RSMorris
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2020
Drove by this home today on the way to a metal detecting adventure. I took this pic. from the road.
https://patch.com/georgia/douglasville/our-history-yankees-sing-dixie-in-douglas_753dc667
"After camping along Sweetwater Creek, Stoneman and his men headed southwest. He and General McCook had received orders to disrupt the West Point Railroad south and west of Atlanta. McCook's men camped along the road toward Campbellton, and there was a very short battle with a Confederate unit on the Bullard-Henley property. The home still stands today along Highway 92 before you reach the Chattahoochee River and is pictured with this post.
A Union soldier was killed, and the mistress of the house, Susan Miller Bullard, was told to provide a proper burial or risk having her home burned. The solder rests today in the garden near house.
Before heading on to Newnan, McCook decided the Bullard-Henley home would make a fine location for him to "make camp". He enjoyed a fine dinner prepared by Mrs. Bullard while his men camped all around the house and adjacent grounds. After dinner Mrs. Bullard's daughter, Tallulah Florence Bullard, provided the evening's entertainment because she was an accomplished piano player.
McCook's men made various requests and soon found that "Little Reb", as they called Tallulah, could play any song they requested. When they asked her to play Yankee Doodle, however, the little girl would launch into Dixie instead. They kept requesting Yankee Doodle, but she kept pounding out Dixie on the piano keys. After hearing Dixie over and over, General McCook finally walked into the parlor to see what was going on. He struck a deal with the little girl. His men would sing Dixie first, and then she would play Yankee Doodle for them. I wish the disagreements that had caused the war had been settled as easily."
https://patch.com/georgia/douglasville/our-history-yankees-sing-dixie-in-douglas_753dc667
"After camping along Sweetwater Creek, Stoneman and his men headed southwest. He and General McCook had received orders to disrupt the West Point Railroad south and west of Atlanta. McCook's men camped along the road toward Campbellton, and there was a very short battle with a Confederate unit on the Bullard-Henley property. The home still stands today along Highway 92 before you reach the Chattahoochee River and is pictured with this post.
A Union soldier was killed, and the mistress of the house, Susan Miller Bullard, was told to provide a proper burial or risk having her home burned. The solder rests today in the garden near house.
Before heading on to Newnan, McCook decided the Bullard-Henley home would make a fine location for him to "make camp". He enjoyed a fine dinner prepared by Mrs. Bullard while his men camped all around the house and adjacent grounds. After dinner Mrs. Bullard's daughter, Tallulah Florence Bullard, provided the evening's entertainment because she was an accomplished piano player.
McCook's men made various requests and soon found that "Little Reb", as they called Tallulah, could play any song they requested. When they asked her to play Yankee Doodle, however, the little girl would launch into Dixie instead. They kept requesting Yankee Doodle, but she kept pounding out Dixie on the piano keys. After hearing Dixie over and over, General McCook finally walked into the parlor to see what was going on. He struck a deal with the little girl. His men would sing Dixie first, and then she would play Yankee Doodle for them. I wish the disagreements that had caused the war had been settled as easily."