The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-10

mortally wounded and brought back to town about 10 o'clock the next day. My mothers house was pressed for him to stay in. Within a few minutes after he was brought in some of Sherman's medical stan was by his side They pronounced his case hopeless. My mother and I nursed him for nearly a month up to his death. We had him nicely buried in our city cemetery, where his body re-
 mained until it was disinterred by an
 order from the U. S. War Department;
 second time it was disinterred and re-
 buried in the National Cemetery at Cor
 inth. Miss. Captain Hall at the time of
 his enlistment resided at Quincy, H.,
 was member of the 7th Illinois Regi-
 ment, comman1ed by Col R. Rowett.
 must say we had trying times here dur
 ing the war. No one but God knows what
 and others went through In 1862 we
 had General Buells cavalry here for
 about month. The 7th Illinois was on
 the 1st of May. I think in 1864. patrolling
 the Tennessee River from Decatur to
 Eastport, with headquarters at Florence,
 and I think as well as l can remember
 on or about the 7th or sth of May. 1864, a portion of Roddy's command crossed the Tennessee River. near Bainbridge and captured a few Tank tes. After this, think. the 7th Illinois was forced to leave
 Florence and were reported to have gone to Pulaski. Tenn. At one time. I can not recall dates, the 9th Ohio Cavalry was reported to be moving in the direc- tion of Florence. Some of our Southern
 boys. I think part of Roddy's command. crossed the Tennessee River at or near Coffees Island below Florence, and some of our boys were reported killed. In the spring of 1S6-, Carrine's cavalry came to
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 including the Masonic Temple. When it was reported that the Masonic Hall was on fire, my mother at once went to the Hall to save the jewels of the order, my father being a Mason. This fact my mother reported to one of the Yankee officers and my mother was then per mitted to go into the burning building to get the jewels of the Lodge, which she succeeded in doing Oh! what a trying time 1t was on me, thinking every minute my mother would burn to death, or be killed by some Yankee. After this Gen eral Roddys comand was in and out of the city. When Roddy's command was not here the tories gave us more trouble than the regulars. General Roddy had several skirmishes with them. In our hospital here in 1862 there were, as well as | can remember. 700 si ck and wounded soldiers from Forts Henry and Donelson after their fall. Thirty-two of these died and were buried in the Florence Ceme- tery and two others who were killed about four miles from the city. By this time the tories had become so bad We were compelled to call on the Federals for pro- lection, and a command was sent from PllaS N, Tenn, to protect us-this was in 1S64-and remained in the city until Septe nber the same year. During their stay here they arrested two of the tory gang and brought them to Florence. am sorry to say they were two of our town boys and had been with the tory gang who killed and buried alive some of our best citizens. I recall the name of one in particular, a Mir. Wilson, who lived at the place now known as St. Flor ian. They burned him 10 death with the leaves of his Bible, one at a time to make him tell where his money was; an- other citizen whom they thought they had killed at the same time and in the same house with Mir. Wilson, played dead" and as soon as the tories left he came to town and reported what the tories had done The two town boys were sentenced to be hung, but at the request of their mothers they were shot.