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

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Brigadier-General John Crawford Vaughn was born in Grayson county,
Va., February 24, 1824. His family soon after moved to
Tennessee and settled in Monroe county, where his youth and
early manhood were passed. As soon as he was old enough to be
elected to an office, he was chosen to a position of
importance in his county.

Although that section of the State has been noted for heated
political strife, the people of Monroe county always stood by
him. When the United States became involved in war with
Mexico, young Vaughn entered the Fifth Tennessee volunteers as
a captain and served throughout the war.

At its close he returned to his home in east Tennessee and
became a merchant in the little village of Sweetwater. He was
frequently placed in responsible positions by his fellow
citizens. He was in Charleston, S. C., at the commencement of
the Confederate war, and participated in the opening of the
bloodiest drama of modern times.

Returning to east Tennessee, after the capture of Fort Sumter,
he raised a company in Monroe county and aided in the
organization of a regiment in Knoxville, of which he was
elected colonel. It is said that this was really the first
Tennessee regiment raised, but that the colonels of two other
regiments reached Richmond first and offered their commands to
the Confederate government. Thus Colonel Vaughn's regiment
was numbered the Third Tennessee.

The State of Tennessee having not yet seceded, Colonel Vaughn
took his men to Lynchburg, Va., where they were mustered into
the Confederate service on the 6th of June, and ordered to
report to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, then at Harper's Ferry.
His command was stationed for a time at Romney. With a
detachment of his own regiment and two companies of the
Thirteenth Virginia, Colonel Vaughn dispersed a body of the
enemy at New Creek bridge, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
and captured two pieces of artillery, the first taken by the
Confederates in the field.

The regiment was subsequently attached to Kirby Smith's
brigade and participated in the first battle of Manassas. In
the spring of 1862 Colonel Vaughn was ordered to east
Tennessee. On September 20, 1862, he was commissioned
brigadier-general, and in the winter following was sent with
his brigade of East Tennesseeans to Vicksburg, where he
assisted in repelling Sherman's attack in December.

During the long and tedious siege of that important post in
1863, Vaughn was in command of the upper defenses of the city.
At last, worn out and decimated, his brigade was surrendered
with the rest of Pemberton's army, July 4, 1863. General
Vaughn was soon exchanged, and sent with a brigade of mounted
men to operate in east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

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Artist Don Troiani’s 2013 painting of John C. Vaughn titled “General of the Confederacy”

When General Hunter began his march against Lee's
communications in 1864, Vaughn assisted in repelling his
advance. In the performance of this duty he was engaged in
the battle of Piedmont, and after the death of General Jones
assumed command and brought off the shattered forces
successfully.

He was with Early in his successful campaign against Hunter,
and in the last advance in Maryland and the valley of
Virginia. Being wounded near Martinsburg, he was furloughed
and returned to Bristol, Tenn. After the death of Gen. John
H. Morgan, he took command of the forces in east Tennessee.

When Lee surrendered, Vaughn's command was at Christianburg
confronting Stoneman. On hearing the news he formed his war-
worn Confederates in line and told them that the army of
Northern Virginia had surrendered, but that if they would
follow him, he would join Joe Johnston in North Carolina.

The men who had followed their leader through four weary
years, once more turned their backs upon their homes, cut down
their artillery, destroyed their baggage wagons and marched
into North Carolina. After the surrender of Joe Johnston,
General Vaughn's troops formed part of the escort of President
Davis in his attempt to make his way to the Trans-Mississippi
department, and at Abbeville, S. C., Vaughn was one of the
five brigade commanders who took part in the last council of
war held by President Davis.

At the close of the war General Vaughn went to south Georgia.
He afterward returned to Tennessee and was elected to the
State senate, of which he was made presiding officer. At the
close of his term he returned to south Georgia, where he
remained until his death, being engaged either as a merchant
at Thomasville or in planting.

He died at his residence in Brooks county, Ga., August 10,
1875.

Source: Confederate Military History, vol. X, p. 339
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John Crawford Vaughn and the death of "home- grown Yankee", Joe Devine :

Joseph M. Divine
"Affiliation: UnionUnit: Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment Rank: Deputy Provost Marshal
During 1864, Confederate guerilla raids threatened Federal control in East Tennessee. Federals appointed a provost marshal and deputies and formed a regiment to contain Confederate action. Divine served as a deputy provost marshal and organized the Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, carrying out strict Federal policies in dealing with Confederate sympathizers. Those who denied allegiance to the Union or gave aid or information to Confederate troops or bushwhackers faced arrest or deportation. Orders came in June 1864 for the deportation of the family of Confederate Gen. John C. Vaughn, setting the stage for vengeful retaliation. Though evidence implicating Divine as the cause of the family’s deportation either doesn’t exist or is yet undiscovered, Vaughn placed blame squarely on Divine, referring to him as “my personal enemy for many years.” Confederate forces in East Tennessee harassed Divine and burned his house. Allegations that Divine used his power to influence court decisions and intimidate citizens made him an unlikable character for Confederates in East Tennessee. This tension continued after Divine and his men mustered out and Federal occupational forces withdrew from Monroe County. A Confederate guerrilla force operated well into 1865, exacting revenge. After the murder of a fellow deputy provost in January 1865, Divine hid in the cellar of Dr. Joseph Upton’s house in Madisonville. A detachment of 20 to 30 guerrillas arrived looking for Divine, found his hiding place, and demanded his surrender. Divine killed a man sent to bring him out, and the detachment threatened to burn the house. Upton pleaded with Divine to surrender, promising that Divine would be treated as a prisoner of war, and Divine surrendered. Despite the promise of fair treatment, Divine was forced to run between two horses with ropes around his neck from Madisonville to Good Springs, approximately 20 miles, struck by bayonets and pistols all along the way. As his captors camped, Divine escaped. Five men captured him, beat him to death, and dumped his body in a field. The murder of Joseph Divine is a seminal example of the unmitigated violence and vengeful retaliation in East Tennessee during the war".

