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Civil War Poetry
Collection
Identifier: MS-2315
Abstract
This collection contains four poems written by an unidentified soldier in 1862.
Dates:
1862
Fort Sanders
by Charles Ewing
Collection
Identifier: MS-1825
Abstract
This collection consists of a photocopied manuscript of Charles Ewing's poem "Fort Sanders." Written in 1940, "Fort Sanders" is a descriptive work that chronicles the events at the Battle of Fort Sanders, which took place in Knoxville in 1863.
Dates:
1940
Old Tennessee
(Song)
Collection
Identifier: MS-2165
Abstract
This collection consists of an unsigned, handwritten transcript of Stephen Foster's 1851 song Farewell My Lily Dear: A Plantation Melody with a variance in the text.
Dates:
undated
P. S. Atchley Poem and Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS-1469
Abstract
This collection consists of a poem and two letters. P. S. Atchley wrote the poem, which describes a Union soldier saying goodbye to "Dear Brother Green" as he dies in battle, for Aunt Mariah Hodges on April 21, 1866. A typescript of this document is also present. The first letter, from Sister Julia in Marietta, Georgia, is dated April 28-29, 1882 and describes the reaction to Juan running off with the "married washerwoman." The second, written by Side or Lide, is dated February 22, 1878 and...
Dates:
1866 April 21-1878 February 22
Sallie Morgan House Notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS-1363
Abstract
Sallie Morgan House Ewin used this notebook to record the song lyrics to popular songs in the American South during the time of the Civil War, as well as some of her own notes.
Dates:
circa 1863-1867