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This collection consists of one hand-written copy by John Bell Brownlow of an affidavit filed at the pension office in Washington, D.C., dated June 23, 1880. The document concerns his disability claim of hemorrhoids and gives a detailed list of Brownlow's actions during the Civil War, the suffering of his disability following the war, and of the doctors and treatments he received.

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This collection consists of a letter and envelope postmarked May 26, 1862, in Nashville, Tenn., from Civil War soldier Frank Dale to Kate Moull, who writes of seeing her the previous day and that he may go to winter Quarters in Ohio soon.

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Orlando C. Geer wrote this letter to his sister Hattie from camp on the Elk River in Tennessee on July 15, 1863. In it, he discusses his unit's activities from June 24 to July 15, 1863, including their participation in a battle and camp life.

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This collection contains one letter, written in 1862 at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., by William H. Blake, 3rd Iowa Volunteers, Company C, to his brother. The letter discusses events leading to the Battle of Shiloh, and the large number of troops gathered and the beautiful sight to see so many men all together. Blake also describes trees cut down by cannon balls and the sight of a dead soldier.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of one letter from Asa M. Weston, of the 50th Ohio Infantry, Company K, to his sister, written in Cleveland, Tenn., on May 26, 1864. In the letter, Weston writes that he has been left in Cleveland to take charge of baggage while the rest of his regiment is in Georgia with Sherman's army. Weston tells of trading his rations for board and describes Cleveland as being a pretty town for a southern one. Weston also states that Lincoln needs to call out more men and...

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This collection consists of one letter from Theodore N. Hyde of the 9th Iowa Infantry, written in Bridgeport, Ala., to his parents on November 19, 1863. In the letter, Hyde writes of the hard marching along the Tennessee River and battling a rebel force in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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This collection consists of one letter from Phoebe Cross to her sister. Written on February 2, 1862, Cross describes her life and family in East Tennessee while her husband is at war, as well as relaying information about her husband and other family members enlisted in the Civil War. Cross mentions that -if the Federals ever take Fort Henry we are ruined for there are traitors from this very place, who have joined the enemy-

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This collection consists of one letter, dated January 30, 1793, to Hugh Bradshaw concerning a payment by John Rice of one hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Carolina for twenty acres of land in Davidson County, N.C.

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This collection consists of one document, dated September 8, 1817, which is a survey of land in White County, Tenn., written by Woodson P. White, concerning eighty-six-and-a-half acres for Thomas Hopkins.

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This collection consists of one letter from John Bell, then Secretary of War, to William Brownlow, publisher of The Whig newspaper. Written on August 30, 1844, Bell discusses in the letter his support for Henry Clay in 1839 after Brownlow wrote in a book that the only man who had the holding in 1839 to come out openly for Clay was future Governor James C. Jones.

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This collection consists of an undated black and white photograph of Martha Johnson Patterson, daughter of President Andrew Johnson.

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This collection consists of an article, written by David Dale Dickey on April 7, 1999, and is an account of his paratrooper training at Fort Benning, Georgia, during the summer of 1946, immediately following his Infantry basic training.

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This collection consists of a notebook for Engineer Candidate's School, handwritten in October 1918, by John B. Wheeler. The notebook consists of a section on Obstacles, including Fire and Communicating Trenches, Organizations of Positions, and Earth Works, and a section on Military Bridges, including Military Bridges in General, Bridge Reconnaissance, and Pontons.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection includes a National World War II Memorial kit, and a Veterans History Project kit. The National World War II Memorial kit includes Memorial dedication information, including a list of events, a fact sheet for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, pamphlets, and a newsletter, featuring a message from Senator Bob Dole. The Veterans History Project kit includes information from the Library of Congress and the American Folklife Center, including a Memoir Kit for writing personal wartime...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: A letter written from a man named W. L Salsbury to his wife from Hurricane Bridge, Tennessee on August 4, 1864 during the Civil War. In the letter he writes to tell her that he will soon be coming home from his service. He also later states that he received orders to report back to Tringto within ten days of the end of his current service. He tells his wife that he will use the ten days to come home to her, and talk face to face. He also writes to tell her that other men in his company are...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains a letter written by William Klice to hisfather and mother on September 7,1862. Klice was a Union soldier in the 7th Missouri Volunteers, Company A. In the letter he describes skirmishes on the Mississippi Central Railroad and at Medon Station, Tennessee. He tells of one skirmish in which they had come under attack from a group of rebels: They charged up a steep hill and charged into the woods after the rebels. The rebels retreated even though they had some five...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of a type-written, soft-bound copy of the Diary of Captain William J. Robinson, published in 1975. The diary focuses on the time Robinson spent as a prisoner on Johnson's Island, and originally contained autographs of one hundred six fellow Confederate officers who were also prisoners on Johnson's Island, a tribute to Marmaduke Cox, who died on Johnson's Island, a list of the Tennesseans held at the prison, and daily entries from the time of his capture through March...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The George M. Hall Travel Diary was written on a trip to South Africa to attend the XV International Geological Conference in 1929. Hall’s journey began and ended with a shipboard journey of a month, and he spent another month before and after the Congress traveling around Africa, for total of five months recorded in the diary. He describes his travels, people he met, lectures and mine tours, and his ideas about contemporary issues such as Prohibition. At the back of the book are a list of...