Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-05
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Col ". Is. Weed, Kne8Yiise, Tenn.
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This letter was written shortly AFTER the
bridges were burned IN East Tennessee, IN
November, 1881. Il viii be seen that BLY,
sAaix divides the Union population Into
two classca Ffrd, those who participated
IN the bridge burning, and all Il ese were TO
be tried l,y a drum. bead court martial, and
Ii found guilty, We're to be hang on the spot
.Sttons, those who had not 30 participated
in the bridge burning and all these were
10 BE- held as prisoners Of war and sent,
with an armed guard, 10 Tuscaloosa, ssia.
Now, if history can produce any act OF
tyranny more atrocions and revolving than
this. we cannot recalls Over thirty ihons-
and men were thus doomed by this imperial
tyrant to hanging or imprisonment The
hanging Was TO be done az ones and on me
spot. That was not all afser they were
! l,oag their bodies were 10 be teft hdagia3
/ in the vicinity of the burned bridges. Aud
satl AZ were SO fortunate rs 10 escape this
terrible fate. were 60 b; confined Ia Jaa ffi
me dose Of the rar I've men, Far and
H,scHig. .rere hung ut Greencville by Lent
a,4tsr under sentence Of ,Irumhead cnar'
martial. aud their bodies teere ietl hahgingos
,he aide Of thc railroad for one or two days
They were hung Immediately after trial
.and the first they knew of their dreadsn
fate was when they arrived at the galiows
j Three others, HArN and the two HARHoss
we're afterwards tried. convicted and hani
nj Knoxville. The father, an old man, wa
forced to sit on his coffin and witness tn
baning of his son. The rope broke, and
sAaausl iinAe his ssad ~ ~ Nvre forced Z
witness his half lifeless son make that fear
! faI leap through the trap door Of the seal
fold We remember then, well, aud eve
shall. for they were cur fellow prisoners
These men were hung by the sentence Of
court martial which convened at Knoxville
Cant James u. Thomas, Of Claiborne eoun
ity. Capt. willet and 1t, Blair, of Washing
TON. Capt. Renhcn RoddS, OF Garter, Lieu
Col. Golladay, Of Wilson, and Capt. Dc
NeCann. of Davidson, were members
that court, and Thomas j. Campbell,
Bradley, WAS Judge Advocate. To all III
conclusive and irresistible arguments use
. by the defendants counsel, showing ths
, the court had no Jurisdiction Of tho cas-
. and therefore could not punish, the onl
answer was the akase OF Benjamin. u
: had ordered them hung, and therefore the
!. must bel
c Afterwards game the solemn farce Of u
!. trial Of sElr. and he also was cendemne
Q to be hung. Still the same imperial VIA
v was the soto ground Of justification or al
n thority for the intended murder. sur
- and MyEKs were next tried, and beth O
a dlercd 10 Tuscaloosa Finally they cease
!. 10 try at ALL Al who were suspected wei
c arrested thrown into jail, held until the
r had collected drors Of one or two hui
d drcd, and then marched OF TO Tuseaioos
K Hundreds, yes, thousands, were thus SCI
e away without charges. without tri'
= without proof, upon the bare sssPte'ea
E, hcing Union men Need We mention q
Is names Of TariTT, PtcKESs, HoDaE, BIBt
+ TuoRSurRa, MEX, IIrST, and very niaI
g more, TO prove what we say Need '
III recall the fact that foar hundred and III
men, very many Of whom werr mere bo,
who were fleeing TO Kentucky to escape I,
ii ruthless prosecutions at home, were ovs
/. Taken BY Ashby and his murilerers, n
,ei cuught, and all sent In body, with one
two exceptions, 10 the charmed hoaaes Of 9
) south Their crime was that they song
the protection OF the stars and stripes,
Y And whe tiat saw will ever forget Z