The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-17
GENERAL JOHN MORGAN.
4 Federal Account Of How He Was
Shot and Killed.
(From the New Orleans Picayune.)


Editor Picayune:
Dear sir.-In your Issue Of the 18th ult.
appears an article by P. H. Hora. giving
what he asserts to be true account or
How General John II. Morgan was kill
iiams house in Greenvilie is. / presume,
correct. but. with the exception OF the
facts that Morgan was killed In Mrs
Williams garden and that there was
story and the conclusions drawn there
from are simply errors. have from time
to time read many conflicting STORES
inent actor in 1t. concluded that the time
has come when an eyewitness should give
the public the truth Of the matter.
1 shall commence by stating that !
eral Gilem on that expedition. It was
a force placed under the exclusive OF Or
ders of General Andrew Johnson. mil
tary governor of Tennessee afterwards
President Of the United States), and COM
posed of Tennessee troops, but just be
fore the combat at Greenville we were
Joined by a squadron Of the Tenth Tent, Nigh Gnr
igan Cavalry under NJ Ma}3ir rt Sew snd Tbir.
tenth Tennessee Cavalry: Company a.
Tenth Tenth Tennessee Cavalry HEADQUARTERS
ESCORT: Battery B. First Tennessee At
SQUADRON. My regiment. the Tenth Ten
nessee infantry, not being mounted wac
not detailed for this raid. but / on N Gen. +. \,
eral Gillem'S request Accompanies 49,
anu AMI AIMING AT 'sALTYiLLE. VA.
The object of the expedition was 70 re, r,d
East Tennessee of guerrilla bands tnat
were being formed on pom ., sues, ,o n ut
cidentally to destroy the SAT- "o'"s
'a On August 2a. 1854, we had sharp fight
with Colonel Giltner's command OF MOI
Kali Railway , between Bulls Gap and Green,
Vile defeating Giltner In couple , OF
hours. After pursuing him several I nitirs >
beyond Greenville, we returned, 70 P III, .
and It was here we learned that John
Morgan was on his way from iron f ihe rSin a-
tauga 10 ',clean MS up, inc following
is actually what occurred; c.
her 3 1854 ] was In my tent converslns
With CAPTAIN Sterling Hambrlght COM
mander Of the headquarters escoTt, Wien
orderly Private RaYld Han f Iedds
s W,snea the ,e ANAL AFFAIR at Blue Springs, near
his mothers house, invited him N. ana !, q
he told me that Morsans men We're h a.,
took his mare. but that he afterwards
found her and stole her from the soldiers,
and came direct to our camp. at nrst
dolhsd hs e n Whe was asaep
in the next tent to mine. Gillem >~ed
Immediately upon the boys information;
the command was silently aroused, ana
at about 10 r. M. Lleutenant-C Colonel
Ingerton, with the Thirteenth Tennessee
Cavalry started lngertons instructions ,Ea ani
and TO attack as soon as he heard hring
In front.
The main column, consisting OF the
Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, Colonel Brown
low; Tenth Michigan eaya II u Ma ,1s
Colonel John L. Miller, Thirteenth Ten
nessee Cavalry; General G!llem, staff and
escort. started at y o'clock mld9ight,
The night was pitch dark; one OF the
most fearful thunder storms ! ever wit,
messed prevailed for several hoprs ana
ar lighting we could not have continued
our mareh About 9 ws c 9olses p ON The
nicl;ets and the action commenced about
6. colonels Vaughn and Gltner, Of MOI
gan's force, who commanded In front;
were completely surprised, and retreated
at once, Colonel .Ingerton, having been
successful in getting to the rear Of the