This small group consists of a parole paper and tintype of Private William T. Haggard who served in Huggin’s Tennessee Battery.

Baxter's-Freeman's-Huggins' Battery was organized at Camp Harris, Nashville, Tennessee, in May, 1861. The unit contained 73 effectives in April, 1862, served in Tennessee, moved to Alabama, then returned to Tennessee, moved to Alabama again and then once again returned to Tennessee. Here it was active at Parker's Cross Roads, Thompson's Station, and Brentwood. Later it fought at Chickamauga and for a time was assigned to F.H. Robertson's Battalion of Wheeler's Cavalry Corps. The battery went on to participate in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas. During February, 1864, there were 77 men present for duty, and the company was included in the surrender of the Army of Tennessee. Its captains were Edward D. Baxter, Samuel L. Freeman, and Amariah L. Huggins.

The parole is a pre-printed document filled in with period ink. It meas. approx. 6.50 x 4.00 inches. The paper has five vertical fold lines and one horizontal line running across the center. This center fold has separated slightly on the right half of the document. The parole is filled out for “W.T. HAGGARD” of “HUGGINS BATTERY TENN” and is dated “HEADQUARTERS AUGUSTA GA MAY 1, 1865.”

The tintype is a ninth-plate image of a young man in his twenties wearing a civilian suit. Image has good clarity and contrast and comes in a stamped brass frame and decorative mat.

William T. Haggard enlisted September 22, 1862 and was with his battery until captured near Franklin, Tennessee on April 10, 1863. He was sent to Nashville and then to Louisville before being paroled on April 27, 1863. He is listed as present on the batteries muster rolls of December 1864 and there his records end. It is known that his battery surrendered with General Joe Johnston’s Army of Tennessee to General Sherman on April 26, 1865.

The items come with a letter of authenticity from a previous well-known seller stating that the two pieces came right from Haggard’s family, which now lives in Texas, and that the image is believed by the family to be W. T.  Haggard.  [ad] [ph:L]

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