John C. Vaughn was reportedly born in the Upton house, where Devine was captured. I had several ancestor/ relatives, including the father of my maternal great-grandmother, that served in the Union 3rd TN Mounted Infantry. Most were rebel deserters.

I also had Confederate ancestor/relatives that served under General Vaughn.

 
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"Wild Bill" as a Confederate Volunteer


William O. “Wild Bill” Sizemore : He headed one of the most notorious Unionist gangs in northeast Tennessee. Like Newton Knight in Mississippi, he began the war as a Confederate before deserting early on. He was never affiliated in any captivity with the Union Army, choosing instead, to make war on and terrorize civilians, Confederate and Union. He enlisted in Captain Robert Simpson's, Co. “D”. 4th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Organized July 8, 1861 at Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN. They were accepted into Confederate service at Camp Buckner October 4, 1861. They were reorganized May 24, 1862, and consolidated with the 5th Battalion to form the 2nd (Ashby’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Shortly after if not before, "Wild Bill" deserted. He reputedly shot seven Confederate prisoners in federal custody at Rogersville, and generally did as he pleased through the countryside. On April 5,1865, Sizemore appeared at the door of Eliza Fain, an ardent southern sympathizer, who lived in Rogersville. After telling Eliza that he intended to destroy her property and burn the house, he turned his men loose to accomplish the task. In Eliza’s words, “such a scene ensued for about half or three-quarters of an hour I have never witnessed.” Sizemore and his accomplices stole all Eliza’s silver, the meat in the smokehouse, a horse, fruit in the cellar, and all the milk and butter in the spring-house. The gang specialized in stealing provisions from citizens and selling the goods to military commissaries. Following the escapade at the Fain house, Sizemore and his men rode on to steal from other families in Rogersville. Fortunately, Bill did not act on his threat to burn Eliza’s house, but later that day the gang murdered five men associated with the secessionist band of Bill Owens. Eliza trusted in God to exact vengeance on Bill Sizemore and, shortly after the war, she got her wish. When the war ended, Sizemore set himself up in Rogersville and continued his bullying ways. In 1867, his cousin Irdell Willis, also a Confederate deserter of the 5th TN Cavalry Battalion and Ashby"s 2nd TN Cavalry, and probably also a Union deserter, shot him dead in front of the Rogersville courthouse, ending the notorious bandit’s short but violent career as a bushwhacker and robber.

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Eliza Fain was married to Colonel Richard G. Fain, a West Point graduate from Hawkins County. He was the first Colonel of the 63rd Tennessee Infantry, the last front-line regiment from east Tennessee and one of the last, if not the last, regiment from the entire state. Colonel Fain resigned his commission in early 1863, for health reasons. 5 of their 6 sons fought for the Confederacy.
 
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"Wild Bill" as a Confederate Volunteer


William O. “Wild Bill” Sizemore : He headed one of the most notorious Unionist gangs in northeast Tennessee. Like Newton Knight in Mississippi, he began the war as a Confederate before deserting early on. He was never affiliated in any captivity with the Union Army, choosing instead, to make war on and terrorize civilians, Confederate and Union. He enlisted in Captain Robert Simpson's, Co. “D”. 4th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Organized July 8, 1861 at Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN. They were accepted into Confederate service at Camp Buckner October 4, 1861. They were reorganized May 24, 1862, and consolidated with the 5th Battalion to form the 2nd (Ashby’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Shortly after if not before, "Wild Bill" deserted. He reputedly shot seven Confederate prisoners in federal custody at Rogersville, and generally did as he pleased through the countryside. On April 5,1865, Sizemore appeared at the door of Eliza Fain, an ardent southern sympathizer, who lived in Rogersville. After telling Eliza that he intended to destroy her property and burn the house, he turned his men loose to accomplish the task. In Eliza’s words, “such a scene ensued for about half or three-quarters of an hour I have never witnessed.” Sizemore and his accomplices stole all Eliza’s silver, the meat in the smokehouse, a horse, fruit in the cellar, and all the milk and butter in the spring-house. The gang specialized in stealing provisions from citizens and selling the goods to military commissaries. Following the escapade at the Fain house, Sizemore and his men rode on to steal from other families in Rogersville. Fortunately, Bill did not act on his threat to burn Eliza’s house, but later that day the gang murdered five men associated with the secessionist band of Bill Owens. Eliza trusted in God to exact vengeance on Bill Sizemore and, shortly after the war, she got her wish. When the war ended, Sizemore set himself up in Rogersville and continued his bullying ways. In 1867, his cousin Irdell Willis, also a Confederate deserter of the 5th TN Cavalry Battalion and Ashby"s 2nd TN Cavalry, and probably also a Union deserter, shot him dead in front of the Rogersville courthouse, ending the notorious bandit’s short but violent career as a bushwhacker and robber.

