Reluctant Rebs & "Homegrown Yanks": East Tennesseans in the Civil War

The Man Who Killed John Hunt Morgan
Andrew Campbell. 13th Tn Vol. Cav. US. Former Second Arkansas Infantry CSA.
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Just after the fatal shot rang out and Gen. John Hunt Morgan's lifeblood ebbed into the soil of the Williams estate, the shooter cried out, "I've killed the damned horse thief."

There was never a question from either side as to who had fired the fatal shot which felled the Rebel Raider. It was Andrew Campbell of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, a unit also known as "The Governors Guard."

Just who was Andrew Campbell?


He was born about 1823 and grew up in the inner city of Dublin, Ireland. He was known to be a bully or a thug and practiced his trade as a bouncer in the third-rate pubs.

During a brawl a shot was fired with a man killed, and Campbell was blamed. Before facing trial, he left, or, more likely, was allowed to leave the country, bound for the United States.

Campbell landed in New Orleans, where he quickly found employ in his old profession in the so-called "red light" district.

It was not long before Campbell was involved in another brawl. A man was knifed and fingers pointed to Campbell.

Campbell quickly found refuge on a boat headed north on the Mississippi River, and, using all the money he had on his person, he was able to sail only as far as Helena, Ark.

Helena was a river port town with its share of rowdies and bars. Campbell, however, found the bounty being offered to join the Second Arkansas Infantry CSA more appealing and signed up.

The Second was organized by Thomas Hindman, who had just resigned his seat in the U.S. Congress.

Campbell would also be attached to the Army of Tennessee under the command of another Helena resident who could not have been more different from Campbell, Patrick Cleburne.

The Arkansas troops would spend a good amount of time in Tennessee. On a cold Dec. 14, 1862, night he and the other soldiers were outside the Ready home in Murfreesboro when John Hunt Morgan and Mattie Ready were united in matrimony.

Afterward, Campbell and the other men stationed around the town were allowed to mill about inside the home and devour the leftover food from the reception.

Campbell would later claim he had never seen Morgan nor knew what he looked like. In another two weeks he would be cited for bravery in the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro.

While in Murfreesboro in September 1863, Campbell decided he had had enough of marching and deserted the Confederate Army.

By this time he was with the 27th Arkansas, and his muster card shows that he deserted.

Campbell made his way toward Nashville, where, a derelict, he was again enticed to accept another bounty, this one from the Union Army.

He enlisted on March 18, 1864, giving his age as 30, and his occupation as a clerk.

This time he was in a cavalry unit, what would come to be called the dreaded 13th Tennessee, the Governors Guard of Andrew Johnson.

On Sept. 3, 1864, Campbell was with the 13th and made the all-night, rain-drenched ride into Greeneville.

In an action filled with questions, no one ever doubted that Andrew Campbell had killed Morgan on the morning of Sept. 4.

One account written in 1959 says there was no proof Campbell fired the fatal shot as bullets were flying all around.

That writer, Dee Alexander Brown, says "his purpose (in claiming he killed Morgan) was to gain reward or promotion by presenting the dead body of Morgan as evidence of his prowess as a soldier."

His military record shows he was promoted from private to first sergeant of Co. E on Sept. 7, then second lieutenant Sept. 15, and then to first lieutenant on Sept. 23, all coming by the order of Military Governor Andrew Johnson for his killing of Morgan.

He was discharged in Knoxville on Sept. 5, 1865.

In a book written about the 13th Tennessee by its members at the turn of the century, Campbell is mentioned in glowing terms, but in reality Campbell was not well-liked by his fellow cavalrymen.

While not written about openly, Campbell's fellow veterans did not care for the fact that he was a deserter, even if from the enemy.

They felt his rapid rise through the ranks was unfair, too.

But the big rub was that Campbell had shot Morgan in the back. In a chivalrous society, you did not shoot a man in the back, no matter the circumstances.

Then the other question: Why was Campbell coming into Greeneville late, and why was he out of uniform?


Historians agree that when Morgan saw Campbell, who was dressed in brown jeans cloth, he thought he was a Confederate soldier riding into town to aid the besieged rebels.

Morgan apparently approached him to get his horse or ride out with him, and make good his escape.

Being out of uniform and wearing one in which the enemy would dress was a war crime of the day that resulted in hanging.

Did Campbell lag behind thinking things might not go too well in Greeneville that morning, and by not being in proper uniform, think that he could blend in with the Confederates?

After the war, Campbell moved to Indiana, where he tried to rejoin the Army to fight the Indians in the West. But since he had taken up heavy drinking, he was not welcomed back into the ranks.

He tried his hand at being a clerk and failed. He tried farming and failed. He tried his old trade of working the third-rate clubs, where he worked mostly for food and drink and was homeless.

He tried to join veterans groups but was shunned as soon as they learned he was the man who had shot Morgan in the back.

In 1879 Campbell gave an interview to an Indiana newspaper, where he said Morgan had given one of his pistols to a staff officer and hid the other one under a cabbage.

He unwittingly admitted to shooting an unarmed man in addition to shooting him in the back.

There is a picture of him wearing what appears to be a GAR reunion badge. There are no records of his being a GAR member.

One account says he joined a chapter in Indiana, but, upon learning his identity, they erased his name from their rolls.

He again ran from his past, this time to St. Louis, Mo.

Once more finding himself shunned by the veterans, he lived on the streets accepting handouts.

On June 11, 1894, Andrew Campbell died. He was buried in a pauper's grave in Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

There was no ceremony, no flag, no veterans, and there is no veteran's marker today, or any marker at all. Just the green sod he quietly rests under.

He is only identified in cemetery records as Campbell, Andrew: Block B2P Lot No. 413.

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The Man Who Killed John Hunt Morgan
Andrew Campbell. 13th Tn Vol. Cav. US. Former Second Arkansas Infantry CSA.
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Just after the fatal shot rang out and Gen. John Hunt Morgan's lifeblood ebbed into the soil of the Williams estate, the shooter cried out, "I've killed the ****ed horse thief."

There was never a question from either side as to who had fired the fatal shot which felled the Rebel Raider. It was Andrew Campbell of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, a unit also known as "The Governors Guard."

Just who was Andrew Campbell?


He was born about 1823 and grew up in the inner city of Dublin, Ireland. He was known to be a bully or a thug and practiced his trade as a bouncer in the third-rate pubs.

During a brawl a shot was fired with a man killed, and Campbell was blamed. Before facing trial, he left, or, more likely, was allowed to leave the country, bound for the United States.

Campbell landed in New Orleans, where he quickly found employ in his old profession in the so-called "red light" district.

It was not long before Campbell was involved in another brawl. A man was knifed and fingers pointed to Campbell.

Campbell quickly found refuge on a boat headed north on the Mississippi River, and, using all the money he had on his person, he was able to sail only as far as Helena, Ark.

Helena was a river port town with its share of rowdies and bars. Campbell, however, found the bounty being offered to join the Second Arkansas Infantry CSA more appealing and signed up.

The Second was organized by Thomas Hindman, who had just resigned his seat in the U.S. Congress.

Campbell would also be attached to the Army of Tennessee under the command of another Helena resident who could not have been more different from Campbell, Patrick Cleburne.

The Arkansas troops would spend a good amount of time in Tennessee. On a cold Dec. 14, 1862, night he and the other soldiers were outside the Ready home in Murfreesboro when John Hunt Morgan and Mattie Ready were united in matrimony.

Afterward, Campbell and the other men stationed around the town were allowed to mill about inside the home and devour the leftover food from the reception.

Campbell would later claim he had never seen Morgan nor knew what he looked like. In another two weeks he would be cited for bravery in the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro.

While in Murfreesboro in September 1863, Campbell decided he had had enough of marching and deserted the Confederate Army.

By this time he was with the 27th Arkansas, and his muster card shows that he deserted.

Campbell made his way toward Nashville, where, a derelict, he was again enticed to accept another bounty, this one from the Union Army.

He enlisted on March 18, 1864, giving his age as 30, and his occupation as a clerk.

This time he was in a cavalry unit, what would come to be called the dreaded 13th Tennessee, the Governors Guard of Andrew Johnson.

On Sept. 3, 1864, Campbell was with the 13th and made the all-night, rain-drenched ride into Greeneville.

In an action filled with questions, no one ever doubted that Andrew Campbell had killed Morgan on the morning of Sept. 4.

One account written in 1959 says there was no proof Campbell fired the fatal shot as bullets were flying all around.

That writer, Dee Alexander Brown, says "his purpose (in claiming he killed Morgan) was to gain reward or promotion by presenting the dead body of Morgan as evidence of his prowess as a soldier."

His military record shows he was promoted from private to first sergeant of Co. E on Sept. 7, then second lieutenant Sept. 15, and then to first lieutenant on Sept. 23, all coming by the order of Military Governor Andrew Johnson for his killing of Morgan.

He was discharged in Knoxville on Sept. 5, 1865.

In a book written about the 13th Tennessee by its members at the turn of the century, Campbell is mentioned in glowing terms, but in reality Campbell was not well-liked by his fellow cavalrymen.

While not written about openly, Campbell's fellow veterans did not care for the fact that he was a deserter, even if from the enemy.

They felt his rapid rise through the ranks was unfair, too.

But the big rub was that Campbell had shot Morgan in the back. In a chivalrous society, you did not shoot a man in the back, no matter the circumstances.

Then the other question: Why was Campbell coming into Greeneville late, and why was he out of uniform?


Historians agree that when Morgan saw Campbell, who was dressed in brown jeans cloth, he thought he was a Confederate soldier riding into town to aid the besieged rebels.

Morgan apparently approached him to get his horse or ride out with him, and make good his escape.

Being out of uniform and wearing one in which the enemy would dress was a war crime of the day that resulted in hanging.

Did Campbell lag behind thinking things might not go too well in Greeneville that morning, and by not being in proper uniform, think that he could blend in with the Confederates?

After the war, Campbell moved to Indiana, where he tried to rejoin the Army to fight the Indians in the West. But since he had taken up heavy drinking, he was not welcomed back into the ranks.

He tried his hand at being a clerk and failed. He tried farming and failed. He tried his old trade of working the third-rate clubs, where he worked mostly for food and drink and was homeless.

He tried to join veterans groups but was shunned as soon as they learned he was the man who had shot Morgan in the back.

In 1879 Campbell gave an interview to an Indiana newspaper, where he said Morgan had given one of his pistols to a staff officer and hid the other one under a cabbage.

