The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-17

enemy, was awaiting developments in
his front. when negro boy rode up and
told him that Morgan and staff were
2 2ffsD At to e sepse e
and capture Morgan. This force sur
rounded the premises at o'clock, and
over the high board fence that inclosed
General Morgan received his death
wound. ss
THE FATAL SHOT.
The bullet entered his back, penetrating
the heart, and death was instantaneous.
lie left the house as soon as he heard
de was only partially dressed, and had
on neither coat nor hat. Captain Rogers.
of his staff, was captured In the house.
and Colonel Withers. Adjutant-General
the chapel at the END Of the garden.
"A private of the Tenth Tennessee Cav
airy. named Andrew Campbell, claimed
to have shot General Morgan, and with
body across his horse and rode with it
about half a mile when General GilIem
and an !, !, IN, met him. We both denounced
placed upon , caisson a and carried bacN
to Mrs. Williams house, where they
were decentiy cared for and sent under
a flag Of truce to Jonesboro and there
delivered to his late command. 5
1t was not believed by General Gillem,t
Colonel Miller, myself or any Of the field
ott1cers Of the command that Campbell
knew who shot General Morgan. for he
was in the midst OF a crowd Of mon. and
outside of the fence. and all of them
firing as fast as they could load He
probably was the first to discover the
Ieet Of the fence and was partially hid
Den IN a clump OF gooseberry bushes. I
examined the place at the time, and was
then men convinced that on that damp, foggy
would would appear only as a shadow. and that
via stories about the hellsy .barbarou,,,
mennsr IL which anee Genern . Morgan Was
through The South for years, on. Glle,n
and ! refrained from contradicting them
for the reason that we We're both In the
report OF the affair had naver been pub
llshed. ] have a copy OF that report
now m r!i,,Ip possession i Is signed by
lamented Major Nat. Burbank read this
report and exacted promise that T
would permit him to use 1t should the.
time arrive for an article on the sub
A LADY's RIDE.
Joe Williams, eldest son OF Mrs. Will
liams, was volunteer on the staff OF
his wife. who was Miss Rumbough. of
Greenyille. when she saw Morgans
troops enter town. rode out to her farm.
HDOul S6NellI InlleS OlSldIlI, IN the Op-
posite direction from our camp. This
caused the rnmor that she carried the in
formation Of Morgans presence to Gil-
IF Mrs 9s and n wssh eaEd leoff
any of those conversations mentioned by
MI. Hora. hut, of course. romances
will SPRING from an affair OF that kind.
years.
did not know that Mrs. Morgan was
relative Of the, WILLIAMS family, but
Miss Kate Sneed, granddaughter OF AIRS.
Williams. Captain Jones was killed in the
Da'''s : Mfo H'Faaa; REMAINS,
In conclusion, I would say that Gen,
eral Morgan's remains We're not treated
as stated By MIR. Hora campbels act
the only Reservation they received. and
that act was strongly denounced by all
the officers of the command.
the negro, Tom Glenn. in calmly, standing
within twenty feet of General Morgan
with the bullets flying around Ike hail:
remember one OF Mrs Williams ne
that the aforesaid Tom was. with the
other darkies. either under the house or
in the potato hole. on that eyentfui
of in the tumult. and never again APP
peared at headquarters,
Jimmy Leddy WAS the SON OF a woo"
living at Blue Springs. was taken by
General Gillem TO Nashville, and there
That and returned 10 his home,
Captain Rogers. of Morgan's staff. was
my guest for over week after his
capture, and he afterwards spoke IN the
highest terms of the. manner IN which
they were treated by General Gilem
and also of the treatment OF Morsans
remains. with the exception. OF course.
of Campbells conduct, 49, s.o,r,y
Colonel, U. S. A, tretiredl; Colonel Tenth
Tennessee Volunteers Chief OF staff TO
General Giem when General John n.
Morgan was killed.
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