Bibliographic Records
Database:
Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee
Query:
vvcat: "D.24"
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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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| 152 |
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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| 153 |
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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| 154 |
Title: Ackermann, Heini in Camp Forrest, Tennessee to Ackermann, Melitta in Nassau, Germany
Author : Heini Ackermann
Recipient : Melitta Ackermann
Date Created: 1943-11-09
Abstract: Letter from Obergefrieter Heini Ackermann, a prisoner at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, a WWII Prisoner of War Camp, to his wife, Melitta Ackermann, in Germany. November 9, 1943.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Heini Ackermann Letter
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001940
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| 155 |
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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Title: 1804 June 25, War Department [to] Colonel Return J. Meigs, South West Point, Tennessee
Author : Henry Dearborn
Date Created: 1804-06-25
Abstract: This document is a letter written by Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, to Return J. Meigs, Agent to the War Department. Dearborn instructs Meigs to provide a horse and safe passage to Missouri for a Captain Randal.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003127
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| 157 |
Title: 1838 Jun. 15 [to] H.D. Jameson
Author : Henry King
Date Created: 1838-06-15
Abstract: This is a letter dated June 15, 1838 from Henry King to his uncle H.D. Jameson. In the letter King writes to his mother, and expresses his well-being as part of his battalion.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002919
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| 158 |
Title: 1838 Jun. 4, Ross Landing, Louisiana [to] James King, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Author : Henry King
Date Created: 1838-06-04
Abstract: This is a letter dated June 4, 1838 from Henry King to his father James King. In the letter, Henry details a few days in his life as a soldier, and some details of his movements.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002918
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| 159 |
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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| 160 |
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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| 161 |
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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| 162 |
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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| 163 |
Title: A draught of the Cherokee Country
Cartographer : Henry Timberlake
Date Created: 1974
Abstract: This is a (1974 ?) facsimile of a map, originally drawn in 1762 by British army officer Henry Timberlake, depicting the Overhill Cherokee villages in the lower Little Tennessee River Valley. This map shows the villages of Toskegee [Tuskeegee], Tomotley [Tomotley], and Settaco [Citico], which were among the 60 Cherokee settlements in the Southeastern states during the 18th century. Lieutenant Timberlake went to the village of Chota, considered to be the capital of the Cherokee settlements, in 1761 to explain the provisions of a peace treaty with the colonists after the siege of Fort Loudoun. Timberlake lived among the Cherokees for a year and visited many of the Overhill villages.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: Frank H. McClung Museum Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Frank H. McClung Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002541
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| 164 |
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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| 165 |
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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| 166 |
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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| 167 |
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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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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Title: Private Horace C. Dodson in France to Mrs. W.R. Dodson in Riceville, Tennessee
Author : Horace C. Dodson
Recipient : W.R. Dodson
Date Created: 1918-09-24
Abstract: A letter from Private Horace C. Dodson, stationed in France during World War II, to Mrs. W.R. Dodson in Riceville, TN. In the letter, Horace states that he is in good health, on land which the Germans had recently occupied. He also says that he likes the Australian soldiers he is stationed near and that he has a good commanding officer.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Englewood Textile Museum
Contributing Institution: Englewood Textile Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002831
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Title: Horace Maynard, Washington, D.C.
Author : Horace Maynard, 1814-1882
Recipient : William G. Brownlow, 1805-1877
Date Created: 1862-07-08
Abstract: Horace Maynard in Washington writes his regrets that he could not go with Brownlow to Pottsville, but he did not feel that he could be absent from Congress. Mentions Everson Etheridge. Mentions news from Edward Maynard that 8,000 "rebels" are in Knoxville and that John M. Thornburgh, Learned(?) Johnson, Squin Gailbraith (?), O.P. Temple, and John Baxter have been arrested, sent to Tuscaloosa, and are either dead or dying, which confirms Brownlow`s "intelligence." Mentions Trigg.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: William G. Brownlow Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001806
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| 171 |
Title: Horace Maynard, Massachusetts
Author : Horace Maynard, 1814-1882
Recipient : William G. Brownlow, 1805-1877
Date Created: 1862-10-03
Abstract: Horace Maynard writing from Massachusetts mentions previous letter addressed to Brownlow in Philadelphia, "not knowing your present address." Mentions writing to Judge Trigg without receiving yet a reply. Says that the troops have left Cumberland and are marching towards the Ohio River. Mentions writing "a strong letter to the President" urging help for East Tennessee. Mentions his wife would like to hear from the Brownlow family.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: William G. Brownlow Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001807
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| 172 |
Title: 1838 10 April, Order concerning stolen property
Author : Hugh Montgomery
Signer : Judge Browns
Date Created: 1838-04-10
Abstract: This is an order by the Secretary of War and signed by Judge Browns concerning the return of stolen property to one Ambrose Harnage, ostensibly Cherokee. The order was carried out by Hugh Montgomery, agent to the Cherokees.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003096
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| 173 |
Title: Kentucky Once So Proud and Free
Composer : Hugo de la Fourche
Lyricist : Cordie Elliott
Date Created: 1863
Abstract: This piece of sheet music is included in a bound volume once belonging to Tennessee resident, Miss Nora Gardner. This song is a plea to the state of Kentucky to stay with and fight for the Confederacy. On the cover is a handwritten inscription to "Miss Nora Gardner from a Friend May 1863."
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=200800000001501
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| 174 |
Title: Isaac Baker in White Pine, Tennessee to O.P. Temple in Knoxville, Tennessee
Author : Isaac Baker
Recipient : Oliver Perry Temple, 1820-1907
Date Created: 1892-09-06
Abstract: Baker requests a letter of company and regiment giving his date of enlistment and discharge so that he may apply for a position. Baker states that he and Temple served in the same Regiment in 1836 during the Cherokee War.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: The O.P. Temple Papers, 1832-1909
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001664
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Title: Isaac T. Reneau in Tompkinsville, KY to Andrew Johnson in Nashville, TN
Author : Isaac T. Reneau
Date Created: 1862-03-31
Abstract: Reverend Isaac Reneau writes to Military Governor Andrew Johnson of Tennessee to plead for justice against Confederate guerillas Champ Ferguson and Oliver Hamilton. He provides a physical description of each man, as well as details of some of their crimes. He quotes Hamilton as saying he would kill every Union man he could find, and if he could not find any, he`d kill any boy old enough to plow the fields. Reneau identifies himself as the descendent of the Tiptons and the Reneaus of East Tennessee. He requests that by "all that binds loyal man to loyal man, gentleman to gentleman, and Christian to Christian" Johnson never let anyone know his name or his life would be forfeit to the ambition of Hamilton and Ferguson.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001880
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