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Title: H.N. Trombley in New York, NY to Gen. John Eaton in Nashville, TN
Author : H. N. Trombley
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1868-10-07
Abstract: Discussion of bonds issued by the State of Tennessee and the writer`s belief that they are being manipulated by state officials and men of wealth.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001748
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| 177 |
Title: H.N. Trombly, New York, NY to Gen. John Eaton in Nashville, TN
Author : H. N. Trombly
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1867-09-23
Abstract: Discusses selling his Tennessee bonds after learning that the state had to borrow money to pay its July interest. Asks for information concerning this and what provisions Tennessee can make for paying interest on its bonds in January. Congratulates Eaton on his success in the election and mentions the Negroes` part in the election.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001784
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| 178 |
Title: H. Pomeroy in Chattanooga, TN to Gen. John Eaton, Jr., in Washington, D.C.
Author : H. Pomeroy
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1870-02-15
Abstract: Pomeroy desires Eaton`s help in replacing Gaw as civil engineer in charge of Tennessee River development in Chattanooga. Gaw is only moderately qualified and is a Copperhead. Weitzel is in charge of these appointments but would be influenced by his superiors in Washington. Reminder that the writer has had experience in work on canals, rivers, and railroads. Will attend a meeting for the reorganization of their party in Nashville.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence
Contributing Institution: Special Collections, Hoskins Library, University of Tennessee
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001704
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| 179 |
Title: H. Pomeroy in Chattanooga, TN to General John Eaton in Washington, D.C.
Author : H. Pomeroy
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1870-03-12
Abstract: Pomeroy describes the letter he sent to the Chicago Republican.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001715
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| 180 |
Title: H.S. Hay in Champaign, IL to Gen. John Eaton in Nashville, TN
Author : H. S. Hay
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1867-09-13
Abstract: Asks Eaton`s help in getting a pension. Informs him that the disease contracted while in the service is responsible for his present poor health.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001783
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| 181 |
Title: H.S. Hay in Champaign, IL to Gen. John Eaton in Nashville, TN
Author : H. S. Hay
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1869-02-05
Abstract: Observes that for two years the writer has been trying to contact Eaton and obtain a certificate from him. Reminder that this certificate from him is all that is needed in order for the writer to receive a pension for a disease contracted during the war.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001737
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| 182 |
Title: H.S. Hay in Urbana, IL to Col. John Eaton in Memphis, TN
Author : H. S. Hay
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1867-03-15
Abstract: Requests aid in being placed on the pension list for disabled Union soldiers. Description of his service during the war and his contracting of chronic diarrhea due to exposure. Mention of manuscripts belonging to his deceased wife.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001786
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| 183 |
Title: H.S. Melcher in LaGrange, TN to Gen. John Eaton, Jr. in Nashville, TN
Author : H. S. Melcher
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1868-03-02
Abstract: Asks Eaton to inform him of the status of bills regarding county commissioners and a committee concerned with damages suffered by loyal citizens during the war. Expression of hope that President Johnson will be "disposed of" by Congress and that Union men in the writer`s area may live under more favorable conditions.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000786
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| 184 |
Title: Union Soldiers
Photographer : H.A. Balch
Date Created: 1866-04-30
Abstract: A 1866 composite print of Union Soldiers from Fort Pickering in Memphis, TN. The print is stamped on front with the following information. "H.A. Balch, 249 Main St., Memphis, April 30, 1866." The print was donated by Mrs. Adam Izzo. Box 1, Folder 1
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Memphians During War
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002263
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| 185 |
Title: Elk River Lands for Sale Notice
Signer : H.H. Aymett
Date Created: 1874-09-24