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Eliza Fain was married to Colonel Richard G. Fain, a West Point graduate from Hawkins County. He was the first Colonel of the 63rd Tennessee Infantry, the last front-line regiment from east Tennessee and one of the last, if not the last, regiment from the entire state. Colonel Fain resigned his commission in early 1863, for health reasons. 5 of their 6 sons fought for the Confederacy.
@copley while not a Union officer worth his salt Sizemore is a colorful character. Lots of interesting folks on this thread.
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He survived prison and the Sultana Disaster

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Samuel J. Thrasher was born in bitterly divided Hawkins County in northeast Tennessee. He made it through Confederate lines to Louisville, Kentucky to enlist with the 6th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers on 2/8/ 1863. On 2/10/1863 he mustered into Company G as a Farrier. After two years, he was captured and briefly imprisoned in Marion, Alabama, before being paroled. On April 25, 1865, from Vicksburg, Mississippi, Thrasher headed up the Mississippi River on the S. S. Sultana. At Memphis, the ship unloaded freight and took on more passengers—2,300 passengers total, far more than its legal capacity of 376. Heavy rainfall had flooded the Mississippi River, rendering it far wider than usual. On April 27, the Sultana was roughly ten miles north of Memphis when its boilers exploded at 2 a.m. Widespread fire followed the initial blast and wave of debris shrapnel. Those surviving the initial explosion swarmed the already over-crowded decks seeking to abandon ship. Thrasher, who could not swim, was forced to remain with the burning hull as long as possible. He clung to a short rope to keep from being pushed overboard in the panic. When the crowd thinned, Thrasher and a few passengers threw lifelines into the river, pulled several men out of the water, and worked to put part of the fire out. The burning vessel drifted slowly down the swollen Mississippi. Many of the men who abandoned ship swam for miles before clinging to trees. Others tired in their efforts and drowned. Others drowned in desperate fights for bits of driftwood, panic bringing their untimely ends. Thrasher and a few others, however, stayed on the burning ship and made a raft out of some of the dislodged timbers. As the ship passed through a grove of small trees, they threw out a line and tied it to a tree, lodging the ship for a time. Thrasher’s group went ashore on their raft and waited for a boat to take them back to Memphis. Estimates have put the death toll as high as 1,800, more than was lost in the sinking of the Titanic, and the Sultana explosion is known as the worst American maritime disaster.

 
Not all the Drummers were boys in east Tennessee

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William Franklin Turk
Confederate Drummer of Company D 63rd Tennessee. He enlisted and mustered into Company D on 7/30/1862. He was in the assault on Snodgrass Hill during the battle of Chickamauga, 404 men made the assault and only 202 remained. He was present and paroled at Appomattox. Like many former Confederates, he left east Tennessee after the war and settled in Texas, where he lived out his days.

Chickamagua after battle report:

Report of Maj. John A. Aiken, Sixty-third Tennessee Infantry.

CAMP SIXTY-THIRD TENNESSEE REGT.,
Near Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26, 1863.

SIR: I herewith transmit a report of the action of the Sixty-third
Tennessee Regt. in the battle of the 19th and 20th instant:

On the evening of the 18th, the regiment, under command of
Lieut.-Col. Fulkerson, was formed in line of battle on southeast
bank of Chickamauga Creek, near the crossing, on the right of
the brigade (Gen. Gracie's).

About 10 o'clock at night we were ordered with the brigade to
cross the creek and form in line of battle, so as to protect the
crossing should the enemy advance. The line established, we
remained until 9 a. m. the 19th, when we were moved in column
about 1 mile distant and to our left, and again a bluff overlooking
the enemy's battery. We had been formed about one hour when
the enemy opened upon us with shot and shell, severely
wounding 1 lieutenant and 1 man. After some time, and the
firing from that battery had ceased, we were moved in column
by a circuitous route to the right and formed 300 yards in rear of
Col. Triggs brigade, where we remained exposed to a fire of
shot and shell until dark.

Sunday morning, the 20th, we were ordered to march in line of
battle in direction of the Chattanooga road, and before reaching
the road we were marched by the right flank into and along the
Chattanooga road in the direction of heavy musketry and artillery
firing when we again formed in line of battle to the right of the
road, where we remained for about one hour, when the command
"left face" was given and we marched at double-quick across the
Chattanooga
road west about one-half mile, when we were
thrown into column of companies and then into line on the right
of the brigade and near the left of Barksdale's [Humphreys']
(Mississippi) brigade, and on the right slope of the hill occupied
by the enemy. The line was formed under a heavy fire of
musketry. By some means the regiment became separated from
the brigade and was subjected to a heavy fire in front and from
the right. As soon as information could be communicated to the
commander of the brigade of our exposed position, the
Forty-third Alabama Regt. was sent to support us on the left.
The two regiments charged up the hill very near the enemy's
position, but the fire of shot, shell, and musketry being so heavy,
were compelled to retire.

It was the first fire to which the regiment was ever exposed, and
considering everything--that it formed under fire and was
subjected to a heavy fire of artillery and musketry from the front
and a rapid cross-fire from the right--too much praise cannot be
awarded to the officers and men of the regiment for the manner
in which they conducted themselves. I have no particular cases
of gallantry to mention. All did their duty nobly.

Of the 402 aggregate taken into the engagement, 184 were
wounded and 16 killed.

Among the killed were Capt. J. T. Gillespie and Second Lieut.
S. M. Deaderick, who fell at the same time, while gallantly
cheering their men on up the hill.

It is due the regiment to say that if fell back in good order and
not until the last round of cartridge had been exhausted. No
troops during the entire engagement were exposed to a more
deadly fire or withstood the shock with more coolness and
determination.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNo. A. AIKEN,
Maj., Comdg. Sixty-third Tennessee Regt.

Capt. H. E. JONES,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.

