FIELD AND STAFF.

[Note.—We had written up an extended notice of each officer of the Regiment, but finding upon the completion of our manuscript that our history had grown far beyond the limit of 400 pages for which we had contracted with our publisher. we have deemed it best to condense and abbreviate these sketches rather than curtail other parts of the History.]

COL. JOHN K. MILLER.

Colonel Miller is a native of Carter county, Tenn. At the beginning of the Civil War he took a decided stand for the Union. He was at that time Sheriff of his native county and wielded a strong influence for the cause. He took an active part in gathering up the Union men to defend the bridge-burners and took a prominent part in the Carter county Rebellion, which followed the burning of the bridge at Union, known afterwards as Zollicoffer.

He organized the Thirteenth Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry U. S. A. and commanded it until placed in comand of the Brigade known as the "3d Brigade, Governor's Guards," which he commanded until mustered out of service September 5, 1865.

The frequent mention of Colonel Miller's military service in the body of this history renders it unnecessary to enlarge upon it here. We will only add that as an officer he was brave and competent, and as a citizen and friend he is patriotic, kind and generous. He is still living and resides at Bristol, Tenn.-Va.

COL. RODERICK R. BUTLER, LIEUT.-COL. 13TH. TENN. CAVALRY.

The recent death of Col. Butler, which occurred at his home in Mountain City, Johnson county, Tennessee, August 18, 1902, has called public attention to his life and character, and it is most gratifying to his friends to note the unanimity with which the public press, of all shades of political opinion, agree in bestowing upon him very many of those traits of character, which all true men desire said of them when life's busy scenes have passed from their view. But for the fact that it will afford us pleasure to offer our humble testimony to the "goodness and worth" of a comrade and friend, and to place what has been so well and truly said by others "in more enduring form" than that of newspaper articles, which are read today and forgotten tomorrow, we would scarcely attempt to write this article.

The strong characteristics of industry, energy and ability, that enabled Judge Butler to overcome the obstacles that poverty placed in his way, and reach a position in public life that few men have attained under like circumstances, are certainly to be admired, and his successful life should be held up to every poor, but ambitious young man, as an object lesson, demonstrating what pluck and energy, backed by a reasonable ambition, can do, regardless of poverty, want of education or the assistance of influential friends. His life has been a remarkable one, and is another confirmation of the old adage, "Where there's a will there's a way."

But to our minds, the one overshadowing and admirable trait in his character, that eclipsed all others, was his love for and confidence in his fellow man, regardless of class, caste or condition. This was the golden cord that bound to him many thousands of men who clung to him through life, and whom no amount of slander, calumny or vituperation could drive from him. We cannot say whether or not he obeyed the divine injunction to "Love thine enemy," but we can testify that he loved his friends, whether among the lowly or the great, with a devotion seldom surpassed. His memory will be secure as long as there is one left who knew him well. Thousands have been the beneficiaries of his kindly smile and his warm grasp of friendship, and partakers of his hospitality, and recipients of his favors and kind offices. His death cast a shadow over many a mansion and humble home, and brought pain to many hearts, but he had reached the fulness of time, and from a long life, full of battles—reverses as well as victories "he has lain down to rest."

We append extracts and comments on the death of Judge Butler, written by able editors, men who knew him well, and we heartily endorse their commendations. These articles give all the leading facts concerning his remarkable public career, his nativity and date of his birth, as well as his early struggles with poverty. His life has been a grand success socially, politically and financially.

Before introducing these extracts, we will note briefly his military career, which in one sense was brief, but in another sense, like most prominent men of East Tennessee, he was in the "fight" from 1861 till 1865.

After bravely facing all the dangers common to the loyal men of Johnson and Carter counties from the very beginning, leading largely in their councils and conventions, planning to thwart the devices of the enemy, and, finally, having to flee from their wrath, he was commissioned by Governor Johnson to raise a regiment of cavalry for the Federal army. Col. Miller and Col. A. D. Smith were recruiting a regiment at the same time, and upon the death of Col. Smith, Col. Butler consolidated his men with those of Col. Miller, forming the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, in which organization he was commissioned and mustered as Lieut.-Colonel October 8, 1863. But Colonel Butler, after assisting in organizing and getting the Regiment in shape, feeling that he had no military education whatever, that another, more experienced than himself, could fill the place better, while he could render far greater service to his people and to his country through diplomacy, and by being free to go wherever he could aid the suffering, or help to counteract the devices of the enemy, he accordingly, on May I I, 1864, resigned his commission, as Lieut.-Colonel, giving place to the gallant Ingerton, after he was convinced of that officer's experience and capability as a true and tried soldier.

It would be impossible to give the reader an idea of the many acts of kindness done by him to the officers and soldiers of the regiment. He exerted his influence at all times with Governor Johnson to send troops into East Tennessee to the relief of his suffering friends. He was at Knoxville when our Brigade was campaigning in East Tennessee, and was always on the alert and looking after the interests of the Thirteenth. When the Brigade was fighting for its very existence at Bull's Gap, and General Gilrem was pleading for reinforcements, it was Colonel Butler who accompanied W. G. Brownlow to General Ammen's office to implore him to send them aid, though it was all in vain, Colonel Butler showed his interest and anxiety for his old comrades.

