Introduction and scope of collection
This collection of Civil War memorabilia and books was donated by Dr. Digby G.
Seymour, noted historian and author of Divided Loyalties:
Fort
Sanders
and the Civil War in
East Tennessee.
Consists chiefly of Civil War letters related to East Tennessee, authentic memorabilia related to both the CSA and Federal Civil War military armies spanning the years of 1854-1979. The collection contains 24 items, including several books related to the American Civil War.
Inventory List
.1 Album of Love. Manuscript
.2 Manual for Engineer Troops by Capt. J. C. Duane, New York, 1862.
.3 Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession; with a Narrative
of Personal Adventures Among the Rebels by W. G. Brownlow, 1862.
.4 Secession or Prose in Rhyme, and East Tennessee: A Poem by an East Tennessan.
Philadelphia, 1864.
.5 Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry by A. J. Vaughan,
1897.
.6 Framed manuscript: Lt. Maj. J[ames] Longstreet, 8th Inf., San Antonio, Texas,
June [?] [18]54.
.7 Rhode Island soldier’s uniform hat.
.8 Medal: “Souvenir, Sons of Veterans, Commandry in Chief, Sep[t], 16-19, 1895,
Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee.”
.9 Commemorative ribbon: “G.A.R.: Honor the Noble Dead, Joseph Heiser, Post No.
13, Maysville, Ky., In Memoriam.”
.10 Commemorative ribbon-pin: “Member: Society of the Army of Tennessee, Army
of the Tennessee, 29th Re-Union, Milwaukee, Oct. 17-28, 1897.”
.11 Letter of Bowlin E. Roberts, Fort Delaware, to Miss Jeannie Scott, McMinnville,
Tennessee, Dec. 17, 1864.
.12 Deed of Trust, George Lintz, to Robt. McKinney …
.13 Letter of R. G. Fain, to Capt. Sam R. Bachman, A.A.C.S., Dec. 27, 1861.
.14 The Testimony of A Refugee From East Tennessee by Hermann Bokum,
Chaplain, U.S.A., Philadelphia, 1863.
.15 Trust Bill of Sale, George Lintz to Jackson Drake …
.16 Illustrated print engraving: “Battle of Mill Spring, or Logan’s Cross Roads, Ky.,
Between a Confederate Force Under General Zollicoffer, and the Federal Troops,
Commanded by General Thomas, January 19th, 1862. From a Sketch by Henry
Love. C.f. map case.
.17 [educational] Navy & Arms. Co. replica of a 44 gun. location: basement storage
AB-0001
.18 Small flag “Everett Peabody, Post No. 108, G.A.R., Georgetown, Mass.”
.19 CSA Paper money: Twenty dollars, Apr. 6, 1863.
.20 Songs of the Civil War compiled and edited by Irwin Silber, Bonanza Books,
c1960.
.21 Southerners: Portrait of a People by Charles Kuralt, with Irwin Glusker, Oxmoor
House, 1986.
.22 The American Heritage Century Collection of Civil War Art. Editor, Stephen W.
Sears, c1974.
.23 Battles of the Civil War: 1861-1865: The Complete Kurz & Allison Prints, Fairfax
Press, 1979.
.24 Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War, Fairfax Press, facsimile reprint of the
1866 edition.
Last rev. 09/04/03