The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-22
champ Ferguson's Trial.

Beatty.
Questou-D:d you command company abou
The time you speak or II 50. what company
and 20. what command, and BY what authority
AnsEsr-Yes. sir. ] bad . company then IN Fen
tress county. AMER the MAJ Greek fight they wer,
o. there-'he msn Ferguson. Bledsoe and others
killing people and driving them Of, and just told
TIE boys that before would 60 away would tur1
IN and fight them. and il hey killed me Jet then
kill me. Abou; zen or twelve days after The fah
some q Biedsoe's men came to my house an1
took fome property some saddles and things. nd
sud had 10 take sides tina, had either 70 leave
home or else Join one side or the other. Twas .
liale piece from tiie house. and they told this q
my Hie; heard Whist they said They started
aWay, Hnd when they got from the house about
$50 yards shot At them. wounded one Of the
Tnen and one Of the horses. hal igo Of my sons
WITH me 90 that time, and neghbnr man. And
after that they kept running 10 On us every few
weeks and killing men OF; aud eafbered Up 3
fsW men there. They keplImnng 10 then; sosnt :
times more and sometimes less in numter; some
times Ferguson and sometimes others; sometimes
's man Hughes, who pretended TO be Colonel
ey called HIN Colonel sonnet mes they killed
. me men sometimes they didn't. Il went on
filisug anal just sbout the tine Gen. Burnside
went into Eat Tennessee; and then he wrote me a
letter telling me that he wanted me 70 60 out on
the mountains sBd bushshsck tl1e roads. and
keep the roads clear q have the letter at home
nN3 and keEs the company up ffon tllsi out 1
hsve bad A. high IS 81 men. and from that down
t1fEe. soneiiues mounted 70. Is. %, and from
that on 80 -
QUE nox-was your company under pay, or did
you report 20 fnyb.dy,
AsswEH No, sir. We were not getting psy bat
The goyernmeai furnished ammunition. We did not
report e anybody. but sc eafae add soi aEhmuni-
ton fsom the government sheneYtr we wanted IT,
WeW, Re told that we were doing more good the
way We were doing
Glow many men did you sni your men bush
vhark and kin DO you think
A-well IN, DON'T know how many. We never
fhoi "a anybody except the men that were running
aieru as expect we killed 25 or more.
Q-Did you shoot a. OF KIN any Of Blaskburn's
men before the battle Of Mi spriagsl
A-No. si' lnsvsr fred gus at any one until
afer INT
Q-Whsn you SHOT A. and wounded the man
o. he VS. going from your house, did he see you
heiors yon shot HENE
A-No. sir notai the fiuio. reckon, BAT he saw
me afterwards d tso sons, snd my bFothar, and
smother man Eere qith me. There gere eight CT
tsn o. them caIne 70 my house.
Y Did you ever way-lsy aud shoot at Ferguson
or his men n 30, how many tmes1
A-well cir, they iust run 10 aiier ne, and tried
TO shoot a. u.s. and We had q lie out from hem and
shoot 81 them uhenoyor we 20. god chsnee
Q--pid you rnd 20 "a and your men conceal your
selves in sho huslcs uud Way-ay Fere lson and his
men, and shool a ihem9
arf Fss hal tel.
vas IN fhe bushes sud shos q tse-, fs.-h. sii
~ aawsnuge could a. them. We had 10 lis on
from tiem. ofeourse We gouldnE get on aio ihe
open held with only eight or t,n men.
Q-HoW many Times dld you and your men thus |
shoot 81 l'fraussa and his menf
A-iWsh ~, stsfeii shot At HIM tour or five /
TINS Idont ku ov how many times ny men shot /
aftlfn. ] slloi Il he inca n ore iiIaes
Q-nd not Colonel Tackef belong % General
Morfau's comm-id. and was u rot ne command
thsi iook Woods, Edwards and sells. 81 you speak
OF Were not these men Transferred ever te Colo
mel Hurhesl Aud do you know thai re prisoner
had anything 10 do with She death of any one Of
thsni
e. Al don't know that Colonel Tucker beioneed 10
Gcnsni Morgan's oomInana. My uaderstandpe
va that i vas Hughes and Feistson that we're
slong WI D they were taken 1 never heaSd Of
Colonel Tucker before now. / was not there when
theso men gefc tlaed zsW Ferguson along as
they weut "a down. but dOnt know Of my own
knowledge shat Ferguson killed mem.