It was charged against Colonel Butler in his political campaigns that he was not true to the Union, and that he made an effort at one time to raise a regiment for the Confederate service. In that dark hour of suffering in East Tennessee, when the Union people were under the heel of the petty despots, who were burning their homes, hanging and imprisoning the men, and bringing ruin and starvation to the doors of their families, it would be easy to believe that Col. Butler may have resorted to almost anything to stay the avenging sword, and to appease the wrath that was turned on his people. He may have resorted to the deception even of agreeing to raise a regiment, for what could he have done to save his people then that would not have been justifiable? Good faith on the part of the Confederates towards the Union people was not to be dreamed of. Deception and duplicity must be met with like bad faith at such a time as that. But that Colonel Butler ever faltered in his love for, and loyalty to, the Government of the United States, none who knew him believed for one moment.

Col. Butler has always retained a warm place in the hearts of the members of the Regiment, and he has often expressed the deepest regret that since the organization of the "Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry Association" his health has been too feeble to attend their reunions, but he has always sent written greetings and words of affectionate remembrance. In 1898, the reunion was held at his home town, Mountain City, but he was then afflicted with partial blindness and could not attend, but his life-long friend, Lieut. C. M. Arnold, read a most touching address to the comrades which the Colonel had prepared. On the same occasion, it was arranged for the comrades to repair, in a body, to his elegant home in the suburbs of the town, and greet their old friend and comrade-in-arms. This they did and found him, though quite feeble, sitting on his veranda awaiting them. They all passed in procession, each taking his hand gently, and speaking a word or two of friendly cheer. Though almost totally blind at the time, he was able to recognize nearly every voice, and returned the greetings most pleasantly.

We are pleased to note here that Colonel Butler recovered to a great extent from this sad affliction, and though, feeble afterwards, was able for several years to visit his children and friends and spend his time pleasantly and comfortably until a few months before his death.

COMMENTS OF THE PRESS ON THE DEATH OF COL. R. R. BUTLER.

Following are editorial clippings from a number of our exchanges relative to the life and death of Hon. R. R. Butler, one of the most distinguished citizens that ever resided in the county and one that will be missed by all classes, regardless of race or standing. "Judge Butler is gone, but his honest, industrious, charitable and sober life will long remain in the minds of the people of East Tennessee and especially those who live in Johnson county." —Tennessee Tomahawk:

"Judge Roderick Butler is dead. He was born in Wythe county, Virginia, in 1827 and reared to young manhood in that county. When about nineteen years of age he moved to Johnson county, Tenn., where he afterwards married Miss Emeline Donnelly, who resided near Mountain City. The deceased was born a poor man, but his undaunted energy brought him to the front in the affairs of state and nation.

"When a grown young man he worked at the tailor's trade in Johnson county to support himself and happy wife. During this time he was a constant student, putting in every spare hour from work at study. He would select a task and study upon it, reciting to Rev. James Keys, a local minister. He kept this up for years and gathered much valuable information. Later he took up the study of law and mastered it by hard work. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and practiced for years. Before the Civil War he represented his county in the legislature of the State and made a clear record. In 1865 he was chosen for the position of Circuit Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Tennessee. This position he held for nearly two years, resigning to become a candidate for Congress in the fall of 1866. In that year he was nominated and ran for Congress on the Republican ticket. He was a popular and brainy man and was easily elected. He remained in the National Congress six years and four years at another time, making his full term in the National body ten years. While holding that important trust he voted and labored for his distrct and the people who resided in it. On national questions he showed talent and wise judgment and his clean record was a monument to his long life.

"During life he also sat upon the county judge's bench, dealing out law and equity with care and consideration. All through life he figured in the political affairs of East Tennessee and was recognized as a big man, both in and out of his party. By his death the State loses one of its powers, and the people in general all over this section of country will deeply regret to learn of his death.

"He is survived by seven sons and two daughters, namely, R. H., Dr. J. G., S. D., and Hon. E. E. Butler, of Mountain City, Dr. W. R. Butler, John B. and G. 0., of Oregon, Mrs. Jennie Church and Mrs. W. R. Keys, of Mountain City."—Bristol News.

"With the death of Hon. R. R. Butler, one of the most remarkable men, in many respects, in the State, has passed away. He has been most of his time in public life, for more than forty years, having served a term in the Tennessee Legislature before the Civil War. He served several terms in Congress, also as Circuit Judge in his judicial circuit. He was elected to the two houses of the Tennessee Legislature oftener than any other man in the State, or who has ever been so elected. He was a man of generous impulses and made friends of all with whom he came in contact. Like others he was not without faults, but there have been few men in Tennessee who have enjoyed a wider, longer, or more general popularity. He lost his wife not many years ago, which gave him great grief, and some two years ago he lost a favorite grandchild, to which he was much attached, and since then has scarcely been himself. His health has not been good for some time; but his death came as a shock to his many friends and acquaintances in his county and district and throughout the State."—Knoxville Journal and Tribune.

LIEUT.-COL. BARZILLAI P. STACY.

Colonel Stacy was born at Columbus, Penn., in 1837. His family removed to Ripley, 0., just previous to the Civil War. He volunteered in the 7th Ohio Cavalry and was appointed Sergeant-Major of that regiment. He was with the regiment in the long chase after Gen. John H. Morgan through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, and also in Saunder's raid around Knoxville. He came into Knoxville with his regiment when Gen. Burnside occupied East Tennessee in September, 1863. .At the organization of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry he was appointed Adjutant of the Regiment. September 24, 1863, on recommendation of Gen. Samuel P. Carter, was detailed later as A. A. G. on Colonel Miller's staff when that officer was assigned to the command of the Third Brigade, Governor's Guard; promoted to Captain of Company F, October 26, 1864, for gallantry and meritorious service, and after the death of Lieut.-Col. Ingerton was commissioned Lieut.-Colonel of the Regiment, Dec. loth, 1864. Col. Stacy was with the Regiment in all its campaigns from its organization until its muster-out, September 5, 1865.

