A letter from Isaac Morgan Leihy and his wife Ruth Leihy to their son-in-law and Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st...
A photograph of the 1st Tennessee Volunteers, reading letters in front of their tent at Camp Merritt, San Francisco, California, in 1898.
The First Tennessee Regiment was mustered into federal service in Nashville circa May, 1898. Selected by the...
A photograph of the 1st Tennessee Volunteers in front of tent at Camp Merritt, San Francisco, California, in 1898. The First Tennessee Regiment was mustered into federal service in Nashville circa May, 1898. Selected by the War Department for...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, to his wife, Eunice, in the years following the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. ...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, to his wife, Eunice, in the years following the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. ...
An 1898 photograph of some of the members of Co. F. of 1st Tennessee Volunteers when in line getting their dinner at Camp Merritt, San Francisco, California. The First Tennessee Regiment was mustered into federal service in Nashville circa May,...
A studio portrait (seated) of a Nashville soldier, Private John Knopp of the 1st Tennessee Volunteers, 1898 at Camp Merritt, California. The card index identifies the soldier as "John Knopp," while the Knopp surname referenced in the regimental...
A photograph of two soldiers of the First Tennessee Regiment, mustered into service at Nashville, Tennessee on 26 May 1898. The regiment trained at Camp Merritt, San Francisco, before being sent to the Philippine Islands. The First Tennessee was...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery, conducted on the 09 February 1981 and the 13 February 1981 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Avery, the...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, to his wife, Eunice, in the years following the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. ...
M. Werthan and Company was founded by Meier Werthan in 1895. He was originally in the business of buying, reconditioning, and selling used burlap bags. By 1913, the business expanded into the manufacture of new textile bags, made of cotton fabric...
A postcard of the Draughon Building in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The 1930 Nashville City Directory lists their address at 124-126 8th Avenue North. The early 20th century postcard description reads: "Nashville, Tenn., home office of Draughon's...
A photograph of the Cathedral of the Incarnation located at 2015 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. The construction of this Catholic church began in 1907. Bishop Byrne first built the rectory, then the school (St. Albert Hall), and finally...
Willard Thomas was born in Logansport, Louisiana, one of nine children.[5] His father played the fiddle, and three brothers Joe L., Jesse, and Willard learnt to play the guitar, with Willard particularly practising slide guitar techniques.[1]...