Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-12-11
FROM the ENEMY
How Miss Emma Knox Gave
Warning to Her Friends.

Well. boys, I'll keep my promise and
tell you real true war story.
was a member of Carter's Scouts
which were stationed at Ponds
Springs, Ala though our scouts at
the reorganization became part Of
the elst Tenn. Cavalry, and were
brigaded with Campbsll's brigade,
Jackson's Division and Forest Corps.
am now a member of Troop A, For
est Cavalry. This much I tell you SO
you may know and understand l was
a real scout and understand the tao
tics of scout. l was on scout in
Middle Tennessee in the winter of "a
and the early months of '65. We had
ridden long distance and until ten
or eleven o'clock at night. The boys,
six in number, including myself, were
getting very sleepy and tired. Reach
ing a neigh borhood where We were all
very we'll acquainted we decided to
stop and rest and sleep some. Leav-
ing the road, as all scouts generally
did, we rode up to near the top Of
bill, tied our horses, and went to
sleep, little thinking there was an en-,
emy in 90 miles of us. But there was,
and in less than a half mile of US,
We slept soundly until day began to
dawn. l awoke and heard stick
break, and looked to the top of the
hill, and saw woman coming toward
us, bareheaded. She kept looking in
different directions. Finally she saw
our horses and came straight towards
us. Isprang up and went to meet
her. knew ber. She was Miss EN-
ma Knox, The first words l said were;
"What is the matter, Emma. y" She
told me large body of Yankee sold
iers was camped at her fathers house
and she was so troubled that she could
not sleep, believing we were some
wnere close by. l asked her how she
managed to elude the Yankees. She
said: "You know we have field
Just over the bill" eyes," said l.
"Well, our milk cows run in that
field, and I got my milk pail and came
to milk the cows. When l got to the
milk gap the cows were at the upper
side, so / came after them, and l de-
termined to see If you boys were over
here." thanked her for the risk she
had taken, went back to the boys,
woke them up and told them of the
danger we were in, and we left, GO
ing in the direction of Murfreesboro.
The Yankees followed us three or
four miles and gave up the chase and
told the Pinkerton girls to tell me ]
wasn't as drunk as pretended to be
and they would see me some other
time. True, I did fall off my horse
several times and put up all the bluffs
/ could, for there were only six of us,
and l didn't care to be pressed very
hard:
wonder how many girls would risk
their liberty and lives for few
friends as Miss Emma did. After the
war she married Lieutenant Ed Ow-
ensby and moved to Texas. He died
about three years ago and left Emma
as his widow. We talk about the
bravery of Hobson, but the women of
the SOS were just about as brave as
any man the Spanish American War
produced. Do you know that. from
that day to this. firmly believe that
God used Miss Emma Knox as means
to preserve my life and the life of the
bows with me. We never in all of our
scouting expeditions had ever stopped
on that hill before. no one knew we
were in the country, and no one was
expecting us as knew of, 80 now l
am forced to believe Providence
surely interviewed. 1t was terrible
risk for Miss Emma to take but she
took it
III now tell of the heroism of a uu-
ion lady in East Tennessee. When jos
Wheeler made bis raid thru Tennessee
Gems. DibrelI, Robertson and Williams,