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Thomas Doak Edington Diary
Collection
Identifier: MS-1181
Abstract
This collection consists of a typed copy of Thomas Doak Edington's diary which he kept while serving as a Captain in Company A of the 6th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (USA) during the Civil War. In it, he discuses his unit's movements, camp life, his health, battles, the weather, foraging for food and supplies, drills, pickets, and administrative tasks. This transcript also includes a forward by John F. Edington and a list of the members of Company A still living as of November 15, 1917.
Dates:
1862 March 2-1865 May 11, 1898 June 13, 1917 November 15
W. M. Creamer Letter
Collection
Identifier: MS-2136
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1863 February 24
William A. Huddard Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-2119
Abstract
This is a collection of sixty-one letters written by William A. Huddard to his father during the Civil War. The letters begin in June 1861 and end in April 1864. Huddard’s letters to his father describe many aspects of life in the western armies during the war. He describes battles, camp life, enemy combatants, the environment, furloughs, his health, rumors, and weather.
Dates:
1861-1864
William Jay Smith Autobiographical Sketch
Collection
Identifier: MS-0909
Abstract
In this autobiographical sketch, William Jay Smith describes his military career and ends with his election to the Tennessee Senate in 1867.
Dates:
circa 1867
William T. Presley Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MS-2783
Abstract
William T. Presley of Company A of the 1st Alabama Cavalry wrote these two letters to his wife, Henrietta (Ward) Presley, in Prattville, Alabama. In the first letter, dated September 30, 1862 from camp direction Chattanooga, Presley mentions his need for a new horse, arguing that "all men that are worthy property ought to help us poor creatures that have left our families to fight to protect them as well as our own families." In the second letter, dated April 7, 1863 from camp near...
Dates:
1862 September 30, 1863 April 7
William T. Presley Letter
Collection
Identifier: MS-2135
Abstract
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...
Dates:
1863 July 14
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- Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Cavalry Battalion, 1st. 2
- Cumberland Gap Campaign, 1862. 2
- Knox County (Tenn.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 2
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- Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863. 1
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- United States. Army. Artillery Regiment, 4th. 1
- United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 24th (1861-1864). 1
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- United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1864) 1
- United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 141st (1862-1865). 1
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- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 124th (1861-1864). 1
- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 16th (1861-1864). 1
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- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 69th (1861-1865). 1
- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 90th (1861-1864). 1
- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 94th (1862-1865). 1
- United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864) 1
- United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 111th (1862-1865). 1
- United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 78th (1861-1865). 1
- United States. Army. Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). 1
- United States. Army. Tennessee Calvary Regiment, 1st Middle (1861-1865). 1
- United States. Army. Tennessee Calvary Regiment, 5th (1861-1865). 1
- United States. Army. Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865). 1
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- Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 1
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