The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

round the house where Morgan was stay
ing and capture him. Neither Capt. VII
cox nor Col. IngertOn made any report
OF the circumstances Of Morgans death.
and in Gen. Gillem's report there is the
mere statement that Gen. MorEan's
headquarters were surrounded and he
was shot by Andrew Campbell, Of Com
pany G, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.
while he was endeavoring to make his
escape to join his command
How Morgan Died.
Mai A. c. withers. Gen. Morgan's
chief OF stan. who was with him when
the Federals rode into GreenvilIe. wrote
Of the generals death some years after
the close Of the war. When the firing
was heard in the streets he hurried to
the generals room. which was in the
front of the house, and found that he
had gone out.
The plot Of ground on which the Viii
liams house stood occupied an entire
square. At one corner small frame
church. raised about three feet from the
ground on brick columns. Between the
church and the house there was n vine
yard filled with flowers and shrubbery
4 found the general in the vicinity of
the corner Of the church and We took
refuge under il 10 consult" wrote
Maj. Withers. He directed me to
go to the top OF the house and
see If there was an opening in the
Federal lines through which We could
pass. I found every street hlockaded
with cavalry. while men were riding
around outside the IiGh-plank fence
shooting in all directions through the
grounds.
Reporting these facts 10 the general
l urged him to go into the house and
chance. and that growing momentarily
less. as the fire was becoming heavy and
ia point-b'ank range.
at pont-blank range He replied:
1t Is useless: they have sworn never
to take me prisoner
Hearing the church being forced open.
he crossed over into the vineyard. All
movements were affected by almost
crawling and taking advantage Of each
bush, as the enemy were not twenty
yards from us. Morgan was again urged
to go up to the house. This he refused 10
do. suggesting that We had better sepa-
rate. In leaving. the general shook
hands with me and remarked. You will
never see me again
Il had gone hut few steps when
heard him call out: Don't shoot. I sur
render
stopping Immediately, looked around.
and upon the outside of the fence almost
over the general. who had risen and was
I holding up his hands. sat Yankee with
the gun presented. who replied: 'Surren-
der and be G. dbl know you" and
fired.
las soon as the shot was fired and the
general had fallen the soldier began tea'-
ing down the fence. in which he was soon
assisted by a large crowd OF his COM
rades."
IndIRnIties to Rody.
Mai. withers declared that number
of women were in the upper windows II
nearby houses overlooking the garden
shouting 10 the Federals and pointing out
Gen. Morgan and his comrades. Withcrs
was soon afterward made prisoner.
According to testimony. after the Fed
erals had broken down the palinE around
the garden, Morgan was dragged to he
street and. while he was tossing his arms
in dying agony, was thrown across a mule
and driven about the town.
Withers wrote that when he next SAY
the generals body it was in a muddy
ditch by the roadside. the features almost
undistinguishable from mud and blood
and the body almost nude. the clothing
having been torn in small pieces.
Later on Col. J. B. Brownlow brought
/ Gen. Morgan's body to the house and
turned it over to Maj. Withers He and
Capt. James Rodgers. assisted by a negro.
washed and dressed il. 1t was latat sent
through the Confederate lines under a flag
Of truce.
Thus or the 9Th Of September. ISL. in
the little village OF East Tennessee. -
wrote Gen. Basil W. Duke, Morcan's
broJher-in-law and most trusted lieuten-
! ant who was to succeed him in command
( Of "Alorgan's men," fell the greatest
partisan lsader the world ever saw. unless
! ID was the Irishman Sarsfefd."
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