He unwittingly admitted to shooting an unarmed man in addition to shooting him in the back.

There is a picture of him wearing what appears to be a GAR reunion badge. There are no records of his being a GAR member.

One account says he joined a chapter in Indiana, but, upon learning his identity, they erased his name from their rolls.

He again ran from his past, this time to St. Louis, Mo.

Once more finding himself shunned by the veterans, he lived on the streets accepting handouts.

On June 11, 1894, Andrew Campbell died. He was buried in a pauper's grave in Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

There was no ceremony, no flag, no veterans, and there is no veteran's marker today, or any marker at all. Just the green sod he quietly rests under.

He is only identified in cemetery records as Campbell, Andrew: Block B2P Lot No. 413.

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Thanks ! Good to hear from you again ! Don't know if you've looked at the whole thread, here's a post on two of Captain Ellis' antagonists he mentioned in his book.

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/re...s-in-the-civil-war.129343/page-2#post-1485877
 
Thanks ! Good to hear from you again ! Don't know if you've looked at the whole thread, here's a post on two of Captain Ellis' antagonists he mentioned in his book.

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/re...s-in-the-civil-war.129343/page-2#post-1485877
Thank you, ETR. Its good to have a chance to catch up here. I'm familiar with both of Ellis' antagonists mentioned in your reply. Cpt. Roby Brown is my wife's GG Grandfather. My GG Uncle Cornelious Warren server under both Brown/Folk(6th NC Cav.) and as a Corporal in the 13th Tn. Cav. My GG Grandfather Martin Warren, Cornelious' brother and there other brother Frederick, also served in Folk/Brown's 6th NC Cav. CSA from 61-65. This subject always grabs and holds my attention. I'm glad to see others share my interests in this area and its effects on the outcome of the war. @leftyhunter also has a few great threads on the subject. I look forward to seeing what comes next here as well as possibly adding some more information I've compiled. In my opinion this is one of the hardest stories to tell concerning the social politics, small town local influences and in the end, how things weren't as simple as they may seem now to some.
 
The 29th Tennessee Confederate Infantry

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Robert Shields: Enlisted and mustered on 8/1/1861 as a Sergeant into "B" Co. TN 29th Infantry at Camp Cummings, Knoxville, Tennessee. Discharged for being "over-age", August 5, 1862.

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John L. Morgan: Residence Polk County, (east Tennessee) POW (Confined at Fort Delaware) On 8/1/1861 he enlisted & mustered into "B" Co. TN 29th Infantry. Promotions: Corporal, Sergeant (Color bearer), POW captured in Georgia, in 1864. After the War he lived in Servilla, Polk County, TN. He died there on 8/4/1914.

Sergeant Jacob R. Cox Company G 29th Tennessee Infantry :
Jacob filed for his pension, January 7, 1910 while a resident of Fordtown, Sullivan County, Tn. He was born Nov.22, 1840. He was a son of William W. Cox and Eliza Crouch. He states he “enlisted in the spring of 1861, Colonel Powell, Captain George Faw, 1st Lt Martin, 2nd Lt Jess Shipley, and 3rd Lt Joseph Archer.

Jacob states he was” in the Battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Farmington, and the retreat through Georgia, that he was captured at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864, he was never wounded but contracted rheumatism cognizant to prison life.” He states “he was never discharged from the army but was paroled from prison atCamp Morton, Indiana Feb.25th 1865. He came home and while there, the war ended”.

Jacob states his “Wife is dead, three daughters, ages, 21, 19, and 16. They cannot care for him as they have “families of their own. He’s lived in Sullivan County all his life. As of Nov.26, 1908 he is assessed with 96 acres of land, valued at $800.00, a small portion of which he farms some.”

Next is the testimony of John K. Shipley, who testifies under oath he: “and the applicant enlisted at the same time and in the same company, and served together during the whole of the war, until applicant was captured by the enemy at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, didn’t see applicant anymore till close of the war, knew him to be a good soldier, and deserving of a State pension, this 7th day of August, 1909.

On the 5th day of August, 1909 a J.W.Cottrell, age 64, a resident of Fall Branch, Tennessee, swore under oath to the following: “That he was a private in Company H 5th Tennessee cavalry that he was captured in middle Tennessee, Oct.9, 1863, and taken to Camp Morton, Indiana, and that the claimant (Jacob R. Cox) was brought to the same prison on or about June 30, 1864. That he remained there till the last of Feb. first of March, 1865, when we both were sent to Richmond, Virginia and exchanged, after which time we separated and I saw nothing more of him till after the war.

The pension board confirms on Jan.18, 1910, Jacob’s name appears on a roll of exchanged prisoners from Camp Morton, Indiana, dated Feb.19, 1865. Jacob enlisted Aug.21, 1861 into Company G 29th Tennessee Infantry. He was captured June 27, 1864 near Marietta, Georgia, held at Camp Morton, Indiana till he was paroled and later exchanged, Feb-March 1865. Jacob served in the 29th with his brother, William K. Brothers, Jeremiah & Jesse served in the local home-guard.




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Jacob's sister Elizabeth, married a "home-Yankee" :

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Adam Shipley : Residence : Washington County, (east) Tennessee. 23 years old. Enlisted on 11/15/1862 as a Comm Sergt. On 2/9/1863 he mustered into "B" Company Union TN 4th Cavalry He was Mustered Out on 7/12/1865. Adam.had 4 brothers-in-law who were Confederate Soldiers, as well as Shipley relatives.
 
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The 63rd TN looses a flag at Petersburg

From "Tennesseans In The Civil War":

"On June 17th, at Petersburg, the colors of the 63rd were captured by the 11th New Hampshire Volunteers".

E N G A G E M E N T S . of the 11th NH Volunteers.

White Sulphur Springs, Va. Nov. 15, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. June 15 to July 4, 1863
Jackson, Miss. July 1O-17,1863
Siege of Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 17 to Dec. 4,1863
Strawberry Plains, Tenn. Jan. 21, 1864
Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864
Spottsylvania, Va. May 9-18 1864
North Anna River, Va. May 23-27, 1864
Totopotomoy, Va. May 28,31, 1864
Bethesda Church, Va. June 2, 3, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va. June 5-12, 1864
Siege of Petersburg, Va. June 16, 1864, to Apr. 3, 1865
Petersburg (assault at the Shand House), Va. June 17, 1864
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, Va.( assault) July 30, 1864
Weldon Railroad, Va. Aug. 18,19,21, 1864
Poplar Springs Church, Va. Sept. 30, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Va. Oct. 27, 1864
Petersburg, Va. Apr. 1-3, 1865


Source: New Hampshire Soldiers & Sailors War of the Rebellion, Ayling

The man that took the flag :

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Henry Walker Rowe

Residence Candia NH; 22 years old when he enlisted on 8/14/1862 as a Private. On 9/2/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. NH 11th Infantry. Wounded 7/30/1864 Petersburg, VA. He was discharged on 6/14/1865. Member of GAR Post # 26 (Thomas G Stevenson) in Roxbury, MA. Died 10/9/1913 in Roxbury, MA. Buried: Hill Cemetery, Candia, NH.

He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on 6/17/1864 at Petersburg, VA. With two comrades, rushed and disarmed 27 enemy pickets, capturing a stand of flags.

PRIVATE HENRY W. ROWE, of the Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers,
gives the following interesting description of how he won his
Medal of Honor:

" On the night of the 15th of June, 1864, Burnside with his Ninth
Corps crossed the James River, and after a twenty-four hour march
arrived at the outposts of Petersburg with the advance of his
corps. At 6 P. M. an advance was made in the face of a murderous
fire, and the Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, together with
the Second Maryland, succeeded in getting close under a rebel
battery. After several hours of continuous firing, during which
many men were killed and wounded, the assault had to be given up.

" Not discouraged by this first repulse, Burnside reconnoitered
the lines and determined to make a second assault. The point
chosen for the attack was a residence owned by Mr. Shand, a large
two-story building shaded by buttonwood and gum trees, with a
peach orchard in the rear. Fifty yards from the front door was a
narrow ravine fifteen or twenty feet deep, with a brook flowing
northward. West of the house about the same distance was another
brook, the two joining twenty rods north of the house. A rebel
brigade held this tongue of land with four guns. Their main line
of breastworks was along the edge of the ravine east of the
house. South, and on higher ground, was a redan with two guns,
which enfiladed the ravine.

" It was Burnside's idea to take this tongue of land, break the
rebel line and compel the evacuation of the redan. General
Potter's Division of the Ninth Corps was selected to carry out
his plan, and the attacking column was to consist of General
Griffin's brigade on the right, supported by Curtis' on the left.
Griffin's brigade contained, all told, only 260 men, and in the
front line the Eleventh New Hampshire found its place, including
Company I with its remaining five privates.

" A little past midnight General Potter led his division into the
ravine in front of the house. The soldiers divested themselves
of knapsacks, canteens and cups-everything which could make a
noise-and moved forward stealthily. All was still and perfectly
quiet. We reached the ravine, and there above us, not fifteen
paces distant, were the rebel pickets. The night was warm and
sultry. The sky was flecked by only a few light clouds, the moon
becoming full and clear. Not a sound was heard, save the rumble
of a wagon or a stray shot from the enemy's pickets.

" Finally, a little past three, as the dawn was beginning to
light up in the east, the command, 'Forward !' was passed along
the line in whispers.

" The men rose in a body from the ground; not a gunlock clicked; the bayonet was to do the work, Forward we started with steady,
noiseless step. One bound and the rebel pickets were
overpowered. Now toward the Shand House, and over the
breastworks! At the right of the house, Comrade Batchelder, of
Company I, joined me, and soon we fell in with 'Sol' Dodge,
Sergeant of Company C. Passing the second corner of the house,
we heard the report of a musket from a rebel pit about fifteen
feet to the right. We ran around to the rear of this pit and
shouted: 'Surrender, you damned rebels!' The 'Johnnies' were
rather rudely awakened from their sleep, and although twenty-
seven in number, dropped their guns. Guarded by our attacking
force of three, they were finally turned over to the Union
officers in the rear, together with a rebel flag captured by
myself. The rebel line was broken and Grant's lines were drawn
closer around Petersburg."


