| 476 |
Title: Steamboat Hiwassee
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1852
Abstract: Capital stock records for the Steamboat Highwassee includes list of stockholders with amount of stock held and payments to be made for shares.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Cleveland Public Library History Branch Collection
Contributing Institution: Southeast Tennessee Digital Archive Cleveland State Community College
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000789
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| 477 |
Title: Nelson Rogers House Sketch
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1862-05-12
Abstract: A pencil sketch of Nelson Rogers` house in Farmington, Tennessee dated May 12, 1862. In the upper right corner is written "In the days when we went Gipsiying." The verso side contains a part of a 19th century song.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nelson Rogers House Sketch, 1862 May 12
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001524
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| 478 |
Title: Evansville and Nashville Regular Weekly Packet Invoice
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1869-02-28
Abstract: Merchandise transported on the Cumberland River via the Fanny Brandeis Steamer. Invoice reads: Evansville and Nashville Regular Weekly Packet Invoice, Henry Miller, Master, Kitt Rudd, Clerk, February 28, 1869, Ed Walters, To Steamer Fanny Brandeis, To Freight Coal , Received Payment.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Clarksville Montgomery County Photographs
Contributing Institution: Austin Peay State University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002065
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| 479 |
Title: General store records from Washington, Tennessee
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1869-05
Abstract: These are seven pages of accounts and purchases from a general store in Washington, Tennessee in 1869. Items bought include: tobacco, umbrellas, cloth, salt, flour, and sugar, among many other items. It is not clear whether this ledger is from Washington, Tennessee, a city that does not exist anymore or Washington County. The ledger is located in Dayton, Tennessee which is a few hundred miles from Washington County, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Clyde W. Roddy Public Library
Contributing Institution: Clyde W. Roddy Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002757
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| 480 |
Title: John Wesley Cheairs
Creator : unknown
Associated name : John Wesley Cheairs, 1806-1873
Date Created: 1855 - 1873
Abstract: Photograph of John Wesley Cheairs, son of Nathaniel F. Cheairs by Whitehurt Extensive Photograph Gallery, 123 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Cheairs Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Rippavilla Plantation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000386
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| 481 |
Title: Civil War Veteran questionnaire
Creator : unknown
Interviewee : Amos Blanch Jones
Date Created: 1900 - 1930
Abstract: Dr. Amos Blanch Jones, who was president of Memphis Conference Female Institute in Jackson, Tennessee, from 1878-1880, and 1897-1911, responds to a query about the lives of Confederate veterans.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: The Amos Blanch Jones Collection
Contributing Institution: Lambuth University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001035
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| 482 |
Title: Hattie Ackerman
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1869 - 1878
Abstract: Hattie Ackerman was one of the first teachers Chattanooga, Tennessee. She opened a private school in the city in 1869 and entered the public school system after it was established 1872. She lived from 1850 until 1878 when she died of yellow fever.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Chattanooga Times Portrait Collection
Contributing Institution: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001551
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| 483 |
Title: Regular Cumberland River Packet Invoice
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1868-03-23
Abstract: Invoice for merchandise transported to the Dover port on the Cumberland River. The invoice reads: Regular Cumberland River Packet, James Paul, Master, Dover 23 March 1868, To Steamer Mollie Gratz, Jr. 24 Plows and 3 Bundles, 7.40 Received Payment Paul, Clerk.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Clarksville Montgomery County Photographs
Contributing Institution: Austin Peay State University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002064
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| 484 |
Title: Carpetbag
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1863 - 1877
Abstract: Caption reads: "Carpet Bag which gave rise to the infamous Yankees who carried this type bag into the South after the Civil War." This quote refers to the name "Carpetbaggers" given to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Museum of Appalachia
Contributing Institution: Museum of Appalachia
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000512
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| 485 |
Title: Johnson's Love for the Soldier: anti-Andrew Johnson political cartoon
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1866
Abstract: A political cartoon card with two woodcut illustrations: one depicting a black soldier asking for and receiving a bounty of $300 for service in the Union army, the other showing a one-legged white Civil War veteran asking for an extra bounty of $100, to which request the "Johnson paymaster" replies, "I am very sorry, but the President says the brave black troops must be paid first." On the verso is printed some Republican party propaganda, which poses the question: "Which is the White Man's Party?" and accuses Johnson and the Democrats of being in favor of suffrage for African-Americans.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Ephemera Collection
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001537
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| 486 |
Title: Massacre at Fort Pillow
Illustrator : unknown
Date Created: 1864-04-30
Abstract: A sketch from Harper's Weekly graphically depicting Confederate soldiers taking part in what becamce known as "the massacre at Fort Pillow" in Henning, TN, against an infantry of African American soldiers.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Prints from Harpers Weekly Newspaper and Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002837
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| 487 |
Title: Major Thomas "Tommy" Tucker, C.S.A.
