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 HOW GEN. JOHN H. MORGAN DIED. Son'etting from thc Unpub ished History
 efthe Late ConRict--An Authentic Ac-
 count of,that Esent-Hc $ Shot 7toen- ty Mtnates qfier hc bud ,Ssrren7cred 10
 tae, Federal Troops.
 Happening to be present at the death of l General J. II. Morgan, have concluded to send you few ineniorandas of that, and it's accompanying events. I accompanied the expedition into Tennessee made for the pur- l pose of driving back General Gillem's brigade | of Federal cavalry. Wearriyed at Greenvillei 1 early in the evening of the Sd of September, \ 1861. Greenvle is distant from Bulls Gap I General Gilem postion) nineteen miles N The General established his heaquarters at I thc house of a Mrs Williams, in the town of Greenyille. His own brigade was sent on the road leading to Rodgersyilie to point l three miles from Greenville, for the purpose I of getting forage, and detachment of Ten nesec cavalry, six hundred strong, was orderd under Colonel Bradfofd,s to encamp on the ! road leading to Bulls Gap and to picket the roads leading toward the enemy. This force A yas mi incraasad haeai1se a 1arre onuhar if I horses could not be foraged n that direction. l The country between Greenville and the Gap I is hilly, and wild,an very poor Gen. Gillem stated aEtcrward that be received information of the status. of affairs about Greenville at half past nine of that night. He immediately
 moved lis command in tho direction ofGreen- I vile when about fiye~miles from town he 4 halted and sent detachment through the
 woods: and succeeded in getting on hetiank of I Bradford command; he drove him Bradford) ] Il back from the road, leaving it open to Green l. yille. 4 detachment of -four companies of the 18th Tennessee cavalry was then sent \ forward to charge the town. They met with no resistance. The square on which Mrs 1 W shouso is situated (the house and ground \ occupy the square was surrounded immediatlys officers of the stalF being aroused by the cour- iers, of whom there were three four at the front gate, rushed out aud were captured one Il by one Gen. Morgan attempted to escape through the garden; finding exit in that direc
 tion cut of, he concealed himself among some grape wines. He had no weapon at.all, Cap tain Rogers having one of his pistols, Mir. Johnson, A. A. G. clerk, the other While
 the officers of his staff and couriers were together under guard within twenty yards of
 his place of concealment, he necessarily
 beard the questions asked them and the threats
 made against them, The questions were as to
 his whereabouts--the threats to make them
 tell his place of concealment. Seeing that
 there was no hope of successful concealment
 he came out and surrendered to Capt. Wilcox.
 company G, 18th Tennessee cavalry Hehad
 already both of Gen. NJ. pistols in his posses
 sion This Captain sat on his horse (ho and
 fifteen or twenty others had ridden into the
 garden, having broken down the plank fence to get in) and conversed with the General ] aud us for some time--about ten CT twenty <
 after he left man rode up and presented his gun at Gen. Morgan the general said ssFor Gods sake don shoot mel am prisoner z The gun was fired and the General fell The muzzle of the gun (a Colts army rifle within [ two feet of Morgan's breast whenit was dscar- ged his clothing and his body were blackened with powder. This man then dismounted and
 threw the generals body across his horse, in front of the saddle. and rede about town shout ing .shere's yourhorse thief.'' When Gen. Gill l lem gave us permission to go ous and attend to { Gen. NJ. $ body, we found it lying in the road about one mile from the place where it had been saot It was Sd covered with mud that
 we could scarcely recognize it. The ball struck the center of the breast, about three inches below it's junction with theneek, and came out behind the left hip bone. He met his death as 5 he met his foesa thousand times before there
 was no shrinkiug-not quiyer of nerve { though hc saw murder in that beawny felon s eye. Kentuckey will yet be proud of John
 Morgan his gallant dashing life and fear less death, And in the ,'land of sun and flow Q eis9 tong vii his deeds be the theme of song ! and story. ghe man who shothim was named Campbell. of Co c 18th Tennessee cavalry. Q He was promoted to hsatenancy for his i hravcry on this occasion.
 At Knoxville the staff officers were locked :, up in iron cages, in jail, whose windows
 had neither glass nor sash. They had neither '' change of clothing, nor overcoats, nor blan- T kets These had all been taken from them