Source: Deeds of Valor, p. 366
 
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John Harrison Keeble: Enlisted on 8/10/1862 as a Private, On 1/27/1863 he mustered into "A" Co. TN 3rd Cavalry. POW 9/25/1864 Sulphur Branch Trestle, AL. (Exchanged). He was Killed In explosion on 4/27/1865 at Steamer "Sultana", Memphis, TN.

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Pleasant Keeble Enlisted on 2/26/1864 as a Private, 19 years old. On 4/29/1864 he mustered into "H" Co. TN 3rd Cavalry. POW 9/25/1864 Sulphur Branch Trestle, AL
(Exchanged). Survived explosion 4/27/1865 Steamer "Sultana", Memphis, TN. Mustered out in Nashville, TN. 6/10/1865. Died in 1931. Buried: Eusebia Presbyterian Cemty, Blount Co, (east) TN.

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John H. Simpson: Enlisted on 9/14/1863 as a Private, age 16. On 12/14/1863 he mustered into "I" Co. TN 3rd Cavalry. POW 9/25/1864 Sulphur Branch Trestle, AL (Exchanged). Survived explosion 4/27/1865 Steamer "Sultana", Memphis, TN. He was Mustered Out on 6/10/1865 at Nashville, TN.

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KNOXVILLE SULTANA SURVIVORS IN 1920 . PLEASANT KEEBLE IS AT FAR LEFT; JOHN SIMPSON IS SECOND FROM RIGHT.
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Whole plate tintype, which appears to be a period enlargement made from a carte de visite of the Sultana taken at Helena, AR, on April 26, 1865, a day before she was destroyed. The view captures a large crowd of paroled Union prisoners packed tightly together on the steamboat's deck

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This is a reunion photo of survivors of the 3rd Tenn. Cavalry Reg. (US) meeting in Knoxville in the late 1890s. Pleasant Keeble, sitting on the first row to the extreme right holding a scroll in his hand.

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Sultana Memorial at the Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2010
 
The Man Who Killed John Hunt Morgan
Andrew Campbell. 13th Tn Vol. Cav. US. Former Second Arkansas Infantry CSA.
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Just after the fatal shot rang out and Gen. John Hunt Morgan's lifeblood ebbed into the soil of the Williams estate, the shooter cried out, "I've killed the ****ed horse thief."

There was never a question from either side as to who had fired the fatal shot which felled the Rebel Raider. It was Andrew Campbell of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, a unit also known as "The Governors Guard."

Just who was Andrew Campbell?


He was born about 1823 and grew up in the inner city of Dublin, Ireland. He was known to be a bully or a thug and practiced his trade as a bouncer in the third-rate pubs.

During a brawl a shot was fired with a man killed, and Campbell was blamed. Before facing trial, he left, or, more likely, was allowed to leave the country, bound for the United States.

Campbell landed in New Orleans, where he quickly found employ in his old profession in the so-called "red light" district.

It was not long before Campbell was involved in another brawl. A man was knifed and fingers pointed to Campbell.

Campbell quickly found refuge on a boat headed north on the Mississippi River, and, using all the money he had on his person, he was able to sail only as far as Helena, Ark.

Helena was a river port town with its share of rowdies and bars. Campbell, however, found the bounty being offered to join the Second Arkansas Infantry CSA more appealing and signed up.

The Second was organized by Thomas Hindman, who had just resigned his seat in the U.S. Congress.

Campbell would also be attached to the Army of Tennessee under the command of another Helena resident who could not have been more different from Campbell, Patrick Cleburne.

The Arkansas troops would spend a good amount of time in Tennessee. On a cold Dec. 14, 1862, night he and the other soldiers were outside the Ready home in Murfreesboro when John Hunt Morgan and Mattie Ready were united in matrimony.

Afterward, Campbell and the other men stationed around the town were allowed to mill about inside the home and devour the leftover food from the reception.

Campbell would later claim he had never seen Morgan nor knew what he looked like. In another two weeks he would be cited for bravery in the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro.

While in Murfreesboro in September 1863, Campbell decided he had had enough of marching and deserted the Confederate Army.

By this time he was with the 27th Arkansas, and his muster card shows that he deserted.

Campbell made his way toward Nashville, where, a derelict, he was again enticed to accept another bounty, this one from the Union Army.

He enlisted on March 18, 1864, giving his age as 30, and his occupation as a clerk.

This time he was in a cavalry unit, what would come to be called the dreaded 13th Tennessee, the Governors Guard of Andrew Johnson.

On Sept. 3, 1864, Campbell was with the 13th and made the all-night, rain-drenched ride into Greeneville.

In an action filled with questions, no one ever doubted that Andrew Campbell had killed Morgan on the morning of Sept. 4.

One account written in 1959 says there was no proof Campbell fired the fatal shot as bullets were flying all around.

That writer, Dee Alexander Brown, says "his purpose (in claiming he killed Morgan) was to gain reward or promotion by presenting the dead body of Morgan as evidence of his prowess as a soldier."

His military record shows he was promoted from private to first sergeant of Co. E on Sept. 7, then second lieutenant Sept. 15, and then to first lieutenant on Sept. 23, all coming by the order of Military Governor Andrew Johnson for his killing of Morgan.

He was discharged in Knoxville on Sept. 5, 1865.

In a book written about the 13th Tennessee by its members at the turn of the century, Campbell is mentioned in glowing terms, but in reality Campbell was not well-liked by his fellow cavalrymen.

While not written about openly, Campbell's fellow veterans did not care for the fact that he was a deserter, even if from the enemy.

They felt his rapid rise through the ranks was unfair, too.

But the big rub was that Campbell had shot Morgan in the back. In a chivalrous society, you did not shoot a man in the back, no matter the circumstances.

Then the other question: Why was Campbell coming into Greeneville late, and why was he out of uniform?


Historians agree that when Morgan saw Campbell, who was dressed in brown jeans cloth, he thought he was a Confederate soldier riding into town to aid the besieged rebels.

Morgan apparently approached him to get his horse or ride out with him, and make good his escape.

Being out of uniform and wearing one in which the enemy would dress was a war crime of the day that resulted in hanging.

Did Campbell lag behind thinking things might not go too well in Greeneville that morning, and by not being in proper uniform, think that he could blend in with the Confederates?

After the war, Campbell moved to Indiana, where he tried to rejoin the Army to fight the Indians in the West. But since he had taken up heavy drinking, he was not welcomed back into the ranks.

He tried his hand at being a clerk and failed. He tried farming and failed. He tried his old trade of working the third-rate clubs, where he worked mostly for food and drink and was homeless.

He tried to join veterans groups but was shunned as soon as they learned he was the man who had shot Morgan in the back.

In 1879 Campbell gave an interview to an Indiana newspaper, where he said Morgan had given one of his pistols to a staff officer and hid the other one under a cabbage.

He unwittingly admitted to shooting an unarmed man in addition to shooting him in the back.

There is a picture of him wearing what appears to be a GAR reunion badge. There are no records of his being a GAR member.

One account says he joined a chapter in Indiana, but, upon learning his identity, they erased his name from their rolls.

He again ran from his past, this time to St. Louis, Mo.

Once more finding himself shunned by the veterans, he lived on the streets accepting handouts.

On June 11, 1894, Andrew Campbell died. He was buried in a pauper's grave in Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

There was no ceremony, no flag, no veterans, and there is no veteran's marker today, or any marker at all. Just the green sod he quietly rests under.

He is only identified in cemetery records as Campbell, Andrew: Block B2P Lot No. 413.

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The Man Who Killed John Hunt Morgan
Andrew Campbell. 13th Tn Vol. Cav. US. Former Second Arkansas Infantry CSA.
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Just after the fatal shot rang out and Gen. John Hunt Morgan's lifeblood ebbed into the soil of the Williams estate, the shooter cried out, "I've killed the ****ed horse thief."

There was never a question from either side as to who had fired the fatal shot which felled the Rebel Raider. It was Andrew Campbell of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, a unit also known as "The Governors Guard."

Just who was Andrew Campbell?


He was born about 1823 and grew up in the inner city of Dublin, Ireland. He was known to be a bully or a thug and practiced his trade as a bouncer in the third-rate pubs.

During a brawl a shot was fired with a man killed, and Campbell was blamed. Before facing trial, he left, or, more likely, was allowed to leave the country, bound for the United States.

Campbell landed in New Orleans, where he quickly found employ in his old profession in the so-called "red light" district.

It was not long before Campbell was involved in another brawl. A man was knifed and fingers pointed to Campbell.

Campbell quickly found refuge on a boat headed north on the Mississippi River, and, using all the money he had on his person, he was able to sail only as far as Helena, Ark.

Helena was a river port town with its share of rowdies and bars. Campbell, however, found the bounty being offered to join the Second Arkansas Infantry CSA more appealing and signed up.

The Second was organized by Thomas Hindman, who had just resigned his seat in the U.S. Congress.

Campbell would also be attached to the Army of Tennessee under the command of another Helena resident who could not have been more different from Campbell, Patrick Cleburne.

The Arkansas troops would spend a good amount of time in Tennessee. On a cold Dec. 14, 1862, night he and the other soldiers were outside the Ready home in Murfreesboro when John Hunt Morgan and Mattie Ready were united in matrimony.

Afterward, Campbell and the other men stationed around the town were allowed to mill about inside the home and devour the leftover food from the reception.

Campbell would later claim he had never seen Morgan nor knew what he looked like. In another two weeks he would be cited for bravery in the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro.

While in Murfreesboro in September 1863, Campbell decided he had had enough of marching and deserted the Confederate Army.

By this time he was with the 27th Arkansas, and his muster card shows that he deserted.

Campbell made his way toward Nashville, where, a derelict, he was again enticed to accept another bounty, this one from the Union Army.

He enlisted on March 18, 1864, giving his age as 30, and his occupation as a clerk.

This time he was in a cavalry unit, what would come to be called the dreaded 13th Tennessee, the Governors Guard of Andrew Johnson.

On Sept. 3, 1864, Campbell was with the 13th and made the all-night, rain-drenched ride into Greeneville.

In an action filled with questions, no one ever doubted that Andrew Campbell had killed Morgan on the morning of Sept. 4.

One account written in 1959 says there was no proof Campbell fired the fatal shot as bullets were flying all around.

That writer, Dee Alexander Brown, says "his purpose (in claiming he killed Morgan) was to gain reward or promotion by presenting the dead body of Morgan as evidence of his prowess as a soldier."