Abstract: Notice for the sale of Elk River Lands, to be sold on Saturday, October 24th, 1874, by H.H. Aymett. The land has a good "gin and press," 2 or more lasting springs, and is well adapted to corn and cotton culture, as well as stock raising.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Historical County Records
Contributing Institution: Giles County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003434
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| 186 |
Title: Letter to Gen. Eaton April 23, 1869
Author : Hale
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1869-04-23
Abstract: The letter relates the writer`s New Hamphire birth and his moving and settling in Fentress County, Tennessee, where he prospered from his farm and mill. It tells of a speech given by Horace Maynard in Fentress County before the outbreak of the war and the temper of the people in the community at the time. The letter then proceeds with a long detailed account of the writer`s wartime service with Union forces as a scout under General Thomas in Tennessee and Kentucky, involving many small instances of bravery and treachery and encounters with the enemy through four years of war. Records the mistreatment of the writer`s family and the burning of his farm by rebels and the hatred of him which is still strong in his community. Some events are written up and signed by those who eitnessed them. The letter is incomplete. Only 12 or the 27 pages remain.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John H. Eaton Jr. Papers, 1865-1881
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000750
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| 187 |
Title: Claim of Hanny Cothen
Signer : Hanny Cothen
Signer : L. L. Cole
Date Created: 1864-06-15
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: County Records
Contributing Institution: Lincoln County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003597
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| 188 |
Title: Union March
Composer : Hans Krummacher
Lithographer : A. Hoen & Co.
Date Created: 1860
Abstract: This piece of sheet music is included in a bound volume once owned by Miss Nora Gardner, a resident of Tennessee. This particular piece is a piano march and is dedicated to "the Hon. J. Alfred Pearce. Maryland." and has on the cover a lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. of an eagle holding a fireball in one talon and what could be interpreted as Lady Liberty holding a silver chalise surrounded by flowering vines. In the upper right corner of the cover is a pencil inscription that reads "Nora E. Gardner Columbia Tenn."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002574
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| 189 |
Title: Babylon is Fallen!
Composer : Henry C. (Henry Clay) Work, 1832-1884
Date Created: 1863
Abstract: Listed on the front cover as the "Sequel to 'Kingdom Coming.'" The cover depicts six black uniformed men holding rifles with one black uniformed man holding a sword on one white uniformed man, presumably a Confederate soldier, since the song lyrics state in slave dialect that "Dem is only darkeys, Come to jine an' fight for Uncle Sam." "Miss Nora Lee Gardner from a friend A. B. Wall" is inscribed in pencil at the top of the cover. Included in a bound volume of sheet music once belonging to Tennessee resident Miss Nora Gardner.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002640
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| 190 |
Title: Come Home Father
Lyricist : Henry C. (Henry Clay) Work, 1832-1884
Composer : Henry C. (Henry Clay) Work, 1832-1884
Date Created: 1864
Abstract: "'Tis the Song of Little Mary, Standing at the bar-room door, While the shameful midnight revel Rages wildly as before." is printed at the top of the first page. Included in a bound volume of sheet music that belonged to Miss Nora Gardner of Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002682
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| 191 |
Title: The Blue and the Gray
Composer : Henry M Butler
Date Created: 1886
Abstract: Sheet music cover illustration showing Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee shaking hands amidst discarded, broken remnants of the Civil War.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001447
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| 192 |
Title: Lease
Associated name : Henry S. Fitch
Date Created: 1862-08-01
Abstract: A one-year lease made between Captain Henry S. Fitch of the Union army and F. Hungerford that states that Union Major-General Sherman ordered possession of all vacant abandoned and confiscated buildings in Memphis, and that the Quartermaster`s Department of the Post will rent them to citizens. The rent was paid to the United States, and the lease for this property the rent was twenty dollars per month payable monthly. The lease states that Hungerford will use the property as his dwelling, and then describes the property`s location. The lease was signed by Fitch, McDonald and Hungerford. The lease was made on August 1, 1862. There is a later addition in pencil reading "US Army of occupation."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Memphians During War