Source: Official Records
CHAP. XLII.] THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN. PAGE 428-51
[Series I. Vol. 30. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 51.]

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Samuel Bachman is said to have brought his first wagon to Sullivan County, Tennessee, (from Pennsylvania), loaded with merchandise, some of which he traded for land. He then returned to Pennsylvania and brought his family to what is now Kingsport (my life-long hometown), probably about the year 1776. The Bachman family have played a prominent role in the history of upper east Tennessee ever since, especially during the Civil War.

John Waverly Bachman was Captain of Co. G 60th Tn. His brother, John Lynn Bachman served in Co. D 37th Virginia Infantry. Two other brothers served in the Confederate Army, one dying of disease during the war. All three surviving brothers became prominent Presbyterian pastors in east Tennessee following the war. John Waverly Bachman ministered in Chattanooga for 50 years following the war and became known as Chattanooga's Pastor. He also served as Chaplin-General of the UCV.

Their older cousin, John Peoples Bachman, enlisted in a local Confederate Home-Guard, "The Sullivan County Reserves" on June 6, 1863, at the age of 55. The "Reserves" were made up of mostly men too old, or too young for conscription. "Tennesseans in the Civil War" describes them as being :

"Organized in June, 1863, by the Commandant for Conscripts for Kentucky and East Tennessee, in Sullivan County. The intention was apparently to organize the companies listed below into a battalion, to be staffed by unassigned officers or officers from the Invalid Corps, but these plans apparently were not carried to completion". That intention was probably affected to a great deal by the capture of Knoxville, Tennessee and Union Cavalry advancing even further into upper east Tennessee in September, 1863. John Peoples Bachman, his wife Rachel, and their children, were among many east Tennesseans that found themselves caught up in that sad and frighting time. The following research was done by John Bachman's grandson, Robert Garland Bachman in 1942 :

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The two letters written by John Bachman :

Addressed to "Mrs Rachael Bachman", written from "Knoxville, Tennessee", (recently occupied by Union Forces commanded by Ambrose Burnside). Dated 9/12/1863..........

"Dear wife, I was captured at Jonesborough. I am well, except a very sore ankle. I wish you would send me a pair of socks, 2 shirts, a good blanket, or overcoat and pants, put them in a satchel or haversack and don't grieve after me.

I can't tell you when I will be at home. I will return as soon as I'm released. Tell the boys (probably slaves) to take care of the crop as well as they can. Keep what grain you have. Get Lynn or Bob to see to your claims act. Andy Coleman owes $10.00, Thomas Hickman $10.00, borrowed at the salt-works. I have no time to write you (with) much satisfaction. There is with me, J.H. Crouch, John Ball, Edmond Wheelock, and other of my friends. We expect to be sent to Camp Chase. If it should be so, we may remain (for) some months. So I remain your affectionate husband,........ John Bachman".

No records indicate any of the home-guard men were sent to Camp Chase. They were probably paroled on their word of honor, told to go home, and to stay there !
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Amanda Easley Bachman (Mandy)

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Sarah Ellen Bachman (Ellen)


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Cornelia Ann Bachman Humphreys "Kiss little Ann for me".


(Credit photos of the daughters to "Lost Mountaineer" at Find-A-Grave).

Addressed to "Mrs. Rachel Bachman, Sullivan County, Tennessee. In care of S.K.V. Patton". (actually Colonel Samuel K. Patton, 8th TN U.S. Cavalry. He became Colonel of the 8th TN in 1864. He lived in the same general vicinity of the Bachman's, and may have been a close friend of the family, although on the opposite side). He was a strong Unionist, and political ally of "Parson" Brownlow.

"Knoxville, Tennessee September 14, 1863.......Dear Wife, I have an opportunity of writing a few lines by Mr. Patton. I'm well except my ankle, it is better, the doctor says it will (take) some time before it will heal. I forgot to write you about my boots. The morning I left you, I loaned them to Edy (?) Chase Esq, and I have got his old shoes. Please send Lafayette (slave)? with my old shoes, and get my boots. Send them if you can get them, send my best shoes if you can't them in time. Take care of the children. Kiss little Ann for me. I think you had better take Mandy and Ellen from school, till I get home. If you have an opportunity, write me how you are getting along, (and) how the boys (slaves) ? (are). (they only had one son). Your most affectionate.....John Bachman

P.S. Please send $75.00 in Tennessee bank notes to Richard Jobe, (He) says he wants his wife to get William Perry, John Depew, and David Hunt, to vouch for him and send it down by William Mullinex. Copy this off, and send to Mrs Jobe.





Men mentioned in his 1st letter :
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J.H. (Jesse Hitter) Crouch, a cousin of my Dad's paternal grandmother.

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Edmond Wheelock, a cousin of my Mom's maternal great-grandmother.

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John Ball, an apparent acquaintance from neighboring Hawkins County. John belonged to a unit with one of the best unit nicknames of the Civil War. Right up there with the Iron Brigade, Irish Brigade, Stonewall Brigade, and Texas Brigade, one has to place the hallowed name of "The Beech Creek Jerkers"!!!!

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Richard Jobe is mentioned in the 2nd letter. He was most likely a distant relative on my Mom's side
 
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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.
 
Robert Shields is my 3x great uncle. His brother Arnett and a nephew Richard served together with Richard dying of disease. Another brother George Washington served with my 3x great grandfather John Oliver in the 11th GA Infantry. John died of disease in 1862 and George was discharged shortly after and went home and took care of his sister and her family.

Do you know the source of Robert’s photo? I was so thrilled to see this.
 
