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This collection contains four poems written by an unidentified soldier in 1862.

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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.

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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. This handwritten copy entitled "Old Tennessee" includes four verses and the chorus of the song. Some words of the handwritten version differ from the 1851 published version.

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...

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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.