concern to Confederate families during the Civil War. She reports that her home was burned during the same night that the Price raid was camped at the Old Trading Post on its retreat 15 miles from our house. She also discusses her brother James, who belonged to Shelby's Brigade....

Scope and Contents Note January 1864: David writes about the weather on several occasions. He records there being two inches of snow on the ground on the sixth and on the thirteenth and complains that the weather is cold enough to freeze a dog. By the end of the month, however, the weather is very warm. The regiment works on the building of a bridge across the Holston River. On many days David writes that it is all quiet in...

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This collection consists of a letter dated July 30, 1864 from Rear Admiral David Farragut to H. R. Billings that officially granted Billings's request to be detached from the USS Vincennes.

This letter was written shortly before the battle of Mobile Bay. C. H. Greene received this letter on July 31, 1864 and reported it on August 02, 1864.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This document deals with a trip that H. P. Gould, along with a Mr. Fletcher and a Mr. Darrow, took to Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia between August 4 and 14, 1912. They made the trip in order to study how various fruits adapted to different environments. The three men traveled to the Tennessee Experiment Station in Knoxville to talk to Professor Keffer (then the station's chief horticulturalist) and then split up, with Fletcher moving south and Darrow and Gould moving west toward...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of two letters that Union soldier Cyrus Foote, who was then serving with Company D of the 112th Illinois Infantry Regiment, wrote to his brother William from Camp Ella Bishop, Kentucky, in 1863.Foote's letters deal primarily with descriptions of camp life with descriptions of bad weather, incessant illness (including Typhoid Fever) and constant loneliness. Foote also thanks his brother for his letters, which bring news from home, and tells him that "you...