East Tennessee Roots
Major
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2010
- Location
- Kingsport, Tennessee
https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn033.htm
Also referred to as the "Bulls Gap Stampede" by the East Tennessee Veterans of both sides in the years following the war. An article on the battle was written by a veteran of the Sullivan County Reserves for Volume #25 of Confederate Veteran Magazine. It was written by William L. Rhea, at that time a citizen of Knoxville, Tennesee. https://books.google.com/books?id=zLU_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=storming+bulls+gap&source=bl&ots=hs_f-DmvAo&sig=ACfU3U06eA879GO44HJ-tZOgVXyiEbk-pg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY6NrDs93iAhXTqZ4KHVWAB68Q6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=storming bulls gap&f=false
Research on this local Confederate unit was one of my first attempts years ago at Civil War & Genealogy, after discovering that I had several direct and collateral ancestors who were part of the intended "Battalion", made up mostly of men too old and boys too young to be conscripted in June 1863 and November 1864..
http://tngenweb.org/sullivan/sullivan-county-reserves-csa/
While none of the men mentioned in the article were related to me (that I'm aware of), I thought it would be interesting to find background on the men the author mentioned. By looking at their Confederate Pension applications I was able to find a brief record of their service and even a photo of one.
WILLIAM HICKS...enlisted as a Private in Captain James Witcher's company of home-guard at Zollicoffer, Tennessee (present-day Bluff City)on July 18, 1863. May have served in Company G 60th Tennessee until paroled home from Vicksburg.
WILLAIM E. Godsey...enrolled June 20, 1863, as a Private in Witcher's Company the "Zollicoffer Mounted Rifles" at Zollicoffer, Tennessee. Described as 17 years old, 5'6" fair complexion, dark eyes, light hair, a farmer from Sullivan County, Tennessee.
ROBERT P. FICKLE...enlisted June 13, 1863, as a Private in Captain Owen White's Company, (The Jackson Home Guards). Described as a 40-year-old farmer, 5'10" fair complexion, blue eyes, dark, hair, born in Washington County, Virginia and residing in Sullivan County, Tennessee. By September 5, 1864, Robert had been promoted to 1st Lieutenant in Captain A.A. Millard's Company of Railroad Guards.
ABRAHAM L. GAMMON...Original recruiter & Captain of Company G (Sullivan County) 19th Tennessee Infantry. He had resigned his commission due to poor health in October 1862.
JACOB SLAUGHTER...enlisted April 2, 1862, into Company F 59th Tennessee Infantry. He experienced health problems that kept him "sick at home" from September 1862 until March 1863. Jacob was paroled at Vicksburg but apparently didn't report to Parole Camp back in East Tennessee. He's listed as "AWOL" until the roll for Jan-Feb 1865 shows him at Emory Hospital in Washington County, Virginia, being treated for a wound to the foot.
JOHN A. RHEA...Enlisted in Captain Witcher's Company the "Zollicoffer Rifles" on June 13, 1863. Described as a 15-year-old farmer, 5'6" fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.
Cas Malone...(William Charles Malone) born in Sullivan County, Nov.10, 1846... Filed for a Tennessee Confederate Pension, January 2, 1911, and was approved, though no service record for him was ever found. In his pension application, he states he was enlisted into Captain Owen White's Company of "State Reserves", September 1863. That he was enrolled by Colonel George R. McClellan Colonel of the 5th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. William claimed to have fought in the battles of Morristown, Bulls Gap, Strawberry Plains, Carter's Station, Saltville, Virginia, Marion Virginia, and others. He had several that vouched for his faithful service, hence, his pension was granted.
Also referred to as the "Bulls Gap Stampede" by the East Tennessee Veterans of both sides in the years following the war. An article on the battle was written by a veteran of the Sullivan County Reserves for Volume #25 of Confederate Veteran Magazine. It was written by William L. Rhea, at that time a citizen of Knoxville, Tennesee. https://books.google.com/books?id=zLU_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=storming+bulls+gap&source=bl&ots=hs_f-DmvAo&sig=ACfU3U06eA879GO44HJ-tZOgVXyiEbk-pg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY6NrDs93iAhXTqZ4KHVWAB68Q6AEwC3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=storming bulls gap&f=false
Research on this local Confederate unit was one of my first attempts years ago at Civil War & Genealogy, after discovering that I had several direct and collateral ancestors who were part of the intended "Battalion", made up mostly of men too old and boys too young to be conscripted in June 1863 and November 1864..
http://tngenweb.org/sullivan/sullivan-county-reserves-csa/
While none of the men mentioned in the article were related to me (that I'm aware of), I thought it would be interesting to find background on the men the author mentioned. By looking at their Confederate Pension applications I was able to find a brief record of their service and even a photo of one.
WILLIAM HICKS...enlisted as a Private in Captain James Witcher's company of home-guard at Zollicoffer, Tennessee (present-day Bluff City)on July 18, 1863. May have served in Company G 60th Tennessee until paroled home from Vicksburg.
WILLAIM E. Godsey...enrolled June 20, 1863, as a Private in Witcher's Company the "Zollicoffer Mounted Rifles" at Zollicoffer, Tennessee. Described as 17 years old, 5'6" fair complexion, dark eyes, light hair, a farmer from Sullivan County, Tennessee.
ROBERT P. FICKLE...enlisted June 13, 1863, as a Private in Captain Owen White's Company, (The Jackson Home Guards). Described as a 40-year-old farmer, 5'10" fair complexion, blue eyes, dark, hair, born in Washington County, Virginia and residing in Sullivan County, Tennessee. By September 5, 1864, Robert had been promoted to 1st Lieutenant in Captain A.A. Millard's Company of Railroad Guards.
ABRAHAM L. GAMMON...Original recruiter & Captain of Company G (Sullivan County) 19th Tennessee Infantry. He had resigned his commission due to poor health in October 1862.
JACOB SLAUGHTER...enlisted April 2, 1862, into Company F 59th Tennessee Infantry. He experienced health problems that kept him "sick at home" from September 1862 until March 1863. Jacob was paroled at Vicksburg but apparently didn't report to Parole Camp back in East Tennessee. He's listed as "AWOL" until the roll for Jan-Feb 1865 shows him at Emory Hospital in Washington County, Virginia, being treated for a wound to the foot.
JOHN A. RHEA...Enlisted in Captain Witcher's Company the "Zollicoffer Rifles" on June 13, 1863. Described as a 15-year-old farmer, 5'6" fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.
Cas Malone...(William Charles Malone) born in Sullivan County, Nov.10, 1846... Filed for a Tennessee Confederate Pension, January 2, 1911, and was approved, though no service record for him was ever found. In his pension application, he states he was enlisted into Captain Owen White's Company of "State Reserves", September 1863. That he was enrolled by Colonel George R. McClellan Colonel of the 5th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. William claimed to have fought in the battles of Morristown, Bulls Gap, Strawberry Plains, Carter's Station, Saltville, Virginia, Marion Virginia, and others. He had several that vouched for his faithful service, hence, his pension was granted.
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