After the war he located in Knoxville, where the firm of Stacy & Angel became well-known.

He was married to Miss Margaret Augusta Piper, of Rogersville, Tenn., September 12, 1865. He and his wife united with the Second Presbyterian Church soon after coming to Knoxville, and he was soon afterwards elected an Elder. He represented his synod in the General Assembly at Toledo, 0., in 187o. He removed to Dallas, Texas, in the year 1872, and remained there until 1882. He had been in declining health for several years and died at Knoxville, Tennessee, September loth, 1882. His remains are buried in Gray Cemetery.

COL. ALEXANDER D. SMITH.

Col. Smith was born in Wilkes county, near Wilkesboro, N. C., July 5th, 181o. When he was six years of age his father moved to Carter county, Tenn. Col. Smith married in Johnson county and became a citizen of that county when it was first organized. He was the first Sheriff of the county, and was Circuit Court Clerk for 24 years. He served as Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court for two or three years and gave up that position to engage in the practice of law. He continued the practice of law successfully up to the beginning of the Civil War.

He was among the foremost leaders in resisting the secession movement in Johnson and Carter counties and participated in all the excitement and dangers of that period. He was a member of the Knoxville Union Convention and served on the most important committee of that body. He was also delegate to the Greeneville Convention. He assisted in the organization of the Thirteenth Tennessee (Union) Cavalry and was elected Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment and served until stricken with fever. He died at the home of Gains McBee, at Strawberry Plains, Tenn., November 3. 1863. This was the first death of an officer in the Regiment. Colonel Smith was personally known to nearly every man in the Regiment and was held in the highest esteem by all. From his ability and cour age it was believed he would make a valuable officer and all felt the Regiment had sustained a great loss.

Col. Smith was a brother of the late Hon. Hamilton C. Smith, for many years Chancellor of the First Chancery Division of Tennessee and father of Hon. John P. Smith, who has served 16 years as Chancellor of the same Division, and has recently been appointed Governor of the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers now in course of construction by the United States Government at Johnson City, Tenn.

MAJOR ELI N. UNDERWOOD.
(Second Battalion.)

Major Underwood was born in Enfield, Hampshire county, Mass., March 27th, 1827. He learned engineering and served as an engineer on the Hudson River R. R. from 1849 until 1856, when he went to East Tennessee and accepted the position of Master Mechanic of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.

Major Underwood was a staunch Union man and rendered all the assistance he could to the Union cause. He was commissioned Major of the Second Battalion of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry April 11th, 1864, and was engaged in all the campaigns of the Regiment in East Tennessee. He commanded his Battalion in the fights at Greeneville, Tennessee, Morristown, Carter's Depot and Bull's Gap. At Morristown he was in the gallant sabre charge that broke the enemy's lines and was highly commended for gallantry. He was fond of music and poetry and delighted in discussing questions of science and philosophy; the officers of the Regiment gave him the sobriquet of "Old Philosophy," which he seemed to appreciate rather than dislike. He went to California many years ago and is now a resident of Colusa, California.

MAJOR J. W. M. GRAYSON.

James W. M. Grayson was a prominent citizen of Johnson county when the war came and a man at that time of probably 35 years of age. He took an active part as an officer in the Carter county Rebellion, and displayed courage and ability. He was among the first to recruit any considerable number of men in his county for the Federal service, taking with him at one time loo men to Kentucky. This was in May, 1862. He assisted largely in recruiting the Fourth Tennessee Infantry and was commissioned Lieut.-Colonel of that regiment May 1st, 1863, and through some disagreement with superior officers left that regiment and accepted a commission in the Thirteenth Tennessee as Major, October 6th, 1863, and remained with the Regiment until April, 1864, when he resigned on account of ill health.

After the war and up to his death, which occurred only a few years ago, he was actively engaged in farming and business enterprises at Grayson, N. C. We know nothing of his family except a daughter, Mrs. Dr. W. R. Butler, of Butler, Tenn., and a son, A. G. Grayson, Esq., who is engaged in business and resides at Trade, Johnson county, Tennessee.

MAJOR ROBERT H. M. DONNELLY.

R. H. M. Donnelly was born in Lee county, Va., January 2, 1835, and was the fifth child of William and Sarah McQueen Donnelly. His father died in 1842, and his mother died in 1876. Robert lived with his mother until he was of age. After learning the carpenter's trade he went to Johnson county, Tenn., where he was married to Miss Eliza J. Allen, near Taylorsville, April 6, 1860.

When the Civil War broke out he at once took an active part on the side of the Union. He made several efforts to get to the Federal army before he succeeded in doing so. In these efforts he suffered the usual dangers, hardships and privations we have described in other places. He finally left home in the latter part of August, 1863. In company with R. H. Luttrell, Richard H. Wilson and others he left Taylorsville in the night and crossed the Iron Mountain, on top of which he fell in with about 80 other Union men fleeing to the Federal army, which was then said to be in the vicinity of Jonesboro, Tenn. This company went down Stony Creek in Carter county, stopping near Benjamin Coles to rest. At daylight they resumed the journey and at length they came to the Federal lines near Jonesboro, Tenn., and halted at a large spring west of the town where forty or fifty of them volunteered, forming what was afterwards Company D of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, and elected R. H. Luttrell, Captain; R. H. M. Donnelly, First Lieutenant, and R. H. Allen, Second Lieutenant. Arriving at Greeneville this company fell in with a large number of other recruits for the Thirteenth, and their history is the same thereafter as described in the organization of the Regiment.

