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John T. Wilder correspondence with Martha Wilder, 1861 September 26
No full textLetter from J. T. Wilder to his wife, Martha, describing his recent bout with flux, or dysentery and requesting Martha send clothes from home. Updates the original letter on the following Saturday with news of Colonel Mulligan's defeat at the First Battle of Lexington in Missouri and his own regiment's victory in the Battle of Cheat Mountain
John T. Wilder correspondence with Martha Wilder, 1863 April 1
No full textLetter from J. T. Wilder to his wife Martha describing the capture of Confederate prisoners, horses, and supplies. He includes a post script asking Martha to join him in Murfreesboro
John T. Wilder correspondence with Martha Wilder, 1864 May 20
No full textLetter from J. T. Wilder to his wife Martha relaying Confederate troop movements around Atlanta and asking for more letters from home, especially about the construction to the Wilder home in Greensburg, Indiana
LaShondra Thomas and Maxene Thomas interview, 2022 April 14
No full textOral history interview documenting food culture in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Taylor Hamblin interview, 2022 September 3
No full textOral history interview documenting the contemporary serpent handling tradition in Southern Appalachia
Karen P. Stone interview, 2022 February 18
No full textOral history interview documenting the life of author, naturalist, and artist, Emma Bell Miles, a resident of Walden Ridge, Tennessee in the early 20th century
John T. Wilder correspondence with Martha Wilder, 1862 January 18
No full textLetter from J. T. Wilder to his wife, Martha, regarding his recent bout with pneumonia and the overall poor health of Camp Wickliffe in Kentucky. He also notes the promotion of several family members and friends
John T. Wilder correspondence with Martha Wilder, 1862 June 17
No full textLetter from J. T. Wilder to his wife Martha describing his visit to his parents house in New York state. He speaks of his sister and her son as well as his parents and all of the family friends that journey to see him
John T. Wilder correspondence with Martha Wilder, 1862 April 29
No full textLetter from J. T. Wilder to his wife Martha describing his march from Shiloh to Corinth, and the necessity to construct corduroy roads along the way. John also requests that Martha send his son, George, to live with George Anderson
John T. Wilder correspondence with Martha Wilder, 1863 June 14
No full textLetter from J. T. Wilder to his wife Martha giving instructions for her to transfer ownership of his company in Indiana to herself and describing improvements to their home that suffered fire damage in 1862. Colonel Wilder also comments on the family's photographs that Martha sent. Wilder incldues a lengthy post script request for Martha to send him his old sword and commentary on the practice of slavery