Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-29
BETRAYED BY A WOMAN.
The Capture and Death of General
 John H. Morgan.
Surrounded in the Night by Federal Sol. diers and Killed After a Fierce Strug- gle-The Story Told by a Mem
 Der of the Raiders Staff.

Perhaps no cavalry officer of the Con-
 tederate army was moro popular than General John H. Morgan, of Kentucky His troops idolized him, for no one was
 more gallant or considerate in the treat ment of his men. His tragic death and
 the capture of his personal staff at Green vile, Tenn, on the 4th day of Septem- Der, 1864, was thus narrated to the Co., lumbia (S. O. correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat by Captain James Rogers, now resident of Abbeville, $. C., who was member of General Nor gan's staff, and was present on the oc- casion of his death:
 ''On the Sd day of September, 1884, said Captain Rogers, ''General Morgan, attended by his staff, consisting of Cap tain Albert c. Withers, Captain H. E. Clay, Major Garrett and myself, started from Carter's Station, Tenn, ill com mand of about 1,50O cavalry, composed in part of the brigades of Cantrell, Gill; ner and Everett, and regiment from General Vaughn's brigade, in command of General Bradford and a section of
 artillery. Greenville was reached about five o'clock on the evening of the Sd. The troops were quartered in and around
 the town, with headquarters at Mrs. Williams, whoso residence was situated in the eastern portion of the town. Colonel Bradford was ordered to picket all roads leading in the direction of Bulls Gap, the stronghold of the enemy,
 as it was we'll known that General Gillian,
 with about 5000 well-mounted men, was at that place. It was the purpose of General Morgan to move at three o'clock on the morning of the 4th of September, and to attack the enemy as soon as he could reach him; but at about one o'clock on the morning of the
 4th terrible rain began to fall, in con- sequence of which General Morgan countermandcd his orders to move at three a. m. On the night of the Sd an
 old resident of Greenville came to the house of Mrs. Williams, approached Major Garrett and I while we were sit ting on the front piazza of the house,
 and informed us that tho junior Mrs. Williams had left the town. As it was
 known that her husband was with tho Federal command at Bulls Gap, he be- ieved that she intended to betray Gen eral Morgan, if possible. The General was immediately informed of this, and at once notified the officers in charge of l the outpoSts. In the meantime Mrs. Williams was looked after, but could nowhere be found. Having implicit confidence in the officers in charge of | the pickets, General Morgan and staff retired for the night.
 "As before stated, at about one o'clock the rain came down in torrents. The couriers and orderlics were
 quartered in the back piazza or portico
 of the house. General Morgan, ever mindful of the comfort of his men, had
 gone downstairs and moved the boys
 inside of the lower hall. The house
 was large double brick, with four rooms on each floor, the second story being reached by winding stair
 way. Tho General occupied the upper front room on the right. Captain With CTS and Major Garrett occupied rooms,
 the ono opposite Captain Clay and my
 self, the other in the rear of the Generals room. All was quiet until about daylight on the 4th, when the
 writer was asked the cause of SO much
 firing. It being very unusual, I ap-
 preached the back window and found
 that the back garret and back yard were filled with Federals, who were having
 regular duel with the orderlies and cour- iers below. No time was to be lost. I
 ran out and looked in the Generals room, and came in collision with Miss Rembought, a sister of the Mrs. Williams
 who had deserted and betrayed us tho
 night before. Miss Rembought was go- ing to General Morgans s room to inform him of tho presence of tho enemy. Gen | eral Morgan was up and dressed in a
 minute, and, accompanied by Major Gar rett and myself, left the house. We first went to small church situated on tho left and front of the yard. Finding that we could not conceal ourselves here the General sent Major Garrett to the en- trance from Main street to see if it was
 possible to make an exit by that route. l and MT. Johnson, who was clerk for the Adjutant-General, remained with General Morgan. We crossed from the front yard of tho premises to
 the garden of the old hotel, which ocou- pied the southeast corner of the square. From tho rear we passed into a small vineyard. By this time those of the staff who had remained in the house were captured, and the whole town seemed alive with Yankee soldiers. While in the vineyard we were sur
 rounded, and General Morgan was killed after the whole party had surrendered. The old story that he fought until death is absolutely untrue, as mono of the party fired shot. The Generals body
 was then thrown across a horse in front
 of a cavalryman, who paraded tho
 streets, shouting: Here's your horse thiefv etc, Those of us who were capt.
 ured and the Generals body were re-
 moved to the top of the hill, west of
 Greenville, where we met Gillian and
 his command. By this time the cloth
 ing had nearly all been stripped from
 his body, and he lay like hog in his
 wallow, covered with blood. General Gillian, however, lighted this indignity
 as he should. He had the body placed
 in an ambulance, and in charge of Cap
 tain Withers, Clay and myself it was
 brought back to the Williams residence,
 Where 1t was washed, dressed and left
 for removal by the Confederates. The
 officers of the staff were afterward re-
 moved to Knoxville, from thence to
 Chattanooga, and in transit from the lat
 ter place to Nashville made their escape
 from the cars.
 The Young Family Man.
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