Tag Archives: 19th century

The Battle of Lookout Mountain

Posted on November 21, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Civil War, Cool Collections | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

This Thursday, November 24, is not only Thanksgiving Day, but also marks the 148th anniversary of the Battle of Lookout Mountain, a major turning point in the Civil War. The defeat of General Braxton Bragg’s Confederate Army of Tennessee at … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday John Philip Sousa!

Posted on November 4, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Sheet music | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Sunday, November 6, marks the 157th anniversary of the birth of John Philip Sousa. Sousa was an American composer and conductor and is well-known for his American military and patriotic marches. Because of his proficiency writing these types of pieces, … Continue reading →

Letter from Westly Townsend, An Empancipated Slave

Posted on October 7, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: African-American History, Cool Collections | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

A few months ago, we blogged about a project funded by the NHPRC to digitize the Septimus D. Cabaniss Papers. This is a really fascinating collection, containing the personal and business papers of a Civil War era attorney from Huntsville, … Continue reading →

Complete Joshua Hill Foster papers now online!

Posted on June 6, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Delivery Methodology, Mass Digitized Collections, Newly Online | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

This past school year, we had an awesome Graduate Assistant, Sarah, who scanned the Joshua Hill Foster papers in their entirety! In addition to the scanning, Sarah also had an active role in performing quality control tasks on the scans … Continue reading →

Newly online: Soldier Land Grants

Posted on May 16, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Newly Online, War | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Land grants (generally 40 acres) were given in token of military service during the Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole Indian Wars, the Mexican War, the Florida War, and the War of 1812 or in recognition of volunteer service in a state … Continue reading →