Photographer : unknown
Associated name : Thomas Tucker
Date Created: 1861
Abstract: Major Thomas "Tommy" Tucker, C.S.A. Jenny became engaged to 2nd Lieutenant Tucker while visiting her father and the 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment in Bowling Green in 1861. Lieutenant Tucker defeated Nathaniel Cheairs in the election for major of the 3rd Tennessee Infantry when the unit reorganized in 1862. He was killed at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, December 31, 1862.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Cheairs Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Rippavilla Plantation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000383
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| 488 |
Title: Dam in Englewood, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Attributed name : Community Action Group of Englewood
Date Created: 1900 - 1950
Abstract: This dam is the second and larger dam built on Chestuee Creek to furnish power for the Eurka Cotton Mills in Englewood, Tennessee. It is thought to be built in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Englewood Textile Museum
Contributing Institution: Englewood Textile Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000494
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| 489 |
Title: Jennie Cheairs Hickey with baby Austin
Photographer : unknown
Associated name : Jennie Cheairs Hickey
Date Created: 1860
Abstract: Photograph of Jennie Cheairs Hickey with her baby son Austin.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Cheairs Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Rippavilla Plantation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000382
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| 490 |
Title: View from the courthouse cupola looking north, 2
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1862 - 1865
Abstract: This is a view from the courthouse cupola looking north. Someone labeled the church in the foreground as the Baptist Church, but it is believed to be the Methodist Church at the corner of North Church Street and College Street.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Occupied Murfreesboro
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002802
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| 491 |
Title: View of the public square looking west
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1862 - 1865
Abstract: This photograph depicts a view of the public square looking west. Union Army encampment structures are surrounding the courthouse, which is situated on the left, unseen on the photograph. A stone and brick wall that surrounded the lawn is partially demolished; Union soldiers used the wall's materials to construct chimneys for their tents. An iron fence replaced the wall in 1870. The town well is visible to the right.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Occupied Murfreesboro
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002796
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| 492 |
Title: Martin Terrell Cheairs
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1860
Abstract: Photograph of Martin Terrell Cheairs, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Cheairs.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Cheairs Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Rippavilla Plantation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000387
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| 493 |
Title: View of the public square, possibly the south side
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1862
Abstract: This photograph depicts a view of the public square, possibly the south side. Note the evidence of the Union camp on the courthouse lawn.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Occupied Murfreesboro
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002797
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| 494 |
Title: View from the courthouse cupola looking north
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1862 - 1865
Abstract: This photograph depicts a view from the courthouse cupola looking north. In the foreground is one of several carriage shops located in Murfreesboro. The large building in the distance with numerous chimneys is the Soule Female College. Soule was founded in 1852 and served as a hospital during the war.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Occupied Murfreesboro
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002801
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| 495 |
Title: The Polk County Jail
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1976-11
Abstract: This is a photograph of the Polk County Jail. There is an old-fashioned police car parked out front, alongside another regular automobile.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Images of Polk County
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000395
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| 496 |
Title: Uncle Louie
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1865 - 1910
Abstract: A former slave, the back of the photograph identifies him as "Uncle Louis" who lived to be 105 years old.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: The Fonville Neville Papers
Contributing Institution: Union University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001353
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| 497 |
Title: Photographs of William G. Brownlow
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1861 - 1869
Abstract: Two photographs of William Gannaway Brownlow from a carte-de-visite. Brownlow, was known as "The Fighting Parson" because of his colorful speeches and writing as a preacher, in his paper, The Knoxville Whig, and in politics. During the post-War Reconstruction period, 1865-1869, he served as Governor of Tennessee. During the Civil War he was against secession, as were many people in east Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Photo File
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001536
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| 498 |
Title: J.M. Armstrong
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1860 - 1865
Abstract: John McMillan Armstrong was third lieutenant in the local "Lookout Artillery" in Chattanooga, Tennessee that formed to protect the town and support the Confederate States during the Civil War. He was a native of Knoxville, attended Maryville College, and lived in South Carolina and Knox County before coming to Chattanooga. He lived from 1828-1897.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Chattanooga Times Portrait Collection
Contributing Institution: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001775
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| 499 |
Title: Postcard of William G. Brownlow and his home
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1865
Abstract: This tinted postcard presents William G. Brownlow's face against his home in Knoxville, TN. Brownlow, was known as "The Fighting Parson" because of his colorful speeches and writing as a preacher, in his paper, The Knoxville Whig, and in politics. During the post-War Reconstruction period, 1865-1869, he served as Governor of Tennessee. During the Civil War he was against secession, as were many people in east Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Photo File
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000322
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| 500 |
Title: View from the courthouse cupola looking east
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1862 - 1865
Abstract: This is a view from the courthouse cupola looking east down Main Street in Murfreesboro. On the left is the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, built in 1859. During the war, this church served as a hospital, barracks for Union troops, and prison for Confederate soldiers. On the right is the Christian Church. This church was used by various ministers for services during the war and therefore suffered little damage. The large building in the upper left is Union University, founded in 1848. During the war, this school served as a hospital and then as a refuge for former slaves.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Occupied Murfreesboro
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002800
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