Robert Shields is my 3x great uncle. His brother Arnett and a nephew Richard served together with Richard dying of disease. Another brother George Washington served with my 3x great grandfather John Oliver in the 11th GA Infantry. John died of disease in 1862 and George was discharged shortly after and went home and took care of his sister and her family.

Do you know the source of Robert’s photo? I was so thrilled to see this.

Welcome. I found it at the 29th's Facebook page :

https://www.facebook.com/The-29th-Tennessee-Volunteer-Infantry-CSA-101786473247644/
 
Thank you! I’ve really enjoyed this topic, I’ve some ancestors I the 5th and 7th TN Mounted Infantry Regt US.

I also have distant ties to the 5th & 7th Union Tennessee Mounted Infantry. I had several closer relatives in the Union 3rd TN Mounted Infantry from upper east Tennessee. The Union mounted infantry units were organized late in the war and didn't see a great deal of action. I didn't know if you had the following info, not out there. With your ancestors names I might be able to find some specific information on them. Are you from Tennessee ?

http://tngenweb.org/civilwar/5th-tennessee-mounted-infantry-regiment/

http://tngenweb.org/civilwar/7th-tennessee-mounted-infantry-regiment/

You mentioned relatives in the 11th Georgia Infantry :

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/lots-of-soldiers-from-georgia-in-the-anv.88236/#post-698831

This man's Union brother in east Tennessee, served in the 5th TN Mounted Infantry.
 
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The Turner Brothers of Cocke County, (east) Tennessee, began the war on opposite sides. Edward David Turner was born about 1834. He began and ended the war as a east Tennessee "home-grown" Yankee. He enlisted 10/10/1863 into Company K 8th Tennessee Cavalry. He was captured 1/15/1864, at Danridge, Tn. He was held at Richmond until March 12, when he was sent to Andersonville. During his absence, he was listed as "deserted", (a common occurrence), He returned to his company February 21, 1865, the "desertion" charge was cleared from his record,and he applied for a Federal pension in 1890. His widow, Cassandra received a widows pension after his death in 1894.



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Reuben Coffee Turner was born, May, 16, 1839. Reuben began the war as a Confederate. Enlisting on 9/6/1862 at Cocke County, TN as a Private in James T. Huff's Company of east Tennesseans, later designated Company "H" 60th NC Infantry. They were soon ordered to Greenville in east Tennessee, to guard railroads, railroad bridges, and stores, during Bragg's Kentucky campaign. Reuben is shown on rolls 10/15/1862. Hospitalized 12/31/1862 Dalton, GA (With parotitis), he returned 2/28/1863. He is shown as "deserted" on 9/7/1863, at Chattanooga, TN. This is shortly after the capture of Knoxville by Union forces commanded by Ambrose Burnside. At some point, Reuben enlisted in Company H, Union 2nd Tennessee Infantry. It was probably after the regiment was captured Nov.6, 1863 at Rogersville, Tennessee. Soon afterward the remnants of the regiment were gathered up and detailed as provost guards at Sevierville, Maryville, Clinton, and Maynardville. Reuben was probably among those mustered out at Nashville during August, 1865. Like his brother, he applied for a Federal pension. Unlike Edward, he was not counted in the 1890 census of Union veterans in Tennessee. Both men fathered large families. Reuben, 10 Edward, 14. Edward died 5 Jul, 1894, Reuben, 23 Jun, 1903. They are both buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee. They were the sons of Lorenzo Dow and Eliza Buckner Turner.

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A Shooting In Knoxville

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Eldad C. Camp : (August 1, 1839 – November 21, 1920) enlisted and mustered on 5/2/1864 as a Sergeant Major into Field & Staff Ohio 142nd Infantry. This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, May 13, 1864, to serve for 100 days. In June 1864, Camp's regiment successfully guided supplies through the hostile Virginia wilderness to reinforce General Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Cold Harbor. In February 1865, shortly before he was mustered out with the rank of major, Camp accompanied General Joseph Alexander Cooper to Knoxville, TN. Impressed with the virtually untouched mineral resources of the surrounding region, Camp decided to make the city his permanent home.

Shortly after the war, Camp became embroiled in a quarrel with former Confederate Colonel Henry Ashby of Knoxville. Camp accused Ashby of cruelly mistreating 431 Union soldiers that had been captured by Confederate forces in 1862, leading to Ashby's arrest and indictment for treason. Ashby posted bail and fled to Atlanta, but returned to Knoxville in 1868 after the charges were dropped. On July 9, 1868, Ashby encountered Camp on Gay Street, and a brief struggle ensued, with Ashby attacking Camp with a cane, and Camp striking Ashby with an umbrella. The following day, Ashby confronted Camp at the latter's law office near the corner of what is now Walnut and Main. According to some reports, Ashby attempted to strike Camp with a cane, and according to others, Ashby drew a derringer. In any case, Camp drew a pistol and fired, killing Ashby. After Camp was arrested for murder, his bail was posted by several former Unionists, among them future Knoxville Journal editor William Rule. Knoxville's pro-Democratic newspaper, the Daily Press and Herald, dubbed Camp a cold-blooded killer, while the city's pro-Republican paper, the Knoxville Whig, hailed him as a hero. The county's acting district attorney eventually issued a nolle prosequi,(a formal notice of abandonment by a plaintiff or prosecutor of all or part of a suit or action) and Camp was never prosecuted for the killing.


