Patriotic letterhead

Here are three examples of patriotic letterhead from a Union soldier:

These are from letters for sale at auction.

Col Thomas W White, Co K, 9th Mississippi; fought at Franklin

Sharp’s men desperately attempted to make some additional headway, but it was to no avail. Col. William H. Bishop, commander of the consolidated 7th/ 9th Mississippi Infantry, was killed as were Pvts. Benjamin Wade, James Kenney, and Daniel McGill, all of whom were members of the 10th Mississippi Infantry. Cpl. A. S. Weatherall of the 41st Mississippi was also killed and so was Pvt. Henry Wilson of the 44th Mississippi. Capt.

Jacobson, Eric A. (2013-11-01). For Cause and Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin (Kindle Locations 8055-8058). O’More Publishing. Kindle Edition.

The Bardstown Civil War Museum

 

Artifacts belonging to J. Mitchel of the 1st Tennessee Infantry

The 1st TN fought in Maney’s Brigade at Franklin. These artifacts belonging to J. Mitchel are in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond.

 

Tod Carter’s pass

The Battle of Franklin Trust recently announced that they acquired the original pass Tod Carter had just before the Battle of Franklin started.

Tod Carter’s parole pass [Battle of Franklin Trust]

The night before the Battle of Franklin (29th) it is believed that Tod spent the night at his friend’s Green Neeley’s house. This map below shows where the Neeley House was, right next to the Columbia Pike. That means the entire Federal Army would’ve marched right past Tod that night. Surely he would’ve heard that!?  If true, the whole event leaves more questions than it answers.

Image: Neeley House, Williamson County Historical Society

 

Regarding Tod’s visit to the Neeley home Jacobson says:

In Capt. Tod Carter of the Confederate States Army: A Biographical Word Portrait by Rosalie Carter, p. 34-36, it states Gen. Smith gave Tod a pass on Nov. 28 allowing him to visit his family. The sketch details how Tod and Sgt. James Cooper, made it from Columbia as far as the home of Green Neely, who owned a home near the northern base of Breezy Hill, by the evening of Nov. 29. However, their journey was interrupted by the arrival of Federal troops. A secondhand story included in the sketch claims Tod somehow made his way to the Carter garden before a family member waved him off because the Federals occupied the house. Because the sketch contains an image of the pass Smith signed, the first part of the story is obviously genuine. However, the latter part, which was related by a former slave to a newspaper correspondent years after the war, is highly questionable. It is improbable that Carter would have been able to get near his family’s property because the area was swarming with enemy soldiers by dawn. If anything, Carter and Cooper were forced to leave Neely’s house to avoid capture by the Yankees and later rejoined their unit.

Jacobson, Eric A. (2013-11-01). For Cause and Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin (Kindle Locations 5417-5424). O’More Publishing. Kindle Edition.

Slave trousers of a young boy c. 1840

These trousers were worn by a young slave boy around 1840. They are on exhibit at The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg.

Slave boy trousers, c 1840