Tennessee State Library and Archives TENNESSEE ADJUTANT GENERAL's OFFICE RECORDS, 1796-1933, Bulk 1861-1869 RECORD GROUP 21
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State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 TENNESSEE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE RECORDS, 1796-1933, bulk 1861-1869 RECORD GROUP 21 Processed by: M. H. E. Archival Technical Services Date Completed: August 12, 1971 Updated by: Kaitlyne Bowling March 8, 2021 PARTIALLY MICROFILMED SCOPE AND CONTENT The Adjutant General’s papers deal with the State of Tennessee’s military programs beginning in 1796. Although the bulk of the records concern the Civil War, they contain some information on the state militia. The oldest document is a regimental return of the militia stationed at Fort Grainger, Southwest Point and Tellico (B. 25, f. 17). Of particular interest is correspondence dealing with Tennessee’s role in the Indian Wars of 1836 and efforts to raise regiments in defense of the western frontiers in the Arkansas and Louisiana territories during the Texan war of independence from Mexico. Correspondence of regular United States forces stationed within the State supplement records of the Civil War period. Records involving civilian affairs during the final years of the Civil War and the first years of the subsequent peace fall under the heading of the Board of Trade and Personnel. A most fascinating record of the activities of the Federal Army activities exists in incoming telegraphs to the office of Adjutant General Alvan C. Gillem, U.S.A. (B. 13, f. 18). Routine records document financial, individual, and regimental affairs. Correspondence for years other than those surrounding the Civil War is scanty but sheds some light on the duties of the Adjutant General. Volumes of oversized material are numbered consecutively within each series and follow the boxes containing records of that series. Boxes 36-63 contain three card indexes. The cards index those who served in the Civil War, Spanish American War, and The State Guard, 1921-1933. They are arranged by those three categories, then alphabetically by the soldier’s last name. The card index was removed from the Manuscripts Reading Room in 2011 and placed in acid-free boxes. These index cards do not appear on microfilm. The following items joined the collection at a later date and do not appear on microfilm: correspondence dated August 31, 1866, from Selfs in Greeneville to Frank Hybarger at the Capitol, Care of Adjutant General James Patton Brownlow, son of Governor William G. Brownlow (1805-1877) (B. 10, f. 2); correspondence dated June 22, 1867, from W. P. Marlin to General Samuel Hunt, Inspector General, State of Tennessee, regarding Agent, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Tennessee, for Obion and Dyer Counties (B. 11, f. 1); a letter and pension information dated May 5, 1881, from Charles and George A. King, lawyers in Washington, D. C., to Quartermaster General addressing compensation for Civil War soldiers and refers specifically to Pleasant M. Fought in Obion County (B. 11, f. 8); an oath of loyalty dated July 15, 1867, from Thomas J. Wilson in Jackson County (B. 17, f. 4); three claim forms from James Moore, Quartermaster, dated January 1879, February 1879, January 1881, and February 1881 (B. 21, f. 9). MICROFILM REEL INDEX ROLL # 1 Index thru Box 8-Folder 10, Correspondence J-O, 1815-1855 2 Box 8-Folder 11, Correspondence P-Z, 1815-1855 thru Box 11, Folder 10, General Correspondence 1898, 1906 3 Box 11-Folder 11, Telegram 1899 thru Box 17-Folder 1, Candidate Oaths Davidson County, Q-Z 4 Box 17-Foder 2, Candidate Oaths DeKalb-Greene thru Box 23, Folder 2, Muster Rolls 1st. Tenn. State Guard, Company F. 5 Box 23-Foder 3, Muster Rolls, 1st Tenn. State Guards, Company G. thru Box 30- Folder 1, May 1866 Incoming Correspondence, 4056-4090 6 Box 30-Folder 2, Incoming Correspondence, 4091-4103, May 1866 thru Box 34- Folder 1, Enlistments Company A, Battalion-2nd. 7 Box 34-Folder 2, Enlistments-Company B, 2nd Battalion, 1894-1898 thru Box 34- Folder 10, Battery A, 1st Artillery, N.G.S.T., 1894-1896 8 Addition-174-1795, 1827 thru Vol 26 9 Vol 27 thru Vol 40 10 Vol 41 thru Vol 54 11 Vol 55 thru Vol 63 12 Vol 64 thru Vol 74 13 Vol 75 thru Vol 93 14 Vol 94 thru Vol 107 15 Vol 108 thru Vol 111 16 Vol 112 thru Vol 114 17 Vol 115 thru Vol 118 18 Vol 119 thru Vol 122 19 Vol 123 thru Vol 126 20 Vol 127 thru Vol 131 21 Vol 132 thru Vol 135 22 Vol 136 thru Vol 138 23 Vol 139 thru Vol 141 24 Vol 142 thru Vol 146 25 Vol 147 thru Vol 150 26 Vol 151 thru Vol 155 27 Vol 156 thru Vol 160 28 Vol 161 thru Vol 164 29 Vol 165 thru Vol 167 30 Vol 168 thru Vol 171 31 Vol 172 thru 175 32 Vol 176 thru 180 33 Vol 181 INDEX Series Series Title Subseries Subseries Title Box Number Number Number__ 1 Board of Trade 1 Affidavits 1-4 2 Applications 4-6 3 Resolutions 26 2 Company & 1 