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Henry M. Ashby,
cousin to better-known and fellow Virginian, Turner Ashby, enlisted and commissioned on 7/6/1861 at Knoxville, TN as a Captain into "C" Company TN 4th Battalion of Cavalry. This company was assigned to the 4th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion which became part of the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Ashby was elected Colonel of the regiment on May 24, 1862. The 2nd Tennessee Cavalry operated in east Tennessee in 1862 and 1863, usually in the brigade of Brigadier General John Pegram. Ashby was wounded in the right foot during one of three raids into Kentucky made by his regiment during 1862. Pegram's brigade joined the Army of Tennessee and Ashby's regiment helped destroy a Union Army wagon train at the Battle of Stones River (December 31, 1862, January 2, 1863 Campaign). The brigade then again engaged in independent operations in Kentucky. The brigade again fought with the Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19 and 20, 1863. Pegram transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia after the battle but Ashby and his regiment remained with the Army of Tennessee.

Under the overall command of Major General Joseph Wheeler, Ashby's regiment was heavily engaged in the Battle of Brown's Mill near Newnan, Georgia on July 30, 1864. They helped turn back a raid south of Atlanta by Union Brigadier General Edward M. McCook, who had been sent by Major General William T. Sherman to cut supply and communication lines to Atlanta. In June 1864, Ashby was assigned to command a brigade of four Tennessee cavalry regiments in Brigadier General William Y.C. Humes's division in Major General Wheeler's corps during the Atlanta Campaign.

Ashby's brigade harassed Sherman's advanced units during the Carolinas Campaign in early 1865. Because Humes was wounded on March 10, 1865 at the Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, Ashby, who was the senior colonel in Humes's division and who had also been briefly disabled by having his horse shot from under him at the same battle, led the division at the Battle of Bentonville and until the end of the war. Although sometimes referred to as an acting brigadier general, Ashby ended the war as a Colonel. Major General Wheeler later wrote that he had been told unofficially by the Confederate War Department officials that a Brigadier General's commission had been issued for Ashby, no such commission though, was ever delivered. Ashby signed his parole on May 3, 1865 as "Colonel, commanding Division."

The two men's graves are yards apart in Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee. Ashby was also mortal enemies we the "Parson", arch-unionist, William G. Brownlow. Reportedly their graves actually face one another.
 
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ETR, here ya go. If you need gps coordinates to the headstone let me know.

4600 block of Big War Creek Rd

J.N.O Allen
COMPANY I
8th Tennessee Infantry

Headstone is marble and in bad shape, but I don't think there are any dates on it. When I get q chance I will replace the headstone with a granite replica.
 
ETR, here ya go. If you need gps coordinates to the headstone let me know.

4600 block of Big War Creek Rd

J.N.O Allen
COMPANY I
8th Tennessee Infantry

Headstone is marble and in bad shape, but I don't think there are any dates on it. When I get q chance I will replace the headstone with a granite replica.

Union Private John Allen was 32 when he enlisted in Company I 8th Tennessee Infantry on 7/1/1863. George W. Graham's Company “I”. Mustered in at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, August 11, 1863 with men from Hancock, Hawkins, Grainger, and Union Counties. John was Mustered Out on 6/30/1865. He was born 12/5/1830, died 5/29/1898. Buried in Hamilton Wolfe Cemetery, Rural, Hancock Co., TN. He applied for a pension on 4/18/1882 from the State of TN. His Widow (Nancy), applied for a pension on 7/3/1893 from the State of TN.

John was probably the son of Andrew & Elizabeth Allen. There is listed a William & Thomas Allen on the roll of the 8th Tennessee Infantry, possibly John's brothers ? Both men were listed as "deserted".

1850 Census Hancock County, Tennessee.
Andrew Allen M 58 North Carolina
Elizabeth Allen F 55 Tennessee
John Allen M 18 Tennessee
William Allen M 16 Tennessee
Thomas Allen M 14 Tennessee
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Eighth Infantry
TENNESSEE
(3-YEARS)
Eighth Infantry. -- Col., Felix A. Reeve; Lieut.-Cols., Isham
Young, George De La Vergne; Maj., William S. Barnett.

This regiment was recruited from East Tennessee exiles and
refugees at Nicholasville, Lexington, Camp Dick Robinson and
other points in Kentucky, by Col. Reeve assisted by John B.
Brownlow and H. H. Thomas.

The work of recruiting was begun in the fall of 1862, but
owing to the fact that several cavalry regiments, which were
more popular with the foot-sore refugees, were proposed at the
same time, volunteers for infantry service were not numerous,
and it was not until Aug., 1863, that the regiment numbering
about 700 men was organized.

It was then assigned to the 2nd brigade, 2nd division, 23rd
army corps, and was present at Knoxville during the siege of
that place. In April 1864, it marched to join Sherman on his
Atlanta campaign, in which it took a very active part,
participating in every engagement.

At the Etowah River it was in the advance and about 100 men of
the regiment were killed or wounded in less than 15 minutes.
The 8th regiment also bore an honorable part in the battles of
Jonesboro, GA, and Columbia, Franklin and Nashville, Tenn.

In Jan. 1865, with the remainder of the Army of the Ohio, it
was transferred to North Carolina, where it participated in
the actions at Fort Anderson, Town Creek and Wilmington.

Col. Reeve resigned command of the regiment in July 1864. The
regiment was mustered out June 30, 1865, in accordance with
orders from the war department.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 381

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Anderson German of Company B 8th TN Infantry (Union)
 
Man you are quick....there are Wolfe's also buried alongside of him and several graves only marked with a creek rock. Looks like he saw more action than he wanted....

