The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-07

THE FEDERAL TROOPS.
Happening to be present at the death OF Gen. J. q.
Morgan says writer in the Columbus Crisis have
concluded to send you few memoranda of that and its
accompanying events. accompanied the expedition
into Tennessee made for the purpose of driving buck
Gen. Gilems brigade of Federal cavalry. We arrived
at ree nvle early in the eveng OF tho Sd OF Septem
Der. 1894 Grcenrllle is distant from Bulls Gap (Gen
iliem's position) nineteen miles The General estab
shed his dquaters ut the house Of Mrs. Williams
In the town Of Greenville.
His own brigade was sent on the road leading to
Rodgersve point three miles from Greenville for
the purpose of getting forage and dc achment OF Ton
sssee cavalry six hundred strong. ordered under
Colonel Bradford, TO encamp on tho road leading to
Bulls Gap. and to picket the roads leading tosard he
enemy This force vas not increased oGcause larger
number OF rorses could not be foraged in that direction
The c1uutry between GreeEvile and the Gap is hily
and wild and very poor. Gen. uiem stated afterward
tina: he received information of the status Of tairs
about Greenville at hapast nine Of tha night BE In
mrdiatcly moved his command In the direction of
Greenve; when about i've miles from town he halt.
and sent detachuen through the woods. and succeed
ed IN getting the flank Of Bradfcrd's Command
d-,"e hi tBradfori) back from the road lrryi,o
open to u.rhenrlP.
A de,a :Lment OF four companies of the Thirteenth
Cavalry then sent forward to charge the
toTn. They met with no resistance The square on
which Mrs. W.'s house is situated 1.-THE house and
grounds occupy the sQuarel w's surrounded mmedi.
aely ocers of the staff being aroused the courlers
OF whom there were three or four at the front :,
rushed ont and were captured one by one. sa.e;
Morgan at emp.ed to escape through th- HehtIal
ing exit in that direction cut off he concesod
among somo grape vines DO had ~ wao ~ 'i
Captain Rogers asng one Of his r,lstols Mr.. Jobnson
! ! q. Gs cle-k. the other wtIc the officers Of his
staff and couriers We toge.ner under guard within
twenty yards OF his place oI conceamen he nrcessa.
lilly heard the questions asked them and the tlr.ns
made against them.
TIE questions -@ere as to his whereabouts-the
threats to male them tell his place OF concealment
Seeing that mere hopes Of successful conceal
ment be out and surrendered to Captain Wilcox
Company q, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry he had al-
ready both Of General Ms pistols in his possession.
This captain sat on his horse the and fifteen twenty
hers had ridden into the garden having broken down
the plank fence 10 get n and conYersed with the Gen.
a and us for tine-ubout ten or tw pty minutes
hen rode Off In few minutes afer ne left o man
,de up and presented his gun at General Morgan the
General said G For Gods sake don't shoot mel am
muzze Of the gun Ia Colts army rfel within two
feet of Morgans breast when 1t was discharged; his
clothing and his body were blackened with powder.
This man then dsmounted and threw the Generals
body his horse in front Of the saddle and rode
about town shouting "here's your horse thief"
When Gen. Gillem gave us permission to 60 and st.
tend to Gen. Ms body we found it lying In the road,
about one mile from the place where it had been shot
It was covered with mud that we could scarcely
coppize it. The ball struck the centre of the bresst
about three or inches below its junction with tho
neck and came out behind the left hip bone. He met
his death he met bis foes thousand times before;
there no shrinking not culver of the nerve
though he eaw murder IN that brawny felons eye
Kentucky will yet be proud Of John Nor, nnof his gal
lau dashing life ard fearless death And In the 'and
song aud story The man who shot MIN was named
Campbell, of Company g. Thirteenth Tennessee ca7-.:
He was promoted to heuterancy for his bravery on
this occasion.
AtK o1ve The staff officers were Loo ked up in iron
cages in jail, whose windows had neither glass nor
sash They had neither change of clothing nor over
coats nor blankets These had been taken from them
They we're r tilted to 60 into the prison yard in the
day lime and the, b. :, dead libe there.
We found at Knoxville several ofice 8 snd men OF
Morgan's coumand, who had fe n taken two weeks be
fore u.s. They told that the soldiers whs captured
them that they had orders not to ta1e Gen Morgan
aiIvc.
Afr this it rumored that the soldiers Of General
MorpaEs command refuse to take as prisoners OF war
men belonging to the Thirteenth Tennessee cavalry
General Gillem sent communication, under hig of
truce to General Breckenridge on this snhject, COM
plining that some cmbers Of the Thirteenth had been
killed. and stating that he supposed IL was done IN re-
taation tho reported murder Of General Morgan
He stated that neral Morgan had been killed n fair
fyot, and tnclosed copy OF o note from Captain
Rogers OF General MorgAn's STAFF in answer to one
from him inquiripg into the circumstances OF General
Morgan death. (Rogers was then prisoner In Gene.
raj Gillem's hauds.l
At the bottom OF this note was written "a true copy!
A. q. Gil!em. Brig. General" When General Breckin-
ridge aerward attacked aad routed General Gcin, We
capture his hsadquai tets desk and private paperP
among which was the original note Of Captain Rogers
alter d aud amenie to read the copy General iem
sent General b. and very different from the said copy
Tho pap Still iu existence.