The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-13
How Cen. John Morgan was Be-
trayed and Slain!

The fact that a North Carolina wo
man, a daughter Of Col. Rumbough, OF
Warm Springs, has been generally IN
derstood TO have betrayed Gen. John
Morgan to his death, will give an iu-
tere,t to this Yankee account
By J. T. M4ejswAn, Late Colone4 United States
Volunteers.
Directly after General John II,
Morgan's capture by the Federal force.
soar Sslinesvillc, ONO, July %, 1868
he was AIKEN to Cincisuati, aud sor
= couple OF DAYS kept under a strorg
guard, together with really all tn.
oMcerI captured wish him, - Ninth
Sueet Station HIou,t. Thence the
we're removed TO the penitentiar7 a.
Columbus. Their heads were shaved
"a II they had been common f%.loa., n
outrsse never yet fully %accountci for.
Greeley SAVE. that this tres meat Was
csrtain!, not ordered ~ the govern
n"snt.' Seven ofthese Ulcers. inC.ui-
ing Morgan, we're qGir;efsd n he
uarlsn's Dom for spec II safety. lL-;
being reported - the INST difficult .!
al PAGES in tina prison to eH.ct al es
cape from. They were imprisoned
about August 4, 1863. By the 2Dss 81
the next November ; unhel bad Deca
e1cavatsd fr IN The room 70 l-yUnd the
inner prison wall.
Ca the night OF November 20 the
entire seven cr4uied through the tul-
ne and made good taeir e,cape. The
outer wall was not guarded, aud the
sentry-bCX nearest the tunnels outer
end furnished the fugitiyesa convenient
shelter, where they changed their
clothes. They crossed the wall at diff
ierent points and Zach took the way
he thought best calculated TO facilitate
his final delivsrance. Morgan and
Captain Jim Hines, the latter as perfect
a daredevil as ever drew a .aOre, went
directly to the Cleveland, Columbus
and Cincinn att depot, arriving Just in
lime to board a train for Cincinnati.
At | o'clock in the morning, when the
city, Morgan n Hines were stationed
on the platform Of the two rear cars.
Alta concerted signal they set the brakes
with all their strength. The train
promptly Stacked speed. Thetwo fugi-
tiyes jumped off, rolled down the bank
of 5 shallow fill and lay quietly at the
bottom in the darkness until the cars
had regained iull speed. They then
made their way 70 the river and were
ferried over. They soon found shelter,
food and horses in Kentucky. They
Kept company only . few days and then
Morgan struck out boldly for the Con-
iederate lines in North Georgia, which
he reached, after several narrow escapes
and much hardship, about the 10th OF
December. He proceeded to Richmond
and was q good deal lionized there. In
response to an admirlng party who
treated him to a serensde he made a
spssch, in which he declared that he
and his fellows had escaped without
aid from any one outside the prison.
He did not say, however, that they had
no help from persons inside the walls.
The Confederate authorities ordered
Morgan to gather up 8 force, including
a. many as could be found Of his OLD
raiders, for operations in East Tense.
see. He did not fad many of the old
command, and was fitted out with in
different material in men and armament.
He took such as he had into Southwest
Virginia late ia the winter Of 1864.
In the spring they were kept in camp
IN Southern Kentucky awhile, recruit
ing and drilling. 1t was a bad crowd,
made up OF odds and ends, desertsrs
from both armies, skulkers who had
lodged the con.Cript officers, T~ufians
and thieves, who could not be made
into decent soldiers unless they should
be remade morally. A party Of them
robbed a bank In Lancaster, in May.
1864, and the command wa hastily and
without orders from Richmond marched
into upper East Tennessee.
Early in August, 1864, General Alvin
g. Gillem Was sent into Eastern Ten
nessee with a brigade of five Tennessee
cavalry regiments and a battery especi
ally to look after Morgan. Gillem wezt
up to Bulls Gap and campsd. After
lying there inactive for nearly a month
hs received word from scouts ard citi-
zsns that MorgaB's force had moved,
down from the east and occupied Green
vile aud the surrounding country.
G~re.nville is seventy five miles east OF
Knoxville and twenty miles east Of
Bulls gap. Gillsm get notice OF the
advancing of the enemy on the evening
vi September 8. lie moved the Thir-
tsenth Tennessee Cavalry in advance,
accompanied by Major Sewell's Bat
TALON of the Tenth Michigan cavalry,
at | o'clock that night. This party
was commandeo by Lieutenant Colonel
William ii. Ingertop. The night vas
rs dark as d VOLTS and q terrific series
OF storms Of ram, thunder and lightning
ragged from early in the evening until
after daylight on the 4th. Wen the
advance command had reached = point
about two or three miles west of Greco.
Vile they were ordered to halt by
courier sent forward by the General
until Citizen came up with the main
force. He arrived at = o'clock in the
morning.
About the time the brigade was con
centrated u Woman from Greenvilis,
dripping With rain and on horseback.
vas conducted to the spot, apart, where
he General and his officers were con
,ulting. Her name was Bacon. Sh.
vas An alleged widow, formerly of
Ohio In reality she was an adventu-
tess, al ex variety actress, anxious to
cause Il sensation, get herself talked
shout among the officers Of the armies
and mentioned in reports and news
papers. This woman correctly told
Glllem the situation a. GreenvIlle.
Morgan was sleeping at the mansion
Of Mrs. Williams in the edge of the
Town and directly on the Bulls Gap
road. Dick" Morgan's regiment was
Ia camp in a field a short distance ~est
the town, and that side alone Was
picked. Duke, with the main force,