His military record shows he was promoted from private to first sergeant of Co. E on Sept. 7, then second lieutenant Sept. 15, and then to first lieutenant on Sept. 23, all coming by the order of Military Governor Andrew Johnson for his killing of Morgan.

He was discharged in Knoxville on Sept. 5, 1865.

In a book written about the 13th Tennessee by its members at the turn of the century, Campbell is mentioned in glowing terms, but in reality Campbell was not well-liked by his fellow cavalrymen.

While not written about openly, Campbell's fellow veterans did not care for the fact that he was a deserter, even if from the enemy.

They felt his rapid rise through the ranks was unfair, too.

But the big rub was that Campbell had shot Morgan in the back. In a chivalrous society, you did not shoot a man in the back, no matter the circumstances.

Then the other question: Why was Campbell coming into Greeneville late, and why was he out of uniform?


Historians agree that when Morgan saw Campbell, who was dressed in brown jeans cloth, he thought he was a Confederate soldier riding into town to aid the besieged rebels.

Morgan apparently approached him to get his horse or ride out with him, and make good his escape.

Being out of uniform and wearing one in which the enemy would dress was a war crime of the day that resulted in hanging.

Did Campbell lag behind thinking things might not go too well in Greeneville that morning, and by not being in proper uniform, think that he could blend in with the Confederates?

After the war, Campbell moved to Indiana, where he tried to rejoin the Army to fight the Indians in the West. But since he had taken up heavy drinking, he was not welcomed back into the ranks.

He tried his hand at being a clerk and failed. He tried farming and failed. He tried his old trade of working the third-rate clubs, where he worked mostly for food and drink and was homeless.

He tried to join veterans groups but was shunned as soon as they learned he was the man who had shot Morgan in the back.

In 1879 Campbell gave an interview to an Indiana newspaper, where he said Morgan had given one of his pistols to a staff officer and hid the other one under a cabbage.

He unwittingly admitted to shooting an unarmed man in addition to shooting him in the back.

There is a picture of him wearing what appears to be a GAR reunion badge. There are no records of his being a GAR member.

One account says he joined a chapter in Indiana, but, upon learning his identity, they erased his name from their rolls.

He again ran from his past, this time to St. Louis, Mo.

Once more finding himself shunned by the veterans, he lived on the streets accepting handouts.

On June 11, 1894, Andrew Campbell died. He was buried in a pauper's grave in Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

There was no ceremony, no flag, no veterans, and there is no veteran's marker today, or any marker at all. Just the green sod he quietly rests under.

He is only identified in cemetery records as Campbell, Andrew: Block B2P Lot No. 413.

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The Man Who Killed John Hunt Morgan
Andrew Campbell. 13th Tn Vol. Cav. US. Former Second Arkansas Infantry CSA.
View attachment 132260

Just after the fatal shot rang out and Gen. John Hunt Morgan's lifeblood ebbed into the soil of the Williams estate, the shooter cried out, "I've killed the ****ed horse thief."

There was never a question from either side as to who had fired the fatal shot which felled the Rebel Raider. It was Andrew Campbell of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, a unit also known as "The Governors Guard."

Just who was Andrew Campbell?


He was born about 1823 and grew up in the inner city of Dublin, Ireland. He was known to be a bully or a thug and practiced his trade as a bouncer in the third-rate pubs.

During a brawl a shot was fired with a man killed, and Campbell was blamed. Before facing trial, he left, or, more likely, was allowed to leave the country, bound for the United States.

Campbell landed in New Orleans, where he quickly found employ in his old profession in the so-called "red light" district.

It was not long before Campbell was involved in another brawl. A man was knifed and fingers pointed to Campbell.

Campbell quickly found refuge on a boat headed north on the Mississippi River, and, using all the money he had on his person, he was able to sail only as far as Helena, Ark.

Helena was a river port town with its share of rowdies and bars. Campbell, however, found the bounty being offered to join the Second Arkansas Infantry CSA more appealing and signed up.

The Second was organized by Thomas Hindman, who had just resigned his seat in the U.S. Congress.

Campbell would also be attached to the Army of Tennessee under the command of another Helena resident who could not have been more different from Campbell, Patrick Cleburne.

The Arkansas troops would spend a good amount of time in Tennessee. On a cold Dec. 14, 1862, night he and the other soldiers were outside the Ready home in Murfreesboro when John Hunt Morgan and Mattie Ready were united in matrimony.

Afterward, Campbell and the other men stationed around the town were allowed to mill about inside the home and devour the leftover food from the reception.

Campbell would later claim he had never seen Morgan nor knew what he looked like. In another two weeks he would be cited for bravery in the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro.

While in Murfreesboro in September 1863, Campbell decided he had had enough of marching and deserted the Confederate Army.

By this time he was with the 27th Arkansas, and his muster card shows that he deserted.

Campbell made his way toward Nashville, where, a derelict, he was again enticed to accept another bounty, this one from the Union Army.

He enlisted on March 18, 1864, giving his age as 30, and his occupation as a clerk.

This time he was in a cavalry unit, what would come to be called the dreaded 13th Tennessee, the Governors Guard of Andrew Johnson.

On Sept. 3, 1864, Campbell was with the 13th and made the all-night, rain-drenched ride into Greeneville.

In an action filled with questions, no one ever doubted that Andrew Campbell had killed Morgan on the morning of Sept. 4.

One account written in 1959 says there was no proof Campbell fired the fatal shot as bullets were flying all around.

That writer, Dee Alexander Brown, says "his purpose (in claiming he killed Morgan) was to gain reward or promotion by presenting the dead body of Morgan as evidence of his prowess as a soldier."

His military record shows he was promoted from private to first sergeant of Co. E on Sept. 7, then second lieutenant Sept. 15, and then to first lieutenant on Sept. 23, all coming by the order of Military Governor Andrew Johnson for his killing of Morgan.

He was discharged in Knoxville on Sept. 5, 1865.

In a book written about the 13th Tennessee by its members at the turn of the century, Campbell is mentioned in glowing terms, but in reality Campbell was not well-liked by his fellow cavalrymen.

While not written about openly, Campbell's fellow veterans did not care for the fact that he was a deserter, even if from the enemy.

They felt his rapid rise through the ranks was unfair, too.

But the big rub was that Campbell had shot Morgan in the back. In a chivalrous society, you did not shoot a man in the back, no matter the circumstances.

Then the other question: Why was Campbell coming into Greeneville late, and why was he out of uniform?


Historians agree that when Morgan saw Campbell, who was dressed in brown jeans cloth, he thought he was a Confederate soldier riding into town to aid the besieged rebels.

Morgan apparently approached him to get his horse or ride out with him, and make good his escape.

Being out of uniform and wearing one in which the enemy would dress was a war crime of the day that resulted in hanging.

Did Campbell lag behind thinking things might not go too well in Greeneville that morning, and by not being in proper uniform, think that he could blend in with the Confederates?

After the war, Campbell moved to Indiana, where he tried to rejoin the Army to fight the Indians in the West. But since he had taken up heavy drinking, he was not welcomed back into the ranks.

He tried his hand at being a clerk and failed. He tried farming and failed. He tried his old trade of working the third-rate clubs, where he worked mostly for food and drink and was homeless.

He tried to join veterans groups but was shunned as soon as they learned he was the man who had shot Morgan in the back.

In 1879 Campbell gave an interview to an Indiana newspaper, where he said Morgan had given one of his pistols to a staff officer and hid the other one under a cabbage.

He unwittingly admitted to shooting an unarmed man in addition to shooting him in the back.

There is a picture of him wearing what appears to be a GAR reunion badge. There are no records of his being a GAR member.

One account says he joined a chapter in Indiana, but, upon learning his identity, they erased his name from their rolls.

He again ran from his past, this time to St. Louis, Mo.

Once more finding himself shunned by the veterans, he lived on the streets accepting handouts.

On June 11, 1894, Andrew Campbell died. He was buried in a pauper's grave in Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

There was no ceremony, no flag, no veterans, and there is no veteran's marker today, or any marker at all. Just the green sod he quietly rests under.

He is only identified in cemetery records as Campbell, Andrew: Block B2P Lot No. 413.

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Sounds like a fun guy. Interesting that Unionists from Tn looked down on a CSA deserter when many Unionist troops were in fact former CSA troops .
Leftyhunter
 
Sounds like a fun guy. Interesting that Unionists from Tn looked down on a CSA deserter when many Unionist troops were in fact former CSA troops .
Leftyhunter

Andrew Campbell was an Irishman, a foreigner, and no more popular in Union blue than Confederate gray.Enlisted men and staff of the 13th TN where probably jealous of his promotion being so quick. (2nd Lieutenant 10/12/1864,- 1st Lieutenant 10/22/1864). It was later determined he shot an unarmed man in the back. At the time of the incident, he was out of uniform, and dressed more like a Confederate than a Federal. True, he was a Rebel deserter, also a Rebel conscript. Conscripts weren't very popular with Volunteers either. Much like Newt Knight in Mississippi the Federal Army in later years disavowed any connection to him. A Veterans group in Indiana kicked him off the roll and took back his GAR medal. I even fail to find him in the 1890 Veterans census.

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Andrew Campbell was an Irishman, a foreigner, and no more popular in Union blue than Confederate gray.Enlisted men and staff of the 13th TN where probably jealous of his promotion being so quick. (2nd Lieutenant 10/12/1864,- 1st Lieutenant 10/22/1864). It was later determined he shot an unarmed man in the back. At the time of the incident, he was out of uniform, and dressed more like a Confederate than a Federal. True, he was a Rebel deserter, also a Rebel conscript. Conscripts weren't very popular with Volunteers either. Much like Newt Knight in Mississippi the Federal Army in later years disavowed any connection to him. A Veterans group in Indiana kicked him off the roll and took back his GAR medal. I even fail to find him in the 1890 Veterans census.