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002695
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| 193 |
Title: The Vacant Chair
Lyricist : Henry S. Washburn
Date Created: 1864
Abstract: Handwritten lyrics of the song "The Vacant Chair" on the back of a piece of sheet music [006289-SMVOL]. "The Vacant Chair" was written by Henry S. Washburn in 1861. This handwritten copy is signed "'Eloise'" and dated "Enterprise Miss Oct 26th 1864." Included in a bound volume of sheet music that belonged to Tennessee resident, Miss Nora Gardner.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002663
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| 194 |
Title: Rebel Claim No. 122
Signer : Henry Thurmond
Date Created: 1868-06-02
Abstract: This is a claim filed by Hardeman County, Tennessee, citizens after the Civil War for damages caused by the Confederate Army. The document includes an inventory of the damages. The Confederate Army is referred to in the document as the Rebel Army. The Civil War is identified as the Rebellion. The claim had to include witnesses who could vouch that the claimant had never given "aid, comfort, countenance, or encouragement" to the rebellion. This particular claim was rejected.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Rebel Claims
Contributing Institution: Bolivar-Hardeman County Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003558
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| 195 |
Title: The Southern Boys
Adapter : Herman L Schreiner
Date Created: 1861
Abstract: This piece of sheet music is included in a bound volume that belonged to Tennessee resident Miss Nora Gardner. This is a Confederate fight song, urging the Confederate soldiers to "Cheer, boys, cheer" to do their "duty" and fight for the Confederacy. On the back of the last page there is a handwritten poem, presumably written by Miss Gardner.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001502
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| 196 |
Title: Love-Spell Mazurka
Composer : Hermann L. Schreiner
Date Created: 1864
Abstract: This piece of Confederate sheet music has "To Sister Nora from her Bro Will Crawford Miss Nov 14/64" inscribed in pencil along the top of the cover. Included in a bound volume of sheet music that was owned by Miss Nora Gardner of Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002667
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| 197 |
Title: Take Me Home
Composer : Hermann L. Schreiner
Printer : J.F. Weeks
Date Created: 1864
Abstract: This piece of Confederate sheet music reflects a longing to return to the South. "To Sister Nora from Bro Will Crawford, Miss. Nov 14/64" is inscribed in pencil on the cover. Included in a bound volume of sheet music once owned by Tennessee resident, Miss Nora Gardner.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002661
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| 198 |
Title: Empire State Grand March
Composer : Hermann L. Schreiner
Lithographer : Gray & Valory
Date Created: 1864
Abstract: This piece of Confederate sheet music is an homage to Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown, who served in that capacity from 1857 through 1865. "To my Sister Nora from her Brother Will," "Crawford, Miss. Nov. 10/64" and "Gov. Brown of Georgia" are inscribed in pencil along the bottom of the cover, which has a lithograph of Gov. Brown. It is included in a bound volume of sheet music once wned by Tennessee resident, Miss Nora Gardner.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002653
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| 199 |
Title: Rebel Claim No. 137
Complainant : Hill Gibson
Date Created: 1868-06-05
Abstract: This is an approved claim filed by Hardeman County, Tennessee, citizens after the Civil War for damages caused by the Confederate Army. The document includes an inventory of the damages. The Confederate Army is referred to in the document as the Rebel Army. The Civil War is identified as the Rebellion. The claim had to include witnesses who could vouch that the claimant had never given "aid, comfort, countenance, or encouragement" to the rebellion.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Rebel Claims
Contributing Institution: Bolivar-Hardeman County Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003563
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| 200 |
Title: Gillespie, Hobart L. in Freedom, Washington County, Tennessee to Temple, O.P. in Knoxville, Tennessee
Author : Hobart L. Gillespie
Recipient : Oliver P. Temple
Date Created: 1860-10-17
Abstract: Mr. Gillespie inquires of O.P. Temple about a slave named Gipson that Gillespie has purchased from William McClellan who lives near Knoxville. Gillespie needs to know if McClellan`s wife has any vested interest and needs to sign the bill of sale.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: The O.P. Temple Papers, 1832-
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001350
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