Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-11-24
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When this was going on, Capt. Will
cox, who had been detailed by Col. In
gerton to dash into Greeneville will
Co. G and bring out Gen. Morgan
and staff, arrived at the head of tn,
main street of Greeneville, and divided
his men into squads so as to
CHARGE DOWN DIFFERENT STREETS
at the same moment. Taking 20 men
with himself he started through thu
main street. 1t appeared packed with
cavalry horses, but most of the horses
had their heads turned to the sidewalk
and the men generally seemed to bt
lying on the ground or sleeping on the
porches and in the doorways. There
were no guards out. The gray dawn
was glimmering through the drizzle
and fog. Morgan's men had evidently
simply camped in the street, and had
drooped::down in the rain and remained
there. This was the main street of the
town. On it stood Self 3 hotel and in
the same block as the hotel but front
ing on the next street was the Williams
residence. With yell and volley
Wilcox's men charged. The next in
slant from the aroused and surprised
Confederates the cry went up: Kirk 5
Bushwhackers! Bushwhackers! Save
yourselves"
Then followed dash in every direc-
ton. The widest confusion prevailed.
Wilcox's men charged through this
street yelling, shooting and taking
prisoners. On reaching the end of it
and clearing it, when near the Acade-
my, they, turned back. On starting 20
men had been sent down the street di-
rectly in front of Mrs. Williams resi-
dence to surround it This caused
Morgan and his men who had been
aroused by the noise and firing to rush
out the back way. This threw them
on Wilcox's returning squad. In this
squad was John G. Burchheld, who
when opposite Self's hotel, had turned
to speak to relative, Mrs. David Fry,
who was standing in the door, and
whose husband was then prisoner at
Richmond for bridge-burning. She
said:
John, I have no time to talk now.
Morgan is over there" pointing to the
Williams house land l want you to
capture him."
Morgan, with one of his staff, was at
this moment under the stoop of the ho-
tel, and overheard the remark, as was
afterward found out. The street was
full of soldiers firing and it was dam
gerous to cross,
81 HE KAN BACK
into the yard. One of his staff officers
however did make the crossing of the
street in safety, seized horse and es-
capped. The words of the woman were
Immediately reported to Capt Wilcox,
who ordered his son and Burchfield to
go up an alley and get in the immedi-
ate rear of the Williams house. In so
doing they captured two officers in the
garden, Maj. Withers and Capt. Rog-
ers, of Morgan's staff. Another man
in his shirt-sleeves was ordered to halt.
He had pistol in each hand and in
reply he fred one shot and continued
to snap hispistols. They called to him
several times to stop and surrender.
They did not fire on him because their
carbines had been discharged and were
still unloaded. They ran, however, to
head him off from going into the house.
He turned 10 avoid them into grape
arbor, covered with vines. AT this mo.
ment Andrew Campbell, member of
the 18th Tenn, rode up an alley on the
opposite side of them and saw what
was going on. He called to the run
ming man to surrender, and on his fall
ing to do 80, fired. The shot went wide
of the mark. Burchfield and young
Wilcox called to him not to shoot any
more as their danger was as great as
that of the man pursued. Campbell
then dismounted and rested his gun on
the fence. All three of the men then
called to him to halt and surrender.
He then turned in the direction of the
stables and continued to snap his pis.
tolls. Campbell then took deliberate
aim and fired. The person fired upon
exclaimed, 20 God!" and fell forward
into the vines. When Burchfield and
his companion reached him he had
ceased to breathe and the blood was
gushing from the heart. He had on
pair of blue Federal cavalry pants
and dotted muslin shirt, no coat or
vest, and was without hat Nobody
knew who had been killed. Capt.
Wilcox came up and directed that one
of the officers just captured be brought
up in order to identify the body. He
came forward and dropped on his knees
saying:
"You have killed the best man in
the Southern Confederacy."
who is itY" demanded Wilcox.
TT is GEN. MORGAN"
was the reply. Firing had now become
more general through the town. II
was evident that some Confederate
force from the camp outside of the