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I would argue Campbell is a creative resourceful soldier.Campbell was in a way a special forces kind of guy by showing tremendous initiative.
No I wouldn't trust him to safeguard the liquior supply.
The tragedy of Campbell is back then their was not effective assistance to help vets readjust to society. Sadly I have dealt with many veterans and they still fall through the cracks vs drugs and alcohol.
Not to say Campbell was not an alcoholic before the Civil War.
I deal with alcoholics and drug addicts on my job on a daily basis and it os sad that they can't receive effective help.
Leftyhunter
 
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Samuel Powhatan Carter (1819 - 1891)

Carter, Samuel P., brigadier-general, was born in
Elizabethtown, Carter county, Tenn., Aug. 6, 1819. He studied
at Princeton college, but never graduated, leaving college in
1840 to accept an appointment as midshipman in the U. S. navy.
He was promoted to passed midshipman in 1846, assigned to duty
on the "Ohio" and served on the eastern coast of Mexico during
the Mexican war, being present at the capture of Vera Cruz.
He was attached to the U. S. naval observatory in Washington
in 1847 and 1848, was assistant instructor at the U. S. naval
academy in 1851-53, was promoted master in 1854 and lieutenant
in 1855, and from 1855 to 1857 was attached to the "San
Jacinto" of the Asiatic squadron, participating in the capture
of the Barrier forts in the Canton river. Returning to
America, he was for two years assistant instructor at West
Point, and on July 11, 1861, was ordered to the special duty
of organizing troops from east Tennessee. He was commissioned
brigadier-general, May 1, 1862, was provost-marshal of east
Tennessee during 1863 and 1864, was brevetted major-general of
volunteers, March 13, 1865, and mustered out in Jan., 1866.
He distinguished himself during the war for gallantry at Wild
Cat, Ky. Mill Springs, and in the capture of Cumberland gap.
In Dec., 1862, he commanded a cavalry expedition which cut the
east Tennessee railroad, destroying nearly 1OO miles of track,
and doing other damage. He commanded the left wing of the
army at Kinston, N. C., March 1O, 1865, and defeated the
Confederates at Goldsboro. At the close of the war he
returned to naval duty, was promoted captain and commodore,
was retired Aug. 6, 1881, and promoted rear admiral on the
retired list, May 16, 1882. He was commandant at the U. S.
naval academy during 1869-72, and was a member of the light-
house board from 1867 to 1880. He died in Washington D. C.,
May 26, 1891.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 8

I believe he is the brother of Reverend William Blount Carter (1820-1902) A Presbyterian minister from a prominent East Tennessee family of Unionists, was a graduate of Princeton University. Reverend Carter is widely thought to have played a role in encouraging the bridge burnings by Union supporters in upper East Tennessee in November 1861.
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He wrote a letter in 1861 to President Abraham Lincoln

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on the second page he says this "It is my deliberate conviction that any further delay will certainly deprive our Government of the moral and physical support of the loyal part of our population. Surely, Sir, the Government should, at once, enable us to strike a blow, not only for our own deliverance, but for the salvation of a Government which we love, and for which we are ready to die.

What are our wants?

1 We must have 20,000 stand of arms, and 5000 of these must be rifles, or rifled muskets.

2. We must have 10.000 (20.000 would be better) well drilled troops to protect us while we are organizing our own forces.

3 We must have a competent commander. It is madness to entrust the control of the military movements in East Tennessee to a Naval officer.1 If our Government cannot do these things for us immediately,we are overwhelmed & ruined.

In the name of a brave and loyal people, in the name of their helpless wives and children, who are encompassed with the most unrelenting and cruel of foes, I implore you to extend to them the help which they ask -- the help which they have a right to demand of the Government."

Unionism was extremely strong in East Tennessee, another famous East Tennessean was Parson William Gannaway Brownlow (also known by The Tennessee Historical Society as "the most hated man in Tennessee history) he spent a great deal of time in Knoxville jail, he has a written account of the hanging of the East Tennessee Bridge Burners in 1861, which was organized in part by Reverend Carter.
 
I believe he is the brother of Reverend William Blount Carter (1820-1902) A Presbyterian minister from a prominent East Tennessee family of Unionists, was a graduate of Princeton University. Reverend Carter is widely thought to have played a role in encouraging the bridge burnings by Union supporters in upper East Tennessee in November 1861.
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He wrote a letter in 1861 to President Abraham Lincoln

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on the second page he says this "It is my deliberate conviction that any further delay will certainly deprive our Government of the moral and physical support of the loyal part of our population. Surely, Sir, the Government should, at once, enable us to strike a blow, not only for our own deliverance, but for the salvation of a Government which we love, and for which we are ready to die.

What are our wants?

1 We must have 20,000 stand of arms, and 5000 of these must be rifles, or rifled muskets.

2. We must have 10.000 (20.000 would be better) well drilled troops to protect us while we are organizing our own forces.

3 We must have a competent commander. It is madness to entrust the control of the military movements in East Tennessee to a Naval officer.1 If our Government cannot do these things for us immediately,we are overwhelmed & ruined.

In the name of a brave and loyal people, in the name of their helpless wives and children, who are encompassed with the most unrelenting and cruel of foes, I implore you to extend to them the help which they ask -- the help which they have a right to demand of the Government."

Unionism was extremely strong in East Tennessee, another famous East Tennessean was Parson William Gannaway Brownlow (also known by The Tennessee Historical Society as "the most hated man in Tennessee history) he spent a great deal of time in Knoxville jail, he has a written account of the hanging of the East Tennessee Bridge Burners in 1861, which was organized in part by Reverend Carter.

Great post Tate !
 
The Man Who Killed John Hunt Morgan
Andrew Campbell. 13th Tn Vol. Cav. US. Former Second Arkansas Infantry CSA.
View attachment 132260

Just after the fatal shot rang out and Gen. John Hunt Morgan's lifeblood ebbed into the soil of the Williams estate, the shooter cried out, "I've killed the ****ed horse thief."

There was never a question from either side as to who had fired the fatal shot which felled the Rebel Raider. It was Andrew Campbell of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, a unit also known as "The Governors Guard."

Just who was Andrew Campbell?


He was born about 1823 and grew up in the inner city of Dublin, Ireland. He was known to be a bully or a thug and practiced his trade as a bouncer in the third-rate pubs.

During a brawl a shot was fired with a man killed, and Campbell was blamed. Before facing trial, he left, or, more likely, was allowed to leave the country, bound for the United States.

Campbell landed in New Orleans, where he quickly found employ in his old profession in the so-called "red light" district.

It was not long before Campbell was involved in another brawl. A man was knifed and fingers pointed to Campbell.

Campbell quickly found refuge on a boat headed north on the Mississippi River, and, using all the money he had on his person, he was able to sail only as far as Helena, Ark.

Helena was a river port town with its share of rowdies and bars. Campbell, however, found the bounty being offered to join the Second Arkansas Infantry CSA more appealing and signed up.

The Second was organized by Thomas Hindman, who had just resigned his seat in the U.S. Congress.

Campbell would also be attached to the Army of Tennessee under the command of another Helena resident who could not have been more different from Campbell, Patrick Cleburne.

The Arkansas troops would spend a good amount of time in Tennessee. On a cold Dec. 14, 1862, night he and the other soldiers were outside the Ready home in Murfreesboro when John Hunt Morgan and Mattie Ready were united in matrimony.

Afterward, Campbell and the other men stationed around the town were allowed to mill about inside the home and devour the leftover food from the reception.

Campbell would later claim he had never seen Morgan nor knew what he looked like. In another two weeks he would be cited for bravery in the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro.

While in Murfreesboro in September 1863, Campbell decided he had had enough of marching and deserted the Confederate Army.

By this time he was with the 27th Arkansas, and his muster card shows that he deserted.

Campbell made his way toward Nashville, where, a derelict, he was again enticed to accept another bounty, this one from the Union Army.

He enlisted on March 18, 1864, giving his age as 30, and his occupation as a clerk.

This time he was in a cavalry unit, what would come to be called the dreaded 13th Tennessee, the Governors Guard of Andrew Johnson.

On Sept. 3, 1864, Campbell was with the 13th and made the all-night, rain-drenched ride into Greeneville.

In an action filled with questions, no one ever doubted that Andrew Campbell had killed Morgan on the morning of Sept. 4.

One account written in 1959 says there was no proof Campbell fired the fatal shot as bullets were flying all around.

That writer, Dee Alexander Brown, says "his purpose (in claiming he killed Morgan) was to gain reward or promotion by presenting the dead body of Morgan as evidence of his prowess as a soldier."

His military record shows he was promoted from private to first sergeant of Co. E on Sept. 7, then second lieutenant Sept. 15, and then to first lieutenant on Sept. 23, all coming by the order of Military Governor Andrew Johnson for his killing of Morgan.

He was discharged in Knoxville on Sept. 5, 1865.

In a book written about the 13th Tennessee by its members at the turn of the century, Campbell is mentioned in glowing terms, but in reality Campbell was not well-liked by his fellow cavalrymen.

While not written about openly, Campbell's fellow veterans did not care for the fact that he was a deserter, even if from the enemy.

They felt his rapid rise through the ranks was unfair, too.

But the big rub was that Campbell had shot Morgan in the back. In a chivalrous society, you did not shoot a man in the back, no matter the circumstances.

Then the other question: Why was Campbell coming into Greeneville late, and why was he out of uniform?


Historians agree that when Morgan saw Campbell, who was dressed in brown jeans cloth, he thought he was a Confederate soldier riding into town to aid the besieged rebels.

Morgan apparently approached him to get his horse or ride out with him, and make good his escape.

Being out of uniform and wearing one in which the enemy would dress was a war crime of the day that resulted in hanging.

Did Campbell lag behind thinking things might not go too well in Greeneville that morning, and by not being in proper uniform, think that he could blend in with the Confederates?

After the war, Campbell moved to Indiana, where he tried to rejoin the Army to fight the Indians in the West. But since he had taken up heavy drinking, he was not welcomed back into the ranks.

He tried his hand at being a clerk and failed. He tried farming and failed. He tried his old trade of working the third-rate clubs, where he worked mostly for food and drink and was homeless.

He tried to join veterans groups but was shunned as soon as they learned he was the man who had shot Morgan in the back.

In 1879 Campbell gave an interview to an Indiana newspaper, where he said Morgan had given one of his pistols to a staff officer and hid the other one under a cabbage.

He unwittingly admitted to shooting an unarmed man in addition to shooting him in the back.

There is a picture of him wearing what appears to be a GAR reunion badge. There are no records of his being a GAR member.

One account says he joined a chapter in Indiana, but, upon learning his identity, they erased his name from their rolls.

He again ran from his past, this time to St. Louis, Mo.

Once more finding himself shunned by the veterans, he lived on the streets accepting handouts.

On June 11, 1894, Andrew Campbell died. He was buried in a pauper's grave in Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

There was no ceremony, no flag, no veterans, and there is no veteran's marker today, or any marker at all. Just the green sod he quietly rests under.