Upon the death of Captain R. H. Luttrell, January 10th, 1864, Lieut. R. H. M. Donnelly was promoted to Captain of Company D, in which position he served until June 22, 1865, when he was promoted to Major.

He was a brave, intelligent officer, and was often selected for duty when courage and firmness were needed.

He was in all the campaigns and battles in which the Regiment was engaged. While Captain of Company D his company was ordered to the support of Major Wagner's Battalion when it was being driven back by overwhelming numbers. Captain Donnelly was among the first in the gallant charge at Fort Breckenridge, Va. We are only able to mention further in this brief sketch that he captured the notorious Lieut.-Colonel Dorrity and disarmed him with his own hands. That he was in the detachment that was sent under Major Doughty to break up the gang of Ellis Harper, known as the "Harper gang," that were committing so many depredations in Middy Tennessee and Kentucky. Captain Donnelly took an active part in this affair, which was never made public until reported for this history by Major Doughty.

Aside from his soldierly qualities Major Donnelly was highly esteemed by the officers and men for his social qualities and gentlemanly conduct at all times. After the war he located at Rheatown, Tenn., where he was Postmaster for 14 years. He now lives at Chuckey City, Tenn , where he has resided for 16 years. Was Postmaster at that place under President Harrison's administration. He has been engaged in the mercantile and other business enterprises and is now in the hotel business, and has been for the past 16 years at Chuckey City, Tenn.

MAJOR JOSEPH H. WAGNER.

Major Wagner is the sixth son and ninth child of Mathias M. and Mary Wagner, and was born in Taylorsville (now Mountain City), Tenn., January 14, 1841. Major Wagner received his education in his native town and at Boone's Creek Seminary, in Washington county, Tenn. He was elected Colonel of the Johnson county militia in 186o when only a little past twenty years of age. He took an active part in all the movements of the Union men of his county and was commander of the Johnson county forces, numbering about 250 men, in the Carter county rebellion. After the rebellion he shared in the dangers and persecutions of those times.

Major Wagner joined the Regiment as private, Company E January 2, 1864, was transferred to non-commissioned staff as Quartermaster-Sergeant January 9, 1864, promoted to Major of the Third Battalion May 15, 1864.

Major Wagner was a most efficient officer, performing all his duties to the eminent satisfaction of his superior officers, and gained the respect and confidence of his men, as well as the friendship and esteem of his fellow officers.

The Major and his estimable wife and family are residents of Mountain City, Tenn., where they enjoy the comforts of an elegant home and the highest honor and respect of a host of friends and relatives.

Major Wagner resigned his commission in the army March 25th, 1865, to accept a seat in the General Assembly of the State as representative from Carter and Johnson counties, to which he was elected by the vote of the Regiment.

MAJOR C. C. WILCOX.

Christopher C. Wilcox was a Carter county man. After taking part in the Greeneville Convention, the Carter county rebellion and in all the movements of the Union people he organized Company G and commanded that company until promoted to Major, March 1o. 1865.

The frequent mention of this officer in the body of the history renders it unnecessary to comment here upon his military history further than to say that he made a national reputation by his daring charge into Greeneville, Tenn., on the morning of September 4, 1864, when Gen. John H. Morgan was killed and his staff officers and body guard captured.

As an officer there were none braver or more kind and considerate for the welfare of his men. He had one brother, Lieut. D. P. Wilcox. of the Second Tennessee

Infantry, and two sons, Lieut. John M. and Sergeant Robert B. Wilcox, of Company G, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, in the Federal army, and all made gallant soldiers.

Major Wilcox died at Emporia, Kan., a number of years ago.

MAJOR PATRICK F. DYER.

Patrick F. Dyer was a native of Ireland and was only 23 years old when commissioned Captain of Company B. l le was promoted to Major, March loth, 1865. He was captured at the first battle of Bull's Run, made his escape from Saulsbury prison and arrived in Carter county sometime previous to the occupation of East Tennessee by Gen. Burnside. He served with the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry from its organization until its muster-out, and was a brave and competent officer as well as a genial comrade and friend. He has been dead a number of years.

MAJOR WILLIAM H. MATLOCK, SURGEON.

Major Matlock succeeded Major Hobbs as Surgeon of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, his commission bearing date September 27, 1864, and he remained with the Regiment until its muster-out, September 5, 1865.

Major Matlock was a native of Pennsylvania. After the close of the war he lived at Downingtown, Pa., where he practiced his profession until his death, which occurred in June, 1896.

DR. JAMES M. CAMERON, CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT SURGEON.

Dr. Cameron was born in Elizabethton, Tenn., November, 1833. He and his two brothers, M. D. L. and John W. Cameron, though the family owned slaves, were among the most active and fearless of the supporters of the Union cause. John W. Cameron, the younger brother, was a delegate to the Knoxville Union Convention in 1861, and took an active part in all the affairs of the Union people, and but for his widowed mother, and his sister, who would have been left alone, would doubtless have joined the army.