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East Tennessee Confederates & Stonewall Jackson :


Confederates from my home County of Sullivan, in upper east Tennessee, played a significant role in the Rebel Victory at 1st Manassas, (Bull Run) in Virginia, and helping one, Stonewall Jackson, gain his famous nickname. Organized at Knoxville, Tennessee May 29, 1861, and mustered into Confederate Service at Lynchburg, Virginia, June 6, 1861, (Vaughn's, and later known as Lillard's), 3rd Tennessee Infantry, was made up of men from the Counties of Knox, Jefferson, Monroe, Polk, Blount, McMinn, and Meigs. Company K was from Sullivan County. George M. Mathis and later, Crockett R. Millard were Captains of Company K. In June, 1862, when the last regiment from upper east Tennessee was organized and designated the 63rd TN Infantry, this Company became Co.E of that regiment.

From Lynchburg the 3rd traveled to Winchester, from there to Romney, where it arrived on June 17, and placed in a Brigade with the 10th and 13th Virginia under (then Colonel), A.P. Hill's command. On June 19, two companies of the 3rd Tennessee, and two companies of the 13th Virginia, under command of Colonel, (later General), John Crawford Vaughn, "saw the elephant" at New Creek, Virginia. There, it destroyed a railroad bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and captured two pieces of artillery.

He later reported to A.P. Hill :

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Report of Col. John C. Vaughn, Third Tennessee Infantry.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD TENNESSEE REGIMENT,
COLONEL HILL'S BRIGADE, C.S. ARMY,
June 19, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor to report that on yesterday, at 8 p.m. in pursuance
to your orders, I took two companies of the Thirteenth Virginia also two
companies of Third Tennessee Volunteers, C.S. Army, commanded by
Capts. Lillard and Mathes, and advanced eighteen miles west to the line
of the enemy, upon the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and found them posted
in some strength, with two pieces of artillery, on the north bank of the
Potomac, at the twenty-first bridge on said road. The enemy had no pickets
posted.

At 5 a.m. after reconnoitering, I gave the order to charge the enemy, which
command, I beg leave to say, was gallantly executed and in good order, but
with great enthusiasm. As we appeared in sight, at a distance of 400 yards,
the enemy broke and fled in all directions, firing as they ran only a few
random shots, one of which, however, I regret to say, entered the arm of
Private Smith, of Capt. Lillard's company, which was in advance,
wounding, him slightly. The enemy did not wait to fire their artillery, which
we captured, consisting of two loaded guns, both of which, however, were
spiked by the enemy before they fled.

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"Private Smith, of Capt. Lillard's company",

From the best information their number was between 200 and 300. I do not
know the loss of the enemy, but several were seen to fall. We did not take
any prisoners, owing to the start the enemy got and to our having left in the
rear all the horses belonging to my command.

I then ordered the twenty-first railroad bridge to be fired, which was done,
and in a few minutes only the piers remained. In further pursuance of your
order I then retired, bringing with me the two guns.

The enemy's flag, which I forgot to mention, was captured, and other
articles of little value.

I cannot close this report without bringing to your notice the gallant conduct
of both officers and men, who were each at their post and burning to
engage the enemy, and when the order to charge was given, rushed forward
with enthusiasm and waded the river to their waists.

I arrived here this evening, the spirits of my command in nowise flagged.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN C. VAUGHN,
Col., Commanding Third Tennessee Volunteers, C.S. Army,

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Col. A.P. HILL,
Commanding Brigade, C.S. Army, Romney, Va.


Source: Official Records
PAGE 131-2 OPERATIONS IN MD., AND PA., VA., AND W. VA. [CHAP. IX
[Series I. Vol. 2. Serial No. 2.]


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Arnold Elzey (1816 - 1871

As part of the "Army Of The Shenandoah", commanded by Brigadier General, Joseph E. Johnston, and in a Brigade with the 10th and 13th Virginia, along with Grove’s Louisiana Battery, led by, (then Colonel), Arnold Elzey, the 3rd TN. played a significant roll in routing the Union forces on Henry House Hill, at 1st Bull Run.

Mr. Ned Jilton, a Civil War enthusiast, reenactor, and writer for our local paper, recently authored an article on the Confederates from Sullivan County, and the little-known part they played in the legend of "Stonewall".

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While Carter recruited conspirators, Union forces at Camp Dick Robinson prepared to march south to Knoxville. A raid into Kentucky by Zollicoffer, though repulsed, changed the timing of the invasion, however, and following Confederate excursions into the western part of the state, Sherman became concerned that his line was stretched too thin. Thomas arrived at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, about 40 miles from Cumberland Gap, on October 31, and pleaded with Sherman to give the go-ahead. Sherman was unconvinced, however, and called off the invasion on November 7.

The bridge burners, unaware of the shift in strategy in Kentucky, proceeded with their plans on the night of November 8. The Chickamauga Creek and Hiwassee bridges were poorly guarded, and Cate and his men burned them with minimal effort. The Bridgeport, Loudon, and Watauga bridges were heavily guarded by Confederate soldiers, and conspirators abandoned their attempts to destroy them. The Lick Creek and Union bridges were guarded only by one or two sentries each, whom the conspirators easily overpowered before setting fire to the bridges.

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At the Strawberry Plains bridge, Pickens and his crew encountered a lone Confederate guard, James Keeling (also spelled Keelan in some sources). When Pickens attempted to light a torch, Keeling spotted him, and attacked. In the ensuing melee, both Keeling and Pickens were badly wounded. Keeling fled, leaving the bridge exposed, but Pickens had lost the group's matches in the chaos and darkness. Unable to light a fire, the group aborted their mission and returned to Sevier County.

