Eastern TN sites

[ErnieMac]

I was thinking about going there. Is it interesting?

It has been many (and I do mean many) years since I was there, so it's difficult to say. I am also thinking about a visit since it's not a terribly long distance from where I'm working at present.

 

[Barnesville Blues]

Thanks for the information on Danville Leadbetter. I have been looking for the source of that photograph of him for some time. It is the only picture I have ever seen of him. I am sure it is probably at the USAMHI, but sometimes it is difficult to locate pictures with online searches. The photograph of John C. Breckinridge that I want...I have a source that states that it is in the USAMHI but when I search, I can't find it exactly. There is one that is close but not exact.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

If you are going to go to pigeon forge you must go to the old grist mill.great biscuits and sausage.we always buy a bunch of their stone groound grits and corn meal.interesting place.

* Photos courtesy of William Bechmann (2011)

 

[Barnesville Blues]

I just remembered another place in East Tennessee that might be worth visiting...I am kicking myself for not remembering this sooner because I had an ancestor there. Morristown Tennessee....

The Battle of Morristown was fought on Oct 28, 1864. It was significant because the greatest Majority of the soldiers engaged in the battle on both sides were from East Tennessee. This Battle literally did pit Brother against brother and father against son. I am not sure if there is anything to see here or not but it would be worth a look I would say and I wound be interested to know my self. My ancestor, Private Abner Thomas Heartsill/Hartsell of Company G, 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry CSA, was captured at the Battle of Morristown and spent the rest of the War in Camp Douglas. The Battle of Morristown was a fairly easy union victory. Not only were the Confederate Troops outnumbered but they were also firing muskets while the union troops were armed with repeating rifles.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I just remembered another place in East Tennessee that might be worth visiting...I am kicking myself for not remembering this sooner because I had an ancestor there. Morristown Tennessee....

The Battle of Morristown was fought on Oct 28, 1864. It was significant because the greatest Majority of the soldiers engaged in the battle on both sides were from East Tennessee. This Battle literally did pit Brother against brother and father against son. I am not sure if there is anything to see here or not but it would be worth a look I would say and I wound be interested to know my self. My ancestor, Private Abner Thomas Heartsill/Hartsell of Company G, 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry CSA, was captured at the Battle of Morristown and spent the rest of the War in Camp Douglas. The Battle of Morristown was a fairly easy union victory. Not only were the Confederate Troops outnumbered but they were also firing muskets while the union troops were armed with repeating rifles.

I had some kin in Co.B 59th Tennessee & the Union 8th Tennessee Cavalry. I believe they recently opened the house / museum that Longstreet used as his headquarters in Morristown after withdrawing from Knoxville.


Morristown, Tenn.,
Dec. 10, 1863.

Garrard's Brigade, Cavalry corps, Army of the Ohio.

In the pursuit of Longstreet, after he had raised the siege of
Knoxville, Gen. Garrard dashed into Morristown, drove the enemy
from his fortifications and the town. Shackelford's report of
the affair says that between 40 and 50 of the enemy were killed
or wounded, while Garrard lost but 6 wounded.

Source: The Union Army, Vol.,6 p.,614
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Morristown, Tenn.,
Aug. 2, 1864.

Detachment of 10th Michigan Cavalry.

Lieut.-Col. Luther S. Trowbridge with 250 men and a mountain
howitzer left Strawberry plains on the 1st and the following
day met a party of 110 Confederates at Morristown. After a
short fight the enemy retired with the loss of an officer
mortally and 5 men slightly wounded.

There were no casualties among the Federals.

Source: The Union Army, Vol.,6 p.,614
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MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE
OCTOBER 28, 1864.

Morristown, Tenn., Oct. 28, 1864. 8th, 9th and 13th
Tennessee Cavalry and Battery E, 1st Tennessee Light Artillery.
About 9 a. m. this force, under Brig.-Gen. Alvan C. Gillem,
came upon the Confederate pickets, which the advance regiment,
the 9th Tenn., charged and drove back upon their main line
drawn up in strong position before the town. The battery was
brought forward and placed on an eminence commanding the
enemy's center, which was at once charged by one of Gillem's
regiments and badly routed. Noticing the enemy preparing to
charge the right flank, Gillem ordered a forward movement by
the 8th Tenn. on that part of his line. By that time the 9th
had been reformed, and simultaneously with the charge of the
8th attacked the Confederate right. After a short but des-
perate resistance the Confederates turned and fled leaving
(according to Union reports) 85 dead on the field. Some 224
were captured and a quantity of arms, ammunition, etc. Gillem
lost 8 killed and 18 wounded.


Source: The Union Army, vol. 6

 

[Buckeye Bill]

I received a "Civil War Driving Tour of Knoxville, Tennessee" brochure in the mail last May. Has any member taken this tour? It seems the majority of sites (ie : Fort Sanders) have surrendered to urban development.

Bill

Anyone???

 

[KLSDAD]

I have relatives in Oak Ridge and have gone to a few of Knoxville's CW sites a couple of times....... it's been a few years but I think enough hapened that you can make a decent half day of it. Maybe more. Not much help but at least a bump.

 

[DixieRifles]

MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE
OCTOBER 28, 1864.

Morristown, Tenn., Oct. 28, 1864. 8th, 9th and 13th
Tennessee Cavalry and Battery E, 1st Tennessee Light Artillery.

NOT to be confused with Bradford's 13th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion(aka 14 Tenn Cav).

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

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NOT to be confused with Bradford's 13th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion(aka 14 Tenn Cav).

Right ! Two separate units. One from east Tennessee, one from west Tennessee.