The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-10-27
TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE CIVIL WAR

Tennessee will be favored in II
i representation of southern herot
whose figures will be carved in til
Stone Mountain Memorial in tha
this State will have six native son
while other Southern states, evel
including Georgia, will have onl'
five. The additional figure was al
lowed in order that Sam Davis, tn,
Tennessee scout whose sacrific,
made his memory cherished by al
| true SouthernerS and honored ever
by his foes, might be included il
the group.
Besides Sam Davis, the five Ten.
nessee generals selected by thi,
state to be honored by the tremend
Gus memorial at Stone Mountain
are: William B. Bates, B. F. Cheat.
ham, Felix Zollicoffer, N. B. For
est and John Adams,
The history of these mems
achievements includes many of the
most courageous episodes and deeds
of personal valor that have been re-
corded in the annals of the Civil
War. They were outstanding eff
cient leaders who set examples to
their men by fearless enterprise and
generated their forces skillfully
against tremendous odds.
General Bates was born on Oc-
tober Z, 1926, near Castilian Springs,
in Sumner county. Through early
manhood he was employed as a
clerk on steamboat plying between
Nashville and New Orleans. He
served through the Mexican war re-
turning to Gallatin where he edited
the Tenth Legion. He entered Leb-
anon law school in 1852 and became
Attorney-General for his district, in
terrupting his legal career to enlist
as a private in the Civil War. Adj
vancing rapidly, he achieved the
rank of Major-General. Three times
in battle, during the course
of the war, he had six horses shot
down under him. After peace was
declared he became governor oil
Tennessee in 1882 and United States
Senator in 1887. He died in Wash
ington in 1905.
General Cheatham, born in Nash
Vile, October, 1920, was a great
grandson of General James Robert
son, "The Father of Tennessee" He
saw distinguished service in the
Mexican war, bitterly opposed Sc
ceSSion but volunteered for service
in the Confederate army and was
made Brigadier-General May, 9,
1861. Promoted to Major General
March II, 1862, his war career was
marked by bravery and executive
skill. He drove Thomas from Chick
manga, held Grant in check at Shi-
lob and later drove him from the
field at Belmont. After the war he
returned to Nashville and devoted
his efforts to reconciling his people
to the burden of reconstruction. He
died in Nashville, September 4, 1886.
General ZolIicoffer, born in Maury
county, May 10, 1912, began his Ca
reer as printer and publisher in
Paris, Tennessee. In 1841 he edited |
the Nashville Banner, served as state
comptroller, then State Senator, and
in 1861 was a member of the Peace
In the Civil war he
ranked as Brigadier- General COM
East Tennessee. He was
killed in the battle of Mill Springs,
January 10, 1861.
General Forrest, born in Bedford
county, July 10, 1921, joined the
Tennessee Mounted Rifles at the out
break of the war. The following
July he recruited and equipped a
'egiment of cavalry, Throughout
1868 and 1864 he headed daring
expeditions in Tennessee,
kentucky and Mississippi. After the
var he proved his nobility of char
lcter by expressing hope that the
nen who had followed him in bat
lie would follow him as readily I'M
Ter the Stars and Stripes. During
he course of the war he had 80
lorseS killed under him.
General Adams was a native of
tiles comfy. A graduate of West
'oint and veteran of the Mexican
var, he was at once commissioned
in the Confederate
rmy. He was slain at Franklin,
November 80, 1864.
Sam Davis, one of the most pictur-
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