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This collection is composed of a letter that William Cosgrove of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, Battery G, wrote to his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Bowers, in Mount Vernon (Knox County) Ohio from Nashville, Tennessee on January 31, 1864. He writes of his cousin Charles's death in Memphis and his own battery's move to Nashville. Also, he speaks of conditions in camp, including a recent outbreak of smallpox and his personal troubles with rheumatism.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: H. L. Bedford's memoir provides a detailed account of the placement and use of Confederate artillery at Fort Donelson. The memoir is 20 handwritten pages and is addressed to the "Confederate Relief and Historical Association, Memphis, Tenn."Bedford’s document contradicts reports by Union commanders published in formal reports. Bedford explains why Confederates chose Fort Donelson's location, names commanders, infantry regiments, and artillery batteries at Donelson, describes the...

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This collection consists of two undated photographs relating to the Chattanooga Lookouts baseball team. One portrays a Lookouts player standing with four other men in baseball attire, and the other depicts a crowd, presumably watching a baseball game, in Chattanooga's Engel Stadium.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of one letter dated April 16, 1854, addressed to "Sir" from an unknown Senator discussing the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The author is opposed to the legislation, stating they helped to defeat the bill in the preceding session because there was no necessity for the organization of a territory west of Missouri -- “there being no white settlers” -- and it would be “a gross of the faith of the government pledged to the emigrant Indian Tribes.” The author feels the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of one letter dated April 16, 1854, addressed to "Sir" from an unknown Senator discussing the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The author is opposed to the legislation, stating they helped to defeat the bill in the preceding session because there was no necessity for the organization of a territory west of Missouri -- “there being no white settlers” -- and it would be “a gross of the faith of the government pledged to the emigrant Indian Tribes.” The author feels the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of three diaries kept by Robert Galbraith during the American Civil War.The first diary documents the beginning and end of 1863. Galbraith gives details of army positions and life. He is present at the Battle of Stones River on December 30 and 31, 1862 and continues to write about the movement of his regiment in the first days of 1863. There are no entries from January 13 to September 7, 1863. He is ill at Christmas and confined to bed.The...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of three diaries kept by Robert Galbraith during the American Civil War.The first diary documents the beginning and end of 1863. Galbraith gives details of army positions and life. He is present at the Battle of Stones River on December 30 and 31, 1862 and continues to write about the movement of his regiment in the first days of 1863. There are no entries from January 13 to September 7, 1863. He is ill at Christmas and confined to bed.The...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of three diaries kept by Robert Galbraith during the American Civil War.The first diary documents the beginning and end of 1863. Galbraith gives details of army positions and life. He is present at the Battle of Stones River on December 30 and 31, 1862 and continues to write about the movement of his regiment in the first days of 1863. There are no entries from January 13 to September 7, 1863. He is ill at Christmas and confined to bed.The...

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This document is a 154-page transcript of a tape recording of a conversation that took place between Dr. Robert S. Hartman and Dr. Robert E. Carter in Knoxville, Tennessee in April of 1970. Entitled Conversation on Intrinsic Value, it represents Hartman's thinking on one area of his philosophy.