He is only identified in cemetery records as Campbell, Andrew: Block B2P Lot No. 413.

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Hi @Cavalry Charger ,
If you haven't done so check out the above interesting post.
Leftyhunter
 
I believe he is the brother of Reverend William Blount Carter (1820-1902) A Presbyterian minister from a prominent East Tennessee family of Unionists, was a graduate of Princeton University. Reverend Carter is widely thought to have played a role in encouraging the bridge burnings by Union supporters in upper East Tennessee in November 1861.
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He wrote a letter in 1861 to President Abraham Lincoln

View attachment 143152
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on the second page he says this "It is my deliberate conviction that any further delay will certainly deprive our Government of the moral and physical support of the loyal part of our population. Surely, Sir, the Government should, at once, enable us to strike a blow, not only for our own deliverance, but for the salvation of a Government which we love, and for which we are ready to die.

What are our wants?

1 We must have 20,000 stand of arms, and 5000 of these must be rifles, or rifled muskets.

2. We must have 10.000 (20.000 would be better) well drilled troops to protect us while we are organizing our own forces.

3 We must have a competent commander. It is madness to entrust the control of the military movements in East Tennessee to a Naval officer.1 If our Government cannot do these things for us immediately,we are overwhelmed & ruined.

In the name of a brave and loyal people, in the name of their helpless wives and children, who are encompassed with the most unrelenting and cruel of foes, I implore you to extend to them the help which they ask -- the help which they have a right to demand of the Government."

Unionism was extremely strong in East Tennessee, another famous East Tennessean was Parson William Gannaway Brownlow (also known by The Tennessee Historical Society as "the most hated man in Tennessee history) he spent a great deal of time in Knoxville jail, he has a written account of the hanging of the East Tennessee Bridge Burners in 1861, which was organized in part by Reverend Carter.

Another Carter brother from east Tennessee :

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1st Colonel of the Union 2nd Tennessee Infantry

Brigadier-General 1st Brigade 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Army Of The Ohio, 7/15/1863. 3rd Brigade 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Army Of The Ohio 9/10/1863 - 11/3/1863.

James Patton Taylor Carter (July 30, 1822 – September 28/29, 1869)

Politically, Carter and his family were Whigs. As the American Civil War approached, Carter became an outspoken Union supporter. During an anti-secession meeting in Knoxville at the end of May 1861, he was one of five delegates representing Carter County. The next month, Carter was one of "three brave men" who escorted Andrew Johnson from Greeneville, Tennessee to Washington D.C. While they were fired upon several times during their journey through the Cumberland Gap, the group arrived safely at their destination. Shortly after his arrival in Washington, Carter left on a secret mission involving the arming of Union supporters in eastern Tennessee by the U.S. federal government.

In August 1861, Carter became a colonel in the 2nd Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. He saw action during the battles of Mill Springs and Murfreesboro as well as during the pursuit of John Hunt Morgan Carter became a brigade commander in the XXIII Corps on July 15, 1863. During the war he was slightly wounded and held shortly as a prisoner of war. Carter resigned on May 2, 1864, saying "I have become ... a supernumerary officer in the service of the United States" following "the capture of about three-fourths of my command".

Following the war, Carter decided to move west in a hope the change would help restore both his health and his wealth. He petitioned President Johnson to be appointed Governor of Montana Territory in January 1866. Then, as was the custom of the day, arranged for letters of recommendation to be sent to both the president and Secretary of State William H. Seward. The congressional delegates of both Kentucky and Tennessee provided support for his appointment. He did not receive the requested appointment, but was offered a position as Secretary of Arizona Territory. Carter accepted the offer and was commissioned on April 10, 1866.

Second Infantry
TENNESSEE
(3-YEARS)
Second Infantry. -- Col., James P. T. Carter; Lieut.-Cols.,
Daniel C. Trewhitt, John W. Bowman, James M. Melton; Majs.,
Eli M. Cleveland, Daniel A. Carpenter.

This regiment was recruited and organized at Camp Dick
Robison, Ky. It was mustered into service to date from Sept.
28, 1861, and on Oct. 18 following marched to meet the
Confederate forces under Gen. Zollicoffer.

From that time until the evacuation of Cumberland Gap by the
Federal forces under Gen. George W. Morgan in Sept. 1862, the
regiment was employed in eastern Kentucky, participating in
the battle of Mill Springs and many lesser engagements. It
then marched through northeastern Kentucky, crossed into Ohio
and thence entered the Kanawha valley, W. Va.

Returning by way of Point Pleasant, Ohio, it went from there
to Louisville by river, thence by land to Murfreesboro where
it was engaged in the battle of Stone's River. It remained
there until March 10, 1863, when it returned to Kentucky for
the purpose of being mounted, which was done about June 1,
1863.

It remained in Kentucky, participating in various minor
engagements with the Confederate forces under Pegram and
Scott, until July 4, when it started in pursuit of Gen. Morgan
in his raid through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio and was present
at his capture. It then returned to Stanford, Ky., and joined
the force under Gen. Burnside for the campaign in East
Tennessee.

It was in the advance of Burnside's forces at Wolf creek and
Loudon, Tenn. and was present at the surrender of Cumberland
Gap by the Confederate Gen. Frazier. It also took the advance
of the column which moved into upper East Tennessee from
Knoxville and brought on the battle of Blue Springs.

After pursuing the retreating forces to Abingdon, Va., and
destroying a large amount of stores, it returned to
Rogersville, Tenn., where on Nov. 6, 1863, the regiment was
captured by Gen. Jones. Most of those who had been captured -
- 117 men -- soon afterward made their escape, reported at
Knoxville and were on duty there during the siege.


Soon afterward the remnants of the regiment were gathered up
and detailed as provost guards at Sevierville, Maryville,
Clinton and Maynardville. In Sept. 1864, the garrison at
Maryville, consisting of 28 men, was captured. The remaining
detachments were then ordered immediately to Lee's ferry on
the Clinch River, to harass Wheeler's forces, who were then on
a raid through East Tennessee.

After this expedition the regiment returned to Knoxville,
where on Oct. 6, 1864, it was mustered out, there being at
that time only 106 of the original number. The veterans and
recruits were consolidated into a battalion, which was
mustered out Aug. 1865, in accordance with orders from the War
Department.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 387
 
Hi @Cavalry Charger ,
If you haven't done so check out the above interesting post.
Leftyhunter
He sounds like a piece of work, and certainly not deserving of any accolades :frown: If that man wasn't in the war for his own ends, I don't know who was! It seems as though he didn't feel he owed any side his loyalty, and in the end they didn't owe him theirs either. The art of 'chivalry' was unknown to him as well, and its surprises me sometimes that this was still important in the context of the war. I guess it is important, most especially in the context of war, because it's what helps people rise above the brutality of it all.
 
The tragedy of Campbell is back then their was not effective assistance to help vets readjust to society. Sadly I have dealt with many veterans and they still fall through the cracks vs drugs and alcohol.
Not to say Campbell was not an alcoholic before the Civil War.
I deal with alcoholics and drug addicts on my job on a daily basis and it os sad that they can't receive effective help.
Leftyhunter
Your thoughts here are admirable @leftyhunter . I'm just not sure Campbell was the type of guy that deserved that kind of sympathy. Seems to me (from that short piece) he was 'on the take' long before he reached the shores of the US, and also wasn't in the habit of looking out for anyone but himself. Of course, we don't know what led him down that path originally, but I'd save the sympathy for the men who fought with honour, and were still left out in the cold after the war. From what I've read there were quite a few who never overcame the horrors, or received the support they needed. Sad that it still goes on today...
 
He sounds like a piece of work, and certainly not deserving of any accolades :frown: If that man wasn't in the war for his own ends, I don't know who was! It seems as though he didn't feel he owed any side his loyalty, and in the end they didn't owe him theirs either. The art of 'chivalry' was unknown to him as well, and its surprises me sometimes that this was still important in the context of the war. I guess it is important, most especially in the context of war, because it's what helps people rise above the brutality of it all.
I look at Campbell has an innovative self achiever who would be more suited to 21st century special military operations.
Campbell had his demons and he let the "creature" get a hold of him.
On the other hand Campbell has guts so I have to admire that plus taking out Morgan is a big plus for the Union cause.
Chivalry in war is an interesting concept yes in conventional warfare there are indeed many examples and counter examples as well.
Leftyhunter
 
EAST TENNESSEE CONFEDERATES BURIED ON JOHNSON'S ISLAND

Received "Johnson's Island : A Prison For Confederate Officers" as a Father's Day Gift. I had two relatives held there. A 2 x maternal great-granduncle (his marker pictured below), and a distant cousin, paternal side, Captain Robert Houston Isbell, Company D 1st Alabama Infantry, who survived. I recently discovered this excellent site:

http://www.rbhayes.org/research/johnson-s-island-confederate-civil-war-prison-cemetery/

Here I found the men that served in east Tennessee units, and added a little more research on their records. Two of the "Civilian" prisoners buried on the Island, were east Tennesseans and probably guilty of nothing more than being Confederate sympathizers, and being related to Confederate soldiers, but both their stories are interesting.

With the exception of the Copass marker, other photos by Joyce (#831), on find-a-grave

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RICHARD DAVID COPASS :
3rd Lieutenant Company E (Sullivan County) 60th Tennessee. Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Enlisted and Commissioned on 9/25/1862 at Fordtown, TN as a 3rd Lieut. He arrived June 5, 1863. Died Aug. 28, 1863 of fever. Buried grave #21. He appears in the 1860 census of Washington County, Tennessee, 21 years old. He's still home with his parents, Nathan 55, Rhoda 51, John 24, Montgomery 22, sister Barthiena 16. A married sister Cynthia, is my maternal 2 x great-grandmother. A married brother Thomas, would join his three brothers in Co.E 60th TN. John, a Private was also captured at Big Black River and died at Fort Delaware in October, 1863. Thomas was eventually discharged due to poor health. Montgomery, a Sergeant was paroled at Vicksburg, captured and paroled again at the Battle of Piedmont, Virginia.

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MARK BACON : Captain Company F (Washington County) 60th Tennessee, Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Arrived June 5, 1863. Enrolled at Jonesboro, Washington County, TN. September 27, 1862. He was commissioned 10/1/1862. He's listed in the 1860 census of Washington County being 50 years old, wife Eliza Jane 39, children, Mary 7, Robert 5, Jesse 4, and one year-old Minerva. Died Dec. 8, 1863 of "costerpastion" (constipation) ? Buried block 3, now grave #90.

