The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-04-27
Reminiscent Of Lincoln County Dur
ing the War.

ing the War.
wrote you letter on Morgan's first
raid in Kentucky In the Spying Of '62'
when he crossed the Cumberland river.
Every one thought that was the last Of
the Confederstes. but on the last day
OF July in go, Gen Kirby Smith had
swung around the Union army at Cum
berland Gap and came down to Rich
mond on July 30. He met the Union
army at old Mt. Zion church, where a
battle was fought on the old Palmer T.
Embry and Maupin farms. Col War
ner and 1t. Col Landram, OF the 18th
Union Regiment, were badly wounded.
There Col. Warner was shot in the left
side. Landrsm had one eye shot out
The regiment fell back about 200 yards.
They recovered. Gen. John Miller got
II in line Of battle on the Garrett Elkin
farm. The next round Gen. Miller was
shot from his horse and crawled in a
stable. When the Confederates came
up they asked him who he was and he
told them and said he would like TO be
carried down TO his old friend. Brother
Tom Palmer. They put him in an am
bulance and took him there, where he
died nine days later. ! can never for
get the night he died: how he called on
his brave boys to gather around him.
He was a fine man. His brother. James
Miller. lived on Dix river In Lincoln
county for many years. His four sons.
John, Dan, James and Will all went in.
10 the Confederate army with Napier
and Morgan and were said TO be fine
soldiers.
Gen. Kirby Smith captured Richmond
and 5000 prisoners. about 1900 getting
away: fled through cornhelds and every
way TO make their escape. Smith NOV
ed on to Lexington and captured u.
The next day Gen. Morgan came in at
the head Of l. 300 or 1900 cavalry. IL
was his first visit to his home. Morgan
then had three battalions. one under
Duke, one under Gano and one under
w. c. Z. Breckenridge. all OF whom be
came prominent men in the Confederate
army. Gems. Bragg and Buell. got there
first and reinforced his army 20 100000
men and came out and only part ofeaeh
army met at Perryvilie. where battle
was Tough, on Oct. 5. 1862. Bragg left
the State by way OF Crab Orchard,
Gen. Smith went by way Of Richmond.
Wheeler covered Bragg's retreat and
Morgan covered Smiths. When smith
reached the foot Of Big Hill Gen. Nor
gan came back and marched all night.
reaching Lexington about daylight and
after a sharp fight at Woodland Park
captured Union regiment. lie then
marched rapidly to Louisville. threw a
a few shells into the city and tore up a
portion Of the l. & N. track. He over
took Bragg at Stone river in Tennes-
see, where the next great battle was
fought. In 62 there was body OF
Confederate soldiers camped in Shelby $
woods. young men going South under
Bob Aston There were number of
Home Guards from Danville who at
tackled them and a sharp fight followed.
Aston was afterward chief Of Morgan's
stad with the rank of lieutenant colo
mel on the Ohio raid. He was killed in
Atlanta. Ga. by Col. Cox in personal
encounter. Cox was sent to the peni.
tentiaro but was later pardoned by
Alex Stephens. saw Stephens once
in Atlanta. Ca. after the war Since
a boy in Lincoln county | look back and
find all my fathers friends are gone.
John X. Baughman. Horace Withers,
Judge Bailey, Leo Hayden. Newton
Craig. Col. Napier, WIN. Vandiver,