Contracts 6 Regimental Records 2 Descriptive Books Oversized Material 3 Elections 6 4 Enlistments 6 5 Morning Reports Oversized Material 6 Muster Rolls 7; M-16-4 7 Orders 7-8 & Oversized Material 8 Plan 8 9 Prisoners 8 10 Registers Oversized Material 11 Reports 8, 26 12 Minutes 8 13 Roster of Commissioned Officers 25 3 Correspondence 8-12 4 Financial Records 1 Account Books Oversized Material 2 Expenses 12 & Oversized Material 3 Invoices 12 4 Receipts 12-13, 26 5 Reports 13, 26 & Addition 6 Vouchers 14 & Oversized Material 7 Claims 26 5 Medical Records Oversized Material 6 Military Records 4 Army of Tennessee (Record Group #4) 7 Personnel 1 Bonds 14 2 Commissions 14 & Oversized Material 3 Convicts 15 4 Court Martial’s 15 5 Deserters 15 6 Discharges 15 & Oversized Material 7 Endorsement Books Oversized Material 8 Oaths 15-21 9 Pardons 21 10 Power of Attorney 21 8 Quartermaster 1 Accounts Oversized Material 2 Annual Returns 21 & Addition 3 Bonds 21 4 Claims 21 5 Orders 21 6 Ration Books Oversized Material 7 Shipments Oversized Material 8 Stores Oversized Material 9 Assistant Quartermaster1 Correspondence 27-32 2 Reports 32 10 Index Cards 1 Civil War 36-44 2 Spanish-American War 45-57 3 State Guard 1921-1933 57-63 CONTAINER LIST Box 1 1. Affidavits for Family Supplies -- A-C, 1863 2. Affidavits for Family Supplies -- D-F, 1863 3. Affidavits for Family Supplies -- G-J, 1863 4. Affidavits for Family Supplies -- K-M, 1863 5. Affidavits for Family Supplies -- N-Z, 1863 Box 2 1. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- A-Bl, 1863 2. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- Bo-By, 1863 3. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- C-D, 1863 4. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- E-G, 1863 5. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- H-I, 1863 Box 3 1. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- J-L, 1863 2. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- M-N, 1863 3. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- O-R, 1863 4. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- Sa-Ss, 1863 5. Affidavits for Retail Sales --St-Sy, 1863 Box 4 1. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- A-Bl, 1863 2. Affidavits for Retail Sales -- A-Bl, 1863 3. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- A-Be, 1863 4. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- Bi-Ch, 1863 Box 5 1. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- Ci-E, 1863 2. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- F-G, 1863 3. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- H, 1863 4. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- I-Le, 1863 Box 6 1. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- Li-Mc, 1863 2. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- Me-N, 1863 3. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- O-R, 1863 4. Affidavits for Shipping Permits -- S-Z, 1863 5. Contracts -- Private Physician, 1864 6. Elections, 1836 7. Enlistments -- Volunteer, 1862 8. Enlistments, 1900 Box 7 1. Muster Rolls -- Adjutant’s Staff, 1863 2. Muster Rolls -- Captain’s Companies, 3. Muster Rolls -- Captain’s Companies, 4. Muster Rolls -- Captain’s Companies, 5. Muster Rolls -- Captain’s Companies, 6. Muster Rolls -- Captain’s Companies, 7. Muster Rolls -- Captain’s Companies, 8. Muster Rolls -- Forrest’s Rifles, 1900 9. Muster Rolls -- Ohio, Army of the, 1861-1865 10. Muster Rolls -- Tenth Tennessee Infantry, 1865 11. Muster Rolls -- Twelfth Tennessee Infantry, 1863 12. Muster Rolls, 1864 13. Muster Rolls, 1898 14. Muster Rolls, 1899, 1901 15. General Orders -- Cumberland, Army of the, 1863, 1864 16. General Orders -- Cumberland, Department of the, 1864 17. General Orders -- Miscellaneous, 1864 18. General Orders -- Brigade, 1823 19. General Orders -- Hardeman, Thomas, Aid de Camp, 1836 Box 8 1. Special Orders -- Miscellaneous, 1864 2. Special Orders -- Ohio, Army of the, 1863 3. Special orders -- U. S. Forces, Columbia, 1862, 1863 4. Plan, 1st Battalion Headquarters, N.G.S.T., n. d. 5. Prisoners, 1862, 1866 6. Reports, 1867 6a. Report of Stores Issued to Capt. W. C. Baker, Greeneville, Tenn., 1901 (not microfilmed) 7. General Correspondence -- A-C, 1815-1855 8. Correspondence -- D-I, 1815-1855 9. Correspondence -- D-I, 1815-1855 10. Correspondence -- J-O, 1815-1855 11. Correspondence -- P-Z, 1815-1855 12. General Correspondence, 1862 13. General Correspondence, March 1867-July 1875 14. General Correspondence, 1863 15. General Correspondence -- A-G, 1864 16. Final Statement of Deceased Troops, 1865 17. Volunteer Descriptive List and Account of Pay and Clothing,” of Claiborne M. George, Co. D, 6th East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, 1865 Box 9 1. General Correspondence -- H-Me, 1864 2. General Correspondence -- Mi-Mu, 1864 3. General Correspondence -- Ni-Pa, 1864 4. General Correspondence -- Pe-Z, 1864 5.