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JAMES C. HOLT : 2nd Lieutenant 61st Tennessee, Co. G. (Grainger County), listed in the 1860 census of Grainger County, along with his parents and 12 siblings. He is the oldest, age 22. The youngest, a girl is 3. He had 3, maybe 4 brothers who would have been of military age before the end of the war. James was captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Arrived June 5, 1863, Died Jan. 7, 1865, (cause unknown). Buried in grave #125. Holt’s prison letters have been published in part. In late December 1864, Holt applied to take the oath of allegiance to the U. S., so he might be released. He was ill and hoped to return home to the mountains of East Tennessee. In his last letter, Jan. 5, 1865, Holt told his parents, “Meet me in Heaven if it is Gods will for us not to see each other on earth.” Years later his aged parents came to Johnson’s Island to find his grave. The scene was described in Southern Historical Society Papers, but no mention was made of Holt’s having applied to take the oath.

ROBERT M HOLT :
Private Company C, 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. This Battalion had a number of east Tennesseans from Greene, Hawkins, Rhea, Roane, McMinn, and Washington Counties in upper east Tennessee. Robert is probably the Robert Holt listed in 1860 from Hamilton County, living with his parents and 5 siblings, age 24. On 10/1/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. Captured June 6, 1863 at Monticello, Kentucky. Arrived June 26, 1863, Died Oct. 11, 1863 of “R fever” (“remitted fever”—C. C. Knowles list). Buried block 9 on island, grave unknown.

FRANKLIN M. JACKSON : 2nd Lieutenant Company G (Grainger County). Probably the 23 year-old F.M. Jackson listed with his 20 year-old wife. Franklin recruited Company G. He may be the same Frank M. Jackson that helped recruit Company E 4th Tn Cavalry Battalion. Enlisting on 6/25/1861 at Mossy Creek, Jefferson Co., TN as a 2nd Lieutenant. At the re-organization of the Army in May, 1862, the 4th and 5th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions were consolidated to form the 2nd (Ashby’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Franklin was commissioned a Captain into "G" Co. TN 61st Infantry on 10/1/1862. He was captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Arrived June 5, 1863, Died Dec. 16, 1863 of erysipelas. Buried on island, grave unknown.

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DAVID D. KELLER : Private 2nd (Ashby’s) Tennessee Cavalry Company I. Probably the David D. Keller listed in the 1860 census of Knox County, Tennessee, with his parents and 5 siblings He's listed only 14 years old. Company I, “The Peck Light Dragoons.” Organized at Mossy Creek, Jefferson County, now Jefferson City, June 25, 1861. Men from Jefferson and Knox Counties. Accepted into Confederate service October 4, 1861 at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky. Captured June 4, 1863 at Mill Springs, Kentucky. Arrived June 20, 1863. Died September 12, 1863 of bronchitis. Buried block 9, now grave #30. Perhaps because of his "youth", he was sent to a "kinder-gentler" prison, as opposed to Camp Chase, Fort Delaware, or Camp Douglass.

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JOHN A. MCBRIDE : John is listed in the 1860 census of Hawkins County with his parents. At 22 years-old he's the oldest of 5 children. On 6/1/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. TN 19th Infantry. On 10/1/1862 he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant into "H" Co. TN 60th Infantry. He was captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Arrived June 5, 1863. Died Sept. 20, 1863 of unknown cause. Buried grave #82.

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SAMUEL GHORMLEY :
Citizen of Chilhowee, Blount Co., Tennessee. Captured Oct. 12, 1863 in Blount Co., Tennessee. Arrived Dec. 24, 1863. Died Jan. 9, 1865 of general debility. Buried grave #148. A 43 year-old country doctor and former Sergeant in Company E, 3rd (Lillard's & Vaughn"s) Tennessee Infantry. As a member of this unit, he may have fought in the Battle of 1st Manassas on July 21, 1861. At the Army's re-organization the following spring, he was probably discharged for being "over-age". Samuel's brother, Captain Dewitt C. Ghormley, was a known Confederate officer and recruiter for the Confederate army in East Tennessee, serving in the above named 3rd TN Infantry, 5th east Tennessee Cavalry, and The Thomas Legion. Samuel's only crime may have been being Dewitt's brother. Samuel's prison letters to his wife are extant. Among them is a letter from Ghormley's friend to the widow, informing her of the doctor's death. Shortly after the war, she planned to take her children to England where she was born, but Mrs. Ghormley died of a spider bite at a country inn.

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JOHN COULTER : Citizen, Captured Sept. 25, 1863 in Blount Co. Tennessee. Arrived Dec. 24, 1863. Died Sept. 23, 1864 of bronchitis and chronic diarrhea. Buried grave #191. John was illiterate. Several letters were written for him, to his wife, by others. The last letter received by her, assured her he had received a decent burial. John was a Confederate sympathizer and was said to have offered aid to hungry and wounded Confederate soldiers who found their way to his home. John was arrested by Union soldiers as an “active rebel" and sent to Johnson's Island. His sons, Robert Riley Coulter, and William Ellison Coulter, were Confederate soldiers, serving in The Thomas Legion, and 5th Tennessee Cavalry.

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Photo: Courtesy David Bush

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OHIO
ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Infantry. - Col., Charles W.
Hill; Lieut.-Cols., William S. Pierson, Edward A. Scovill, Tho-
mas H. Linnell; Maj., Junius R. Sanford. This regiment was or-
ganized at Columbus, Johnson's Island, and Camp Cleveland from
Dec. 7, 1861, to Jan. 8, 1864, to serve for three years. Cos.
A, B, C and D were originally known as Hoffman's battalion and
were transferred to this regiment Jan. 5, 1864. The regiment
was principally engaged in guarding Confederate prisoners at
Johnson's island,
but had frequently furnished detachments for
service elsewhere, including a short but active campaign in
pursuit of Confederate troops in West Virginia in 1862. The
original members of Cos. A and B were mustered out on Jan. 20,
and Feb. 28, 1865, by reason of expiration of term of service,
and the remainder of the regiment was mustered out on July 13,
1865, in accordance with orders from the war department.


Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
 
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EAST TENNESSEE CONFEDERATES BURIED ON JOHNSON'S ISLAND

Received "Johnson's Island : A Prison For Confederate Officers" as a Father's Day Gift. I had two relatives held there. A 2 x maternal great-granduncle (his marker pictured below), and a distant cousin, paternal side, Captain Robert Houston Isbell, Company D 1st Alabama Infantry, who survived. I recently discovered this excellent site:

http://www.rbhayes.org/research/johnson-s-island-confederate-civil-war-prison-cemetery/

Here I found the men that served in east Tennessee units, and added a little more research on their records. Two of the "Civilian" prisoners buried on the Island, were east Tennesseans and probably guilty of nothing more than being Confederate sympathizers, and being related to Confederate soldiers, but both their stories are interesting.

With the exception of the Copass marker, other photos by Joyce (#831), on find-a-grave

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RICHARD DAVID COPASS :
3rd Lieutenant Company E (Sullivan County) 60th Tennessee. Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Enlisted and Commissioned on 9/25/1862 at Fordtown, TN as a 3rd Lieut. He arrived June 5, 1863. Died Aug. 28, 1863 of fever. Buried grave #21. He appears in the 1860 census of Washington County, Tennessee, 21 years old. He's still home with his parents, Nathan 55, Rhoda 51, John 24, Montgomery 22, sister Barthiena 16. A married sister Cynthia, is my maternal 2 x great-grandmother. A married brother Thomas, would join his three brothers in Co.E 60th TN. John, a Private was also captured at Big Black River and died at Fort Delaware in October, 1863. Thomas was eventually discharged due to poor health. Montgomery, a Sergeant was paroled at Vicksburg, captured and paroled again at the Battle of Piedmont, Virginia.

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MARK BACON : Captain Company F (Washington County) 60th Tennessee, Captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Arrived June 5, 1863. Enrolled at Jonesboro, Washington County, TN. September 27, 1862. He was commissioned 10/1/1862. He's listed in the 1860 census of Washington County being 50 years old, wife Eliza Jane 39, children, Mary 7, Robert 5, Jesse 4, and one year-old Minerva. Died Dec. 8, 1863 of "costerpastion" (constipation) ? Buried block 3, now grave #90.

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JAMES C. HOLT : 2nd Lieutenant 61st Tennessee, Co. G. (Grainger County), listed in the 1860 census of Grainger County, along with his parents and 12 siblings. He is the oldest, age 22. The youngest, a girl is 3. He had 3, maybe 4 brothers who would have been of military age before the end of the war. James was captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Arrived June 5, 1863, Died Jan. 7, 1865, (cause unknown). Buried in grave #125. Holt’s prison letters have been published in part. In late December 1864, Holt applied to take the oath of allegiance to the U. S., so he might be released. He was ill and hoped to return home to the mountains of East Tennessee. In his last letter, Jan. 5, 1865, Holt told his parents, “Meet me in Heaven if it is Gods will for us not to see each other on earth.” Years later his aged parents came to Johnson’s Island to find his grave. The scene was described in Southern Historical Society Papers, but no mention was made of Holt’s having applied to take the oath.

ROBERT M HOLT :
Private Company C, 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. This Battalion had a number of east Tennesseans from Greene, Hawkins, Rhea, Roane, McMinn, and Washington Counties in upper east Tennessee. Robert is probably the Robert Holt listed in 1860 from Hamilton County, living with his parents and 5 siblings, age 24. On 10/1/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. Captured June 6, 1863 at Monticello, Kentucky. Arrived June 26, 1863, Died Oct. 11, 1863 of “R fever” (“remitted fever”—C. C. Knowles list). Buried block 9 on island, grave unknown.

FRANKLIN M. JACKSON : 2nd Lieutenant Company G (Grainger County). Probably the 23 year-old F.M. Jackson listed with his 20 year-old wife. Franklin recruited Company G. He may be the same Frank M. Jackson that helped recruit Company E 4th Tn Cavalry Battalion. Enlisting on 6/25/1861 at Mossy Creek, Jefferson Co., TN as a 2nd Lieutenant. At the re-organization of the Army in May, 1862, the 4th and 5th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions were consolidated to form the 2nd (Ashby’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Franklin was commissioned a Captain into "G" Co. TN 61st Infantry on 10/1/1862. He was captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Arrived June 5, 1863, Died Dec. 16, 1863 of erysipelas. Buried on island, grave unknown.

