- Joined
- Nov 27, 2018
- Location
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
On Bean Mountain or Chilhowie Mountain, just North of the Ocoee River and East of Benton Tennessee is a confederate encampment, with a marker giving its history. It says seven men were ambushed by a Federal scouting party on February 25, 1865. It says the seven men were returning from a LOA after visiting a member’s family in the Boyd Bottom area. I had the names and ranks written somewhere and misplaced it, but it included Captain P. L. Bible, a 1st Lieutenant McConnell, a 2nd Lieutenant, a sergeant-private medic, Tom Haney, and three privates, one being Stephen Crockett. Haney was killed, Crockett was shot four times in the leg but escaped, crawling six miles to Greasy Creek, one or two others were wounded and captured, and the rest got away.
That was on the marker, and a rock had been carved out bearing some detail about the time of the event. This left me with questions I cannot answer. Hogback Ridge was due south in the Cohutta Wilderness, a known hang-out for bushwhackers, similarly like Johnson’s Crook and Madden’s Branch. Seven confederates with organizational rank led by a Captain on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, visiting a family down in the valley that is picketed by Federal troops; does not make sense, Was it a reconnaissance patrol for Wheeler, who had the highest command in that area at the time? What about Hood’s Army already broken up, and Roddy and Forrest in Alabama; what was the true purpose of these seven men before getting waylaid on their return to where; Hogback Ridge? Another point of interest, is the well known names of Crockett and McConnell, and a present day Lawyer practicing in Jasper, Tennessee 10 years ago, under the name of Bible and Assoc. Is it possible someone has a copy of this marker with the full names, and possibly a slant on the purpose these men were pursuing? Thanks,
Lubliner.
That was on the marker, and a rock had been carved out bearing some detail about the time of the event. This left me with questions I cannot answer. Hogback Ridge was due south in the Cohutta Wilderness, a known hang-out for bushwhackers, similarly like Johnson’s Crook and Madden’s Branch. Seven confederates with organizational rank led by a Captain on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, visiting a family down in the valley that is picketed by Federal troops; does not make sense, Was it a reconnaissance patrol for Wheeler, who had the highest command in that area at the time? What about Hood’s Army already broken up, and Roddy and Forrest in Alabama; what was the true purpose of these seven men before getting waylaid on their return to where; Hogback Ridge? Another point of interest, is the well known names of Crockett and McConnell, and a present day Lawyer practicing in Jasper, Tennessee 10 years ago, under the name of Bible and Assoc. Is it possible someone has a copy of this marker with the full names, and possibly a slant on the purpose these men were pursuing? Thanks,
Lubliner.