He was mustered into service as Assistant Surgeon at the organization of the Regiment or soon afterwards (Nov. 7, 1863,) and performed the duties of that office until July 19, 1865, when he tendered his resignation. He was held in high esteem by the members of the Regiment, both officers and soldiers. After the war Dr. Cameron continued the practice of medicine at Elizabethton. He gave much of his time to church, Sunday-school and educational interests. He died suddenly at his home December 28, 1897.

Dr. Cameron was married to Miss Mary E. Tipton, February 8, 1855. He raised a family of four children, one son and three daughters. The son, William M. Cameron, lives at Los Angeles, Cal.; two daughters, Mrs. Jennie C. Johnson and Mrs. Joanna Bell Boring, reside at Elizabethton, Tenn., and Mrs. Nola Frances Harden resides at Cranberry, N. C.

LIEUTENANT JAMES H. CONKLING, R. Q. M.

This officer, on recommendation of Gen. Carter, was appointed First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster on the organization of the Regiment and mustered as such November 8th, 1863. He was later detailed as Acting Brigade Quartermaster, and filled that position until September, 1864, when he resigned. He was a competent officer and an agreeable gentleman.

LIEUTENANT JOEL H. WILLIAMS, R. C. S.

Lieut. Williams was commissioned First Lieutenant and Regimental Commissary of Subsistence November 8th, 1863; detailed as Acting Brigade C. S. until date of his resignation, September, 1864. He was a genial, competent and popular officer. We have been unable to obtain further information in regard to this officer but believe he was a native East Tennesseean.

LARKIN P. BLACKBURN, ASST. SURGEON.

This officer was a native of Johnson county, Tenn. He enlisted in Company E September 24th, 1863, was promoted to Hospital Steward and transferred to the Field and Staff same date, and upon the resignation of Dr. J. M. Cameron succeeded that officer as Assistant Surgeon, May 14, 1865, and resigned his commission July 1st, 1865. He returned to Johnson county and engaged in the practice of medicine, which he continued successfully until his death a few years ago.

ADJUTANT S. P. ANGEL.

Samuel P. Angel was born at Elizabethton, Tenn., May 8, 1840.

When Captain C. C. Wilcox began to recruit a company, afterwards Company G, he was among the first to volunteer in that company. Entering the company as a private he was promoted to First Sergeant of the company, Sergeant-Major of the Regiment, First Lieutenant of Company G, Adjutant of the Regiment and near the close of the war was promoted to Captain of Company L, but did not accept muster under the latter commission.

Captain Angel served as Acting Commissary, both of the Regiment and Brigade, and was a prompt and efficient officer, always performing his duties to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers.

After the close of the war he located at Knoxville, Tenn., where he has since resided. He and Colonel Stacy married sisters, Captain Angel's wife was Miss Julia Eliza Piper, daughter of Hon. William M. and Mrs. Lucinda Beal Piper, of Rogersville, Tenn. The Piper and Beal families were among the most prominent people of Hawkins county, and were loyal to the Federal Government, furnishing several brave men and officers to the Federal service.

Captain Angel united with the First M. E. Church of Knoxville soon after locating there, and became an active member, devoting much of his tine to the interests of the church and Sunday-school, representing his church in the first Lay Conference. In 1884 he was sent as a Lay Delegate from the Holston Conference to the General Conference of the M. E. Church, held at Philadelphia. He was honored by being chosen President of both the Knox county and the East Tennessee Sunday-school Conventions.

Captain Angel has also been prominent in Grand Army circles and has been honored with prominent offices in the Post and in the Department of Tennessee.

Captain Angel still resides at Knoxville, Tenn., where he is a well-known and highly respected citizen, an active member of the First M. E. Church and Commander of R. N. Hood Post, Department of Tennessee, G. A. R.

LIEUT. RICHARD L. WILSON, R. Q. M.

Lieut. Wilson was born in the territory which is now Johnson county though at the time of his birth, January 7, 1819, it was a part of Carter county. After the formation of Johnson county he was the first constable elected in it. He served as County Court Clerk of the county eight years and sheriff six years previous to the Civil War. He held the election of June, 1861, when the vote was taken on Separation or No Separation. Being a well-known citizen and property owner the notorious

"Johnson County Home Guards," led by Capt. Parker, soon made it dangerous for him to remain at home. After witnessing the death of old Mr. Hawkins, who was shot down in cold blood because of his loyalty, he bade good-by to his home and made his way to the Federal lines. Before leaving his home, however, Mr. Wilson was engaged in the Carter county rebellion—was at the Taylor's Ford fight and shared with the brave men of Johnson and Carter counties in the dangers and persecutions of those times. He joined the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry at Nashville, Tenn. He was appointed First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster and served with distinction through the East Tennessee campaigns. He had his horse shot from under him in the disastrous retreat from Bull's Gap. He was in the long and arduous campaign with Stoneman through Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia, and honorably mustered out with the Regiment at Knoxville, Tenn., September 5, 1865.

LIEUT. PHILIP P. C. NELSON, R. C. S.

This officer, to the best of our information, was a native of Washington county, Tennessee. He succeeded Lieut. Joel H. Williams as R. C. S., and Acting Brigade Commissary of Subsistence and was with the command in the long raid through Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. Upon the return of the Regiment to Tennessee he resigned his office, July 20, 1865. He was a man of intelligence, honor and the highest integrity, popular alike with officers and men. After the war he settled in Carter county, Tenn., purchasing a large body of land in the Third Civil District, where he died several years ago.

