Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-08-14
Volume KILLING, 9,
General Morgan's Death.

t The following is from a Greenevillt
r (Tenn.) letter to the Nashville Union
). "Another historic spot in the place
5 where Morgan, the gallant Confeder.
ate leader, fell Oh the line from ting
the elegant residence of Mr.. W. D
Williams, who is still a respected and
honored citizen of GreeneviIIe. Your
/ correspondentaske him the other day
to give the particulars of Morgan's s
death. lie replied, with smile:-
, Come around some Of these days when
both of US are idle and l will put in a
couple Of days telling it, He further
states that the true facts have never
been published, and perhaps they
never will be-"
- ! -v.--s most of the time confined in
the court room too closely to attend
to outside matters, | essayed compact
and concise reference to the killing of
General John H. Morgan and after
wards met Major W. d. Williams, who
assured me that the ''true facts had
never been published, and perhaps
never would be" l thereupoa be-
sought the gallant ex confederate Gas
an eyewitness of the sad EVENT. to
render the story in nuggets-to cor.
rect whatever Of error l had been mis-
led into publishing and, as the court
house bell was then summoning to the
johnson trial, to please boil it down
and let the world have at last an ab-
solutely true story Of the important
event.
81 can do it," kindly tn, Major
began, ''for the true facts have never
been published, and perhaps never
will be. ! Was confederate soldier
myself, and had returned to Greene
vile just about the time Gen. Morgan
came in. 1t was very reckless thing
IN Morgan, and begged him to biv-
ouac N his camp over the hill yonder,
but no, he would stay. l had seen
him two or three days, had overtaken
him in fact at Jonesborough-no-it
wasn't Jonesborough; it was Bristol.
Perhaps between Bristol and Abingdon
Waves, it was in Virginia. Now,to
90 back to Virginia"
s. '.if You please, Major" l put in i'm
thtiently, for the court was already in
session; "If you please, let us rather
co''ie, on to Greeneville at single
G coana IA, aud get exactly hoY6S5sI} 4, Yhfs;re hers
uen' Morgan was - oo' any
OF t the trimming. wba,
All right. cert;S 30 Ss-s wn"O
am coming to. Werwas rlolns
along the rosa---rrn an old comrade
some distancp beyond Bristol, and now,
-k., hisn name? Oh, yes; Simmons;
~ ~ ~ : 8,seasmons. Died in 1874 of
! Msshtes-bsah tifaI sfilAneys, Aneys, Lett
.ried a. Harlslsli DaPtiss Ssst@sr- ns
siisss. .sss4lsanah the subject of justi-
--v-.i;,.s.>hy faith /"
III,-4t : H.. + fyetis NE Mai,~,-1-.,-aat ON with
~ tne eos.asgan p.rt of the story, or -.
midst af'sd 10 leave you in the very
THAT'S ~ inst the ont be so hdgety!
have never BEEN puB,!tlh the true laers acrs
haps never will be. YOU ha,anar an po
men all run off before l can get I'm I'm
But, however, as | was saying, Sim.
!
tist preacher, was down in South Care.
lima at the time; her husband had
taken her there to get her out o the
way O the Yankees. Regular rebel,
she was kin to old Patrick Henry,
who once told her grandfathrr-"
But for heavens sake, let's dom
90 back beyond the revolution. Excuse
me, my dear >ir, but
"Ail right" interposed the ma jor,
"all right, I'm coming to it! But that
vas horrible death Patrick Henry's
uncle (who was one Of Simmons
daughters ancestors) died Oft was
hydrophobia. guess it'll make my
story somewhat shorter to tell 1T as |
90 long. When George Washington
| was surveying over in Fauquier coun.
ty, about ten years before the Revolu.
tionary war broke out, he saw mad
.. dog break loose in Capt Gilhooley's
back yard, aud run into the town and
bite COW, horse, goat, a dog, and
two other gentlemen before
Before thunder" | impolitely ejac-
ulated. "Voorhees will be through
spe king before you get as far as Jones'
borough with your Morgan story. I'm
anxious to get it if"
"Nery we'll" continued my friend,
every well. It's an important event,
as you say. and the true facts in the
Gaze have never been published, and
perhaps n.ver will be. But l've got
em-got 'em right at my finger tips
got 'em right in my braln-got EN-
+ "Geod bye, Major! 81 believe you!
| believe you've got 'em," but can't
wait on you any longer, this time.
With your kind permission I'll call
some day before | leave Greenville-
some day, for instance, when you have
time to 60 into the details of General
Morgan's assassination. There is a
sight more Of it than | thought there
was. begin now to see why the world
.. has been in utter darkness on the SUBJ
!, ject for so many weary years. You
are the only man in the United States
that knows all about it, and you know
: so much that it takes couple of days
to tell it. | see now very clearly why
the true facts have never been pub
lished-aud perhaps Deyer will b..
Good afternoon, major"
e "The same to you,' politely rejoined
the historian. "Don't forget to call. '
:, Why Is the horse the most humane
e of all animals? He gives the bit out
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