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A Union sentry guards the bridge at Strawberry Plains, ca. 1864

Among the conspirators, the Lick Creek bridge burners suffered the greatest number of executions. Jacob Hensie and Henry Fry were both tried and hanged in sight of the railroad at Greeneville on November 30, 1861. Alex Haun was tried and hanged at a gallows just north of Knoxville on December 10. Jacob Harmon and his son, Henry, were both hanged on December 17. Harrison Self was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang, but was released hours before his execution after his daughter, Elizabeth, obtained a last-minute pardon from President Jefferson Davis.

HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE,
Camp Calvert, November 16, 1861. (Received November 17.) .



Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. S. A.,
Commanding, Itc., Crab Orchard, Ky.:



GENERAL : My brother William has just arrived from East Tennes-
see, and the news he brings I think of so much importance, that I will
dispatch a special messenger to convey it to you. My brother left
Roane County, near Kingston, on Monday night last. He reports that
on Friday night, 8th instant, of last week, he succeeded in having
burned at least six, and perhaps eight, bridges on the railroad, viz:
Union Bridge, in Sullivan County, near the Virginia line; Lick. Creek
Bridge, in Greene County ; Strawberry Plains, in Jefferson County, 15
miles east of Knoxville, partially destroyed; Hiawassee Bridge, 70,
miles southwest of Knoxville, and on the East Tennessee and Georgia.
Railroad ; two bridges over the Chickamauga, between Cleveland and.
Chattanooga, and between Chattanooga and Dalton, Georgia. These
bridges are certainly destroyed. The Long Island Bridge, at Bridge- ï
port, on Tennessee River, and a bridge below Dalton, on the Western.
Atlantic road, are probably destroyed.
The consternation among the secessionists of East Tennessee is very
great. The Union men are waiting with longing and anxiety for the
appearance of Federal forces on the Cumberland Mountains, and are

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E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CAMP NOLIN, November 16, 1861.


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A foggy morning at the Pinnacle at Cumberland Gap National Historic Park.

east Tennessee/s.w.Virginia/eastern Kentucky crossroads.


HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE,
Camp Calvert, November 16, 1861.
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Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. S. A.,
Commanding, &c., Crab Orchard, Ky.:
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Reverend William Blount Carter of east Tennessee

GENERAL: My brother William has just arrived from East Tennessee, and the news he brings I think of so much importance, that I will dispatch a special messenger to convey it to you. My brother left Roane County, near Kingston, on Monday night last. He reports that on Friday night, 8th instant, of last week, he succeeded in having burned at least six, and perhaps eight, bridges on the railroad, viz: Union Bridge, in Sullivan County, near the Virginia line; Lick Creek Bridge, in Greene County; Strawberry Plains, in Jefferson County, 15 miles east of Knoxville, partially destroyed; Hiawassee Bridge, 70 miles southwest of Knoxville, and on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad; two bridges over the Chickamauga between Cleveland and Chattanooga, and between Chattanooga and Dalton, Georgia. These bridges are certainly destroyed. The Long Island Bridge, at Bridgeport, on Tennessee River, and a bridge below Dalton, on the Western Atlantic road, are probably destroyed.

The consternation among the secessionists of East Tennessee is very great. The Union men are waiting with longing and anxiety for the appearance of Federal forces on the Cumberland Mountains, and are {p.360} all ready to rise up in defense of the Federal Government. My brother states that he has it from reliable sources that the rebels have but 15,000 men at Bowling Green, many of them badly armed and poorly organized. The other 15,000 men are distributed at two other points in Southwestern Kentucky.

The above information was obtained from Union members of Tennessee legislature who were at Bowling Green on last Monday was a week ago.

On last Monday, as nearly as could be ascertained, Zollicoffer had in East Tennessee 8,000 men, about 1,000 of whom were unarmed, and about 1,500 on sick list, most of them badly clothed, and many poorly armed. About 6,000 of the above were at different points on Cumberland Mountains; at Jacksborough there were some troops, but the exact number could not be accurately ascertained. There were 1,400 at Knoxville, but only 600 of them able to bear arms. There were 60 at London, 60 at Carter’s Depot, and 300 at Jamestown.

The only troops that have passed through East Tennessee in last six weeks was an Alabama regiment, 800 strong, which went to Virginia; they were without arms.

I send you a Nashville paper, brought by my brother, containing some account of the attack on Port Royal.

I to-day moved Colonel Garrard’s regiment to the ground which was occupied by the Thirty-third Indiana, and the First and Second Regiments East Tennessee to the heights where the artillery and Thirty-eighth Ohio were encamped. I have heard nothing definite since yesterday from Cumberland Gap, but I have reason to believe that the reported loss of the Union men at Cumberland Ford was not correct. If possible, general, send me some artillery, for if I am attacked with artillery I cannot resist with any hope of success. Some cavalry are also necessary to our security.

General, if it be possible, do urge the commanding general to give us some additional force and let us advance into East Tennessee; now is the time. And such a people as are those who live in East Tennessee deserve and should be relieved and protected. You know the importance of this move, and will, I hope, use all your influence to effect it. Our men will go forward with a shout to relieve their native land.

The brigade commissary has not yet handed in his report of the amount of provisions on hand; but I think we have already nearly, if not quite, a month’s supply on hand.

With much respect, I am, dear general, yours, very truly,

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S. P. CARTER,
Acting Brigadier-General, Commanding. East Tennessee Brigade.


HEADQUARTERS FIRST KENTUCKY BRIGADE,
Crab Orchard, November 17, 1861.
 
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