Lieut. Nelson represented the First Senatorial District of Tennessee in the General Assembly of Tennessee, and was regarded as an able and honorable member.

REGIMENTAL Q. M. SERGEANT GEORGE D. ROBERTS.

G. D. Roberts was born in Elizabethton, Tenn., September 18th, 1842, and has spent the greater part of his life there. He had much the same experience as the young men of his age, scouting from conscript officers, endeavoring to get to the Federal army in Kentucky, righting at Taylor's Ford, carrying messages and provisions to friends in the mountains and doing all sorts of service for the Union cause.

He enlisted in Company G, September 24, 1863, and was promoted to Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant September 26th, 1864, and served in that position to the date of muster-out of the Regiment, September 5, 1865. He was a brave and faithful soldier, a genial friend and was well known and highly respected.

LIEUT. JOHN P. NELSON, FIRST SERGEANT COMPANY F.—LATER FIELD AND STAFF.

Enlisted in Company F September 22, 1863, appointed First Sergeant of the Company January 1, 1864; promoted to Sergeant-Major of the Regiment September 26, 1864, and commissioned Second Lieutenant Company L August 21, 1865, but as the war had ended he was not mustered as Lieutenant.

John P. Nelson is a native of North Carolina. He was a brave and competent officer, performing the duties assigned him to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers. He was genial and popular and among the best known of the non-commissioned officers of the Regiment. He now lives near his old home at Carlisle, N. C., where, we are pleased to learn, he has prospered and raised an interesting family.

LINE OFFICERS.

CAPT. L. W. FLETCHER, CO. A.

Lawson W. Fletcher was brought up in Carter county, Tenn., and was loyal to the Union from the beginning, taking part in all the efforts of the Union people to protect themselves and strike a blow for the Union cause. He assisted to recruit Company A, and was elected Captain, but was captured before receiving muster. In his absence, supposing that he had been killed, Captain Williams was mustered in his place. Captain Fletcher succeeded in making his escape from prison and returned to the Regiment, then at Nashville, Tenn. Captain Williams resigned, but before his resignation was accepted Captain Fletcher, who had undergone great hardships while in prison, took sick and died at Knoxville, Tenn., and his remains are resting in the beautiful National cemetery near the monument erected by the loyal veterans of East Tennessee to their dead comrades.

Captain Fletcher was a brother of Eli and Hon. Andrew J. Fletcher, the latter Secretary of State under Governor Brownlow's administration.

CAPTAIN PLEASANT WILLIAMS, CO. A.

Pleasant Williams was born and raised in Carter county and was among the most prominent Union men. He was commissioned and mustered as Captain of Company A, November 7, 1863, and resigned April 30, 1864. He did not see any active service in the field. After the war he represented Carter county in the General Assembly of the State and was a minister of the Gospel for a number of years. He died several years ago.

LIEUT. HENRY C. PIERCE, CO. A.

Henry C. Pierce was born in Carter county, Tenn., June Jo, 1824. He was an original and uncompromising Union man and assisted the cause from the beginning.

He assisted in recruiting Company A, and was commissioned First Lieutenant of that company and served faithfully until compelled to resign on account of ill health, March 1o, 1865.

Lieutenant Pierce now resides in Johnson county, his post office address being Fish Spring, Carter county, Tenn. He was a member of the county court of Carter county for 25 years, showing the esteem in which he is held by his friends.

LIEUTENANT JOEL N. CARRIGER, CO. A.

Joel N. Carriger was born in Carter county, Tenn. He took an active part in the Carter county rebellion, was in the Taylor's Ford fight, and ardently supported the Union cause from the beginning. He was elected Second Lieutenant of Company A on the organization of that company and owing to the sickness and absence on detached service of the higher officers he was virtually in command of the company the greater part of the time until he resigned January 13, 1865.

Lieut. Carriger commanded his company in the campaigns in East Tennessee and in the Stoneman raid in Southwest Virginia in December, 1864. At the engagement at Lick Creek, September 22, 1864, Company A, commanded by Lieut. Carriger suffered the heaviest loss in killed, wounded and captured of any other company. At Carter's Depot he was personally complimented for gallantry in action by Major Doughty, his battalion commander, and commended for bravery by Col. Stacy in the charge on Fort Breckenridge, December 20, 1864. He was one of the first men to enter the fort that night. Since the war he has resided in Carter county most of the time, and has been engaged in manufacturing enterprises and various speculations. He is now a resident of Hampton, Tenn.

LIEUTENANT DANIEL S. NAVE, CO. A.

Lieut. Nave was born in Carter county, and was in the Carter county rebellion in 1861. He went out with Company A and was elected First Sergeant of the company on its organization, and filled the responsible position well. He was in all the marches, raids, skirmishes and fights in which the Regiment was engaged and acquitted himself honorably on all occasions. He was promoted to First Lieutenant of his company March 10, 1865, and commanded the company on the long raid through Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia, and in the fights at Witheville, Va., and Saulsbury, N. C.

Since the war he has lived in Carter county, and has been engaged in farming and merchandising. He was recently appointed postmaster at Hampton, Carter county, Tenn.

CAPTAIN ISAAC A. TAYLOR, CO. B.

I. A. Taylor was born and brought up in Carter county, Tenn., and though many of his relatives and friends espoused the Southern cause he was true to the Union. He managed to get a passport and went through the lines to visit his sister in Missouri in 1862, and went from there to Illinois and joined the 122d Illinois Infantry. He was discharged from that regiment to accept a commission as First Lieutenant in the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry December 13th, 1864, and assigned to duty with Company L. He was promoted to Captain, March 12, 1865, for gallantry and meritorious conduct, and transferred to the Brigade staff as Acting Adjutant-General.