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DAVID D. KELLER : Private 2nd (Ashby’s) Tennessee Cavalry Company I. Probably the David D. Keller listed in the 1860 census of Knox County, Tennessee, with his parents and 5 siblings He's listed only 14 years old. Company I, “The Peck Light Dragoons.” Organized at Mossy Creek, Jefferson County, now Jefferson City, June 25, 1861. Men from Jefferson and Knox Counties. Accepted into Confederate service October 4, 1861 at Cumberland Ford, Kentucky. Captured June 4, 1863 at Mill Springs, Kentucky. Arrived June 20, 1863. Died September 12, 1863 of bronchitis. Buried block 9, now grave #30. Perhaps because of his "youth", he was sent to a "kinder-gentler" prison, as opposed to Camp Chase, Fort Delaware, or Camp Douglass.

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JOHN A. MCBRIDE : John is listed in the 1860 census of Hawkins County with his parents. At 22 years-old he's the oldest of 5 children. On 6/1/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. TN 19th Infantry. On 10/1/1862 he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant into "H" Co. TN 60th Infantry. He was captured May 17, 1863 at Big Black River, Mississippi. Arrived June 5, 1863. Died Sept. 20, 1863 of unknown cause. Buried grave #82.

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SAMUEL GHORMLEY :
Citizen of Chilhowee, Blount Co., Tennessee. Captured Oct. 12, 1863 in Blount Co., Tennessee. Arrived Dec. 24, 1863. Died Jan. 9, 1865 of general debility. Buried grave #148. A 43 year-old country doctor and former Sergeant in Company E, 3rd (Lillard's & Vaughn"s) Tennessee Infantry. As a member of this unit, he may have fought in the Battle of 1st Manassas on July 21, 1861. At the Army's re-organization the following spring, he was probably discharged for being "over-age". Samuel's brother, Captain Dewitt C. Ghormley, was a known Confederate officer and recruiter for the Confederate army in East Tennessee, serving in the above named 3rd TN Infantry, 5th east Tennessee Cavalry, and The Thomas Legion. Samuel's only crime may have been being Dewitt's brother. Samuel's prison letters to his wife are extant. Among them is a letter from Ghormley's friend to the widow, informing her of the doctor's death. Shortly after the war, she planned to take her children to England where she was born, but Mrs. Ghormley died of a spider bite at a country inn.

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JOHN COULTER : Citizen, Captured Sept. 25, 1863 in Blount Co. Tennessee. Arrived Dec. 24, 1863. Died Sept. 23, 1864 of bronchitis and chronic diarrhea. Buried grave #191. John was illiterate. Several letters were written for him, to his wife, by others. The last letter received by her, assured her he had received a decent burial. John was a Confederate sympathizer and was said to have offered aid to hungry and wounded Confederate soldiers who found their way to his home. John was arrested by Union soldiers as an “active rebel" and sent to Johnson's Island. His sons, Robert Riley Coulter, and William Ellison Coulter, were Confederate soldiers, serving in The Thomas Legion, and 5th Tennessee Cavalry.

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OHIO
ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Infantry. - Col., Charles W.
Hill; Lieut.-Cols., William S. Pierson, Edward A. Scovill, Tho-
mas H. Linnell; Maj., Junius R. Sanford. This regiment was or-
ganized at Columbus, Johnson's Island, and Camp Cleveland from
Dec. 7, 1861, to Jan. 8, 1864, to serve for three years. Cos.
A, B, C and D were originally known as Hoffman's battalion and
were transferred to this regiment Jan. 5, 1864. The regiment
was principally engaged in guarding Confederate prisoners at
Johnson's island,
but had frequently furnished detachments for
service elsewhere, including a short but active campaign in
pursuit of Confederate troops in West Virginia in 1862. The
original members of Cos. A and B were mustered out on Jan. 20,
and Feb. 28, 1865, by reason of expiration of term of service,

and the remainder of the regiment was mustered out on July 13,
1865, in accordance with orders from the war department.


Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

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NATIVE EAST TENNESSEAN DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT :

David Glasgow Farragut : Farragut was born in 1801 at Lowe's Ferry on the Holston River in northeast Tennessee, a few miles southeast of Campbell's Station, near Knoxville. His father was named Jorge, he was a Spanish merchant captain who had served in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 after changing his name to George. David's mother, Elizabeth was from North Carolina, and like many from the region, was of Scots-Irish descent. David's given name was James. After his mother's death in 1808, he agreed to live with David Porter, a naval officer whose father had been friends with James's father. In 1812, he changed his name to "David" in honor of his adopted father. This act also made him the "foster-brother" of two other famous Union Naval Civil War leaders, Admiral, David Dixon Porter and Commodore William David Porter. Farragut's naval career began as a midshipman when he was nine years old, and continued for 60 years until his death at the age of 69. A prize master by the age of 12, Farragut fought in the War of 1812, serving under Captain David Porter. While serving aboard the USS Essex, Farragut participated in the capture of HMS Alert on August 13, 1812.

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Commodore William David Porter

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Farragut on board U.S.S. Hartford

By the time of the Civil War; Farragut had proven his ability repeatedly. Despite the fact that he was born and raised in the South, Farragut chose to side with the Union. In April, 1862, while commander of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, “Flag Officer” Farragut took the city and port of New Orleans. As a reward, the Union created the new rank of Rear Admiral on 7/16/1862, a rank never before used in the U.S. Navy. Before this time, the American Navy had resisted the rank of admiral, preferring the term "flag officer", to distinguish the rank from the traditions of the European Navies. Later that year, Farragut passed the batteries defending Vicksburg, Mississippi, but had no success there. A makeshift Confederate ironclad forced his flotilla of 38 ships to withdraw in July 1862. Always known as an aggressive commander, Farragut was not always cooperative. While working with ground troops under the command of General Nathaniel Banks at Port Hudson, Louisiana, he took it on himself to open hostilities a day early, before the ground forces were ready. This led to the Confederates inflicting heavy damage on his warships and Farragut playing no further part in the battle for Port Hudson.

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Admiral David Farragut and General Gordon Granger

Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863. Port Hudson surrendered on July 9, the Confederacy was cut in two, and the Union controlled the Mississippi. On August 5, 1864, Farragut won a great victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay. Mobile, Alabama, was then the Confederacy's last major open port on the Gulf of Mexico. The bay was heavily mined (tethered naval mines were known as "torpedoes" in the Civil War). Farragut ordered his fleet to charge the bay. When the monitor USS Tecumseh struck a mine and sank, the others began to pull back. Farragut could see the ships pulling back from his high perch, where he was lashed to the rigging of his flagship, USS Hartford. "What's the trouble?", he shouted through a trumpet to USS Brooklyn. "Torpedoes", was the shouted reply. "**** the torpedoes.", said Farragut, "Four bells, Captain Drayton, go ahead, full speed." The bulk of the fleet succeeded in entering the bay. Farragut triumphed over the opposition of heavy batteries in Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines to defeat the squadron of Admiral Franklin Buchanan.

On December 21, 1864, Lincoln promoted Farragut to vice admiral. Farragut was promoted to full admiral on July 25, 1866, becoming the first U.S. Naval officer to hold that rank. Admiral Farragut died from a heart attack at the age of 69 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, while on vacation in the late summer of 1870. He had served almost sixty years in the U.S.Navy. He is buried in New York.

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The monument of Admiral David Farragut in Woodlawn Cemetery, in The Bronx, New York City.
 
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A September 7, 1893, Knoxville Tribune newspaper story, further expounds on the details concerning Samuel Palmer's drawing:
A paving company in Knoxville, while digging a storm sewer at the northwest corner of Gay Street found a 10-inch diameter stump of a yellow pine pole. Workers were about to split the wood to remove it when Confederate veteran Charles Ducloux walked by.

Ducloux saw the stump and did a "double-take". He quickly looked around to make sure of his location, and asked the men not to further damage the "stump". Memories of the war's beginnings started to flood over the old rebel. He recalled assisting in the erecting of a "secession' flag pole early in 1861". The flag on the handsome pine pole, soon became a rallying place for secessionists. Knoxville soon became a bitterly divided town, months before Tennessee became the last state to join the southern Confederacy. One night Unionists chopped the pole down. The rebels simply moved a half-block up Gay Street and erected a new 100-foot pole, using iron bands to splice the old pole to the new one. Unionists erected their own pole at the corner of Gay and Main, near the courthouse. Figuring the rebels would attempt to repay them for their deed, the reinforced their pole with nails. Both banners "floated to the breeze for several months" until Tennessee seceded. Then only the Confederacy's Stars and Bars flew until U.S. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's troops took Knoxville in September 1863. They cut down the pole at Church and Gay. The base remained and was buried under later street improvements. After it was dug up in 1893, the Tribune said the stump was taken to a meeting room of a Confederate veterans group.

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Charles Ducloux : Enlisted on 11/14/1862 as a Artificer in Company E Confederate 1st TN Cavalry. He also had service in "A" Co. CS 3rd Eng. He was born 3/7/1843 in Lausannw, Switzerland, came to the United States in 1855. Charles died 7/1/1917 in Knoxville, TN.



EAST TENNESSEE'S BRIDGE BURNERS :



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Engraving from Harper's Weekly showing members of the East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy swearing allegiance to the U.S. flag. Originally entitled: "A Thrilling scene in east Tennessee—Colonel Fry and the Union men swearing by the flag."

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Union Colonel and "Bridge-Burner" David Frye (left), and John McCoy, 2nd TN Infantry and 8th TN Cavalry.

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The bridge-burning operations, were planned by Carter County minister William B. Carter (1820–1902), and authorized by President Abraham Lincoln, they called for the destruction of nine strategic railroad bridges, followed by an invasion of the area by Union Army forces from southeastern Kentucky, led by George H. "Pap" Thomas, who had remained loyal to the Union, even though being from Virginia. Five of the bridges were destroyed, but the Union Army, over-all commanded by William T. Sherman, failed to move. The destroyed bridges were quickly rebuilt and there was little or no military significance. what did change, was the way the Confederate authorities went from a policy of "tolerating", and trying to win over the support of Unionists, to that of martial law. Dozens of Unionists were arrested and thrown in jail. Several suspected bridge burners were tried and hanged. There was no invasion of east Tennessee until September 1863.

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Isham G. Harris Confederate Governor Of Tennessee
 
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