American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-04-24
Greenville, Tenn.-Where John Nor
gan was Killed.

AS you leave the depot, and walk
down toward the main portion of
Greenville, Immediately to your left,
after you have walked some two
hundred yards, there is large red
brick house, standing upon little
rise of ground, back some thirty
yards from the street. The house is
surrounded on all sides by trees and
shrubbery, which makes it one of
the most picturesque residences in
the place. In front of this house,
and reaching the sidewalk, there is
about half an acre in grape-vines,
and here and there among them are
apple-trees. This is called garden,
and near the centre of this garden,
John Morgan, the famous rebel raid
er, was killed. At the time, he and
a portion of his command occupied
the town, and he was asleep in the
house r.Isle,. 1 have Just described.
Morgan had been in town several
days, but was intending to leave the
following day, as the Federals were
advancing in force. 1t was a dark,
rainy, cloudy night in October, when
spy silently stole out of Greenville,
and rode with all speed distance of
ten miles, where the Federals were
encamped. He communicated to
them that John Morgan was in
Greenville, with only few of his
men, and that with proper diligence
he might be caught.
Out into the darkness two hun
dred Federal cavalrymen rode, and
little before day they arrived in the
edge of the town. They surrounded
the place, and dashed in from all
points of the compass at once, with
ii terrible yell, that sent terror to the
hearts of all that heard it. The
rebels were taken completely by sur
prise, and made but Il feeble resist
ance. Morgan was suddenly awak-
ened by the tumult, and for mo
ment seemed bewildered. He knew
not which way to fly. "Go to the
garden! hide in the bushes anG
vines! Quick ~ cried some of the
negro servants.
Morgan stood for moment as i
undetermined what to do, and theI
rushed out AT the front door into thu
garden. He was barefoOted, bare
headed, and had on nothing but hi
shirt and drawers, which were whit,
and easily seen in the distance, bu
it happened that none Of the soldier
saw him. There was one perSol
who did, however, and that persol
was young lady, who lived near by
, and being awakened by the frin
and shouting, looked out and SAY
f Morgan run i'll among the shrubber.
. in the garden. She ran down tn
I street to where four or five Fedora
soldiers were, and said to then
!John Morgan's hid in that gardel
shoot himr' The soldiers saw
, white object, and all of them but on
d, fired, but they only wounded hin
$ Morgan remained perfectly motion
!. less, as to have moved was as certai
,. death as to remain still. The soldit
4 who had not fired now advance
S. nearer, took deliberate aim and fire.
The ball pierced the body of Jol
J. Morgan, and in few hours he W;
=. no more.
a The garden was surrounded by
t palings fence. Three or four of Il
$ paling were removed to drag h
o body ont, and their places are no
is supplied by othels. Bnt the spot
4 marked by small piece of plan
D. which is nailed on at the top of Il
% fence, and all Who choose can see Il
1t spot where he fell, and the pla
IN where he was dragged out.
A. The young lady who betrayed hi
id still lives near Grecnvillc, and wh'
IL Morgan WIS laid out she placed sol
h flowers in his coffin. and with h
ID own hands wiped the clots of 90
a from his face.
" At that time there Wasa lady hC
II. whose husband had leen killed
a the rebel amy. Havilg consid
Dll able Gift Of cab, she went North a
ur represented herself as the WON
it who had betrayed John Morgan, a
gave ''lectures.' OF course, eve1
ur body turned out to see the WON
'dA " nv 4 % bttti 80 IliNthtil'iiNbi al VI
ur ing the career of the famous raid
and the result was, she became ri
re- and quite a famous lectureSs. 5
to first lectured, | believe, in Ohio, a
mt little did the good people who ga
.ly IL dollar head to hear her, imag
o; that the one who stood before tn
u detailing the story of the death
his John Morgan was none other thar
ify rebel lady, who never saw John M
lily gan, dead or alive. She used to