Captain Taylor was an officer of the highest courage, never evading any duty or danger, but was always among the first to reach the danger line when there was fighting to be done. He possessed fine social qualities and a high sense of honor that endeared him to all who knew him.

Captain Taylor married in Carter county, Tenn., his wife being Miss Rogan before her marriage, and belonging to a prominent family.

He moved to Kansas soon after the war, where he was engaged in many business enterprises and was a most successful business man and a leading citizen. His health began to fail and he went to Philadelphia for treatment in 1892, but failing to find relief he died in that city Nov. 28, 1892.

His widow and family reside in Hartford, Kansas.

LIEUT. ALEX. D. FRASIER, CO. B.

A. D. Frasier was born in Stony Creek, Carter county, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1835. In the elections of Feb. 9th and June 8th, 1861, he voted against the separation of the State of Tennessee from the Union. When the conscript act was passed he refused to accept a detail, or to either work or fight for the Confederate Government. He scouted in the Holston Mountain after the rebellion most of the time nearby his home, only going there at intervals to see his wife and child and procure a change of clothing. He was captured three different times while a citizen, the first time he made his escape easily, but the rebels searched his house and took the gun he had used at Taylor's Ford. The next time at Nave's Forge. He was taken to his home under guard of three soldiers. His wife got breakfast for them and two of them sat down to the table to eat while the third sat in the door to guard it. Frasier's wife went out on the front porch and called to him, he passed out by the guard, jumped off the porch and ran around the corner of the house and towards the woods, the soldiers firing a number of shots at him, but he reached the woods and mountain in safety.

When Gen. Burnside came into East Tennessee, September, 1863, Dyer and Frasier with a number of recruits joined the Federal forces under Gen. S. P. Carter, at John sons Depot, and went from there to Greeneville, Tenn., the beginning place of the history of the Regiment.

These men formed the nucleus of what was afterward Company B of the Thirteenth Cavalry.

Not having enough men to muster a Captain, A. D. Frasier was mustered as Second Lieutenant of Company B, given a commission as recruiting officer he returned to Carter county a full-fledged United States recruiting officer. He continued this service, which was dangerous in the extreme, until about the 1st of March, 1865, leaving and rejoining the Regiment at various times under orders and bringing to the Thirteenth and other regiments 365 men, and meeting with many adventures, captures and escapes which it would require too much space to give in detail.

The following remarks are copied from Lieut. Frasier's muster-out roll:

Was mustered as 2d Lieut., Co. B, 13th Tenn Cavalry, Oct. 28, 1863. Was captured by the enemy while in the discharge of his duty and reported to be killed, thus being dropped from the rolls of Company B. Returned, after having escaped from the enemy, March 10, 1864; was sent to Upper East Tennessee recruiting and remained absent on duty until March 1, 1865.

( Signed) S. P. Angel, Adjutant.
(Signed) R. L. Wilson, Lt. and R. Q. M.

Mustered out in obedience to Par. 2, 5. 0. No. 49. Dept. of Tennessee dated Aug. 23d, 1865.
Muster-out roll signed by Lieut. Henry C. Jones, Lt. U. S. Vols., Act'g Mustering Officer, Dept. of Tenn.
Certificate of military history signed by

Lieut.-Col. B. P. Stacy,
Com'd'g Regt.

After the war Lieut. Frasier returned to Carter county, Tenn., and settled down. He is still a useful and honored citizen of the county, and we wish him and his excellent wife, Mrs. Minerva Frasier, many years of happiness and contentment in their pleasant home at Watauga Valley, Carter county, Tennessee.

CAPT. WILLIAM D. JENKINS, CO. C.

William D. Jenkins was a native of Carter county and took an active part in the Carter county rebellion. He was elected Captain of Company C upon the organization of that company and served until March 9, 1865, when he resigned and was succeeded by his brother, Lieutenant D. B. Jenkins.

Captain Wm. D. Jenkins was an honest conscientious officer, but was in ill health a great part of the time and unable for duty. He has been dead a number of years.

CAPT. DAVID B. JENKINS, COMPANY C, 13TH TENN. CAVALRY.

Capt. David B. Jenkins was born on Stony Creek, Carter county, Tennessee, February 1, 1828. His father died when he was a mere boy, and thus the responsibility of assisting his widowed mother in raising a large family largely devolved upon him, and he performed this task with energy, as he was a faithful, hard working and dutiful boy.

When the war between the States began, he cast his fortune with the Union cause, and in the early part of 1861, left Sullivan county and went to his native county, and from there started for the Union lines. He enlisted at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, in the 2nd Tennessee Infantry, being the first man to volunteer in the Union Army from Carter county, Tennessee. He was with this regiment in all of its important battles, and in the pursuit and capture of Gen. John H. Morgan, and in all of the campaigns of this regiment, and remained with it until he was discharged to accept the position of First Lieutenant in Company C, 13th Tennessee Cavalry. Owing to the ill health of Capt. William Jenkins, the command of the company devolved upon Lieutenant Jenkins to a great extent. He commanded the company in the campaign in East Tennessee, the raid into South West Virginia, in the winter of 1864 and the raid, through North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia in 1865. On the resignation of Capt. William D. Jenkins he was promoted to Captain of Company C, March 9, 1865. Capt. Jenkins was a brave and intelligent officer, commanding the highest esteem of the men under his command, and the respect and confidence of his superior officers.