Q-Had DOT Colonel Haghes the reputation Of he.
ins Colonel ia t'e Confederate afmyg And was
be not setting as Colonel Of such
A-BeA. EAR ;hat sus my UNDERSTANDING They
ssid be vs. coloueii they cullea him t,at
Q-Wasnoi Colonel Chenauts regiment station
Ia
thai regiment sect "a chatge Of colonct Tackor in.
10 Che Cove In Fcn,rass eoouty unti thsre me, ,h
Coi-ncl Hughes. englged In a scout, when those /
meu were taSen1
Al dat reiolleei. 81. Ieeh't know hat Col.
oncl ohenauii' = command were stationed there.
poriiQs Of MorEss's command was stationed a.
LeFug-ton, Tennessee, nnd they came up there
WITH Haghes. ! don't think thiss,sss the time thai
he meu scre taken Ny understanding was that
g vas Colonel Hughes aud Ferguson that tosk
fhsse men.
Q-nad either q these men. Wood Sells or I'd.
wards belong 90 souf company st any timei
A-No, cir. Edwards had been with me before
be ouea the regular army but Ct that time he BE-
louged 10 The regulSr army.
els g not your best impression that Woods
went with you or yOar men. Al times. bushwhscl.
nE er
oascisd b tyIA " - II a.
Tbs w'aess can STATE what he l<noEs His 'tes,
imp'eseoas sre gpsssss, or g may .ss'f' src not
The question was then chsaEed to read
10 TIE best Of your knowledge did not Woods /
foNdh gou, orsour hcn, h times sttshah aekins |
f.-Nosr Woods never went w.ih me. nor with /
nay men Inst knoH ~ spoke 10 hun Of ION. /
itg my eoianitnd bat he sad thai be bseved that
De would a. 10 Kentucky. Al one time he smoke /
oiJoiang my ooTqman3 suthe never did join.. /
S.-Nas Woods in htsha,ii 81 gong around with /
sns'y revolver aud did you ever have him rasl,.
an threais as.iost ihe Bic Of Fsreusozi or as /
inen1
As-Noe ar lneHet hoard him raslr. any threats
had seen Hmm hcore iliat ence with sinqle barrel
lasio's before he went 60 Kentucky, was not with |
h'm much soet the War broke ont
N-ieo Say shout year ago you sent sorns |
s.Ay Ct seventy i've men driving some horses into
"'e''aa comfy, leuo,, and the defendant vas i,si
an pc reaf' nov, VAS t not Co. Huehe. ana I'd. |
command that had these horsssg
Al don't knew who chained the pro,,.-,v 49,, |
e" Ferguson seeing amer Them. ami ee,is ros /
ssy vho-e coahmand D Wa.
V.-HeE hfia ne rear v-s Fergason, and no. |
many men uns with himf
~ h.
I've orsir hundrea men with him
S-Wss then that you fred On Ferguson. 49,,
did he Sc you bei.To you did Gre
A-No sir I'D not ere upon him Al thar uu,.
did not fos upon HIM al al thar DAY.
N-ha you noi fire upon him a they were cress.
Ns ~ nfe thai a., or tle d,5 bafcre
- hfee % hIn ouceas they erussea ihe river.
un no. That day or DE day before. i, was some
days before thai.
F-aoa many iimes had you ined upon Ferr1s-
Giutni '0'- so
= l'ea on hin three or four times, or may be
w.. . a. noi shoot 81 hin che day ne ,oek
h,,roe. '''' ? si'' sAot al Aughes and some q
- - no' you sad your men shoe, a or I'm ~
- : AaEhes' or Fsreurou's p,.B ~, -,
e''h'u' grAsing taeIn Al, sps-ss,,
Sr,,' 49,. eaae in there withouf irving "a
t....,s 49, = men, TOO. Fergusoa e.,ne !,
"s'e yin unioe aAs. trying 70 -, '''e N
- - - seaf uass An al a tb,.. -,
eaarttIf -oai gFng mem
A-No, sir ] wounded on q, 49,
sna took han 10 home without n, -. 'sl 'nee'
AAieo other. We never took auy p,,.,.- nm We
mai one Thai wounded man go -. except
NeiOld kia weEers not eoss . "a ~. nom u.
hn-Exasfsfb
Sae'ol by the1. Aloe long aasr III. h..,.
SP'ns' va Il thhi yea had your ara .llr,' =
- 'as'e men he time they took your sssa,..
49, ''-'''. 'Ake sidssor lssIs ihe country
A-Ae'ui 10 or Il eays. ar. ~
Q-Was Fsrgason A, yepy A.. :. 60.
~ tiss any tine e.
A-3h yes.