After he was mustered out of the service he returned to Carter county, Tennessee, where he married Evalyn Stover, daughter of Solomon Stover, October nth, 1869, and seven children were born to them, four of whom are living: James D. Jenkins, David Stover Jenkins, Mrs. J. T. Tilson and Wiley C. Jenkins, and all are highly respected citizens.

He died at his home in Elizabeth, and was interred three and one-half miles east of Elizabethton, in the Stover grave yard.

LIEUTENANT GEORGE W. EMMERT, CO. C.

G. W. Emmert was born in Carter county, Tenn., January 8th, 1829. He espoused the Union cause at the beginning, attended the meetings and assisted in all the plans of the Union people. He was arrested as a bridge burner but was released. Later he made up a company of 84 men and started through the Federal lines to join the Federal army in Kentucky. He and all his men except three were captured near Estelville, Va., taken to Bristol and imprisoned, but he and 17 others made their escape. They scattered in different directions, Lieut. Emmert and others went into the mountains of the Crab. Orchard and remained there until driven out by the Indians.

On the 1st of June, 1863, he was sworn into the U. S. service as a recruiting officer, came back to the Crab Orchard and assisted in recruiting company C of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry and went out with the Regiment in September to Strawberry Plains. He was appointed 1st Sergt. of Co. C, and promoted to Second Lieutenant of the company September 14, 1864. He was in nearly all the important fights in which the Regiment was engaged. He was in the fight at Greeneville, Tenn., September 4, 1864, in which Gen. Morgan was killed, was severely wounded in the charge at Morristown on the 28th of October, 1864. He was on the last Stoneman raid as far as Asheville, N. C., where he was left in charge of commissary stores. He was mustered out with the Regiment at Knoxville, Tenn., September 5th, 1865.

Since the war, Lieut. Emmert has served twelve years as Circuit Court Clerk of Carter county, and has represented the county in the General Assembly of Tennessee one term.

He is now engaged in farming and merchandising near Elizabethton, Tenn.

CORPORAL HENRY LINEBACK, CO. C.
(A boy soldier.)

Henry Lineback, of Company C, was among the youngest if not the very youngest soldier in the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry. He was in his fifteenth year when he enlisted and small to his age. When taken to the mustering officer he stood on a small box that made him look as tall as the other boys—the mustering officer not perceiving the deception, mustered him in. This was June 3, 1864, and from that day until the Regiment was mustered out of service Henry never flinched from any duty. He drilled, stood guard and did all other duties, carrying his carbine and sabre and was always among the first on the firing line and the last to leave it.

He was in every skirmish and battle in which the Regiment was engaged, and went through the Stoneman raid into Virginia in the winter of 1864.

He was also on the long raid through Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia in the spring of 1865, when the command was in pursuit of President Davis. In the fight at Witheville, Va., it fell to his lot to hold horses while the rest of the company fought, being a fourth man, but he exchanged places with a comrade and fought on the firing line.

Henry Lineback belongs to a fighting family, having had two brothers and three uncles in the Federal army.

He was born in Johnson county, Tennessee. After the war he engaged in the mercantile business at Crab Orchard, Tenn., after spending two years in the West. He lived in Mitchell county, N. C., twelve years and represented that county in the legislature of the State. He came back to Crab Orchard, Tenn., and from there to Lineback, Carter county, Tenn., his present home. He married Miss Lottie Wilson, of Carter county. They have ten children living and one dead. "Henry," as he is known to everybody, has been "on the move" since boyhood and is a successful business man and has an elegant home and large farm situated on Elk Creek near the beautiful Watauga river, where he entertains his friends and comrades in royal style with the best the land affords.

CAPT. R. H. LUTTRELL, CO. D.

R. H. Luttrell, to the best of our information, was a native of Johnson county and was born in 1828. He was among the leading citizens of his county and took an active part in behalf of the Union cause.

He assisted in recruiting Company D and was elected captain in the organization, and commissioned and mustered to date November 8th, 1863.

He died of fever January 20, 1864, contracted, no doubt, on the march from Strawberry Plains. Though he did not live to see any active service in the field he had impressed himself upon the officers and men of the Regiment as a man of sterling worth and character and would have done honor to himself and the cause he had engaged in and sworn to serve.

CAPT. ALFRED T. DONNELLY, Co. D.

Captain Donnelly was born at Taylorsville, now Mountain City, Tenn., March 9th, 1838. He is the son of Richard and Rebecca Donnelly. The Donnelly's are a highly respected family of Johnson county, noted for integrity, energy and patriotism. Captain Donnelly attended school at Boone's Creek Seminary, and commend the study of law under Judge R. R. Butler in 1861. His law course was interrupted by the outbreak of the war, when he promptly took sides for the Union and was engaged in the Carter county rebellion and exposed to all the dangers and hardships common to the well known Union men of Carter and Johnson counties.

He enlisted as a private in Company D, was promoted to Sergeant-Major of the Regiment January I, 1864, to First Lieutenant of the company July 1, 1864, and to Captain April 22, 1865. Captain Donnelly's frequent promotions are a sufficient comment upon his popularity as a man and his usefulness as an officer.

He was with the Regiment in most of its campaigns and battles, and remained with it until its muster-out at Knoxville, Tenn., September 5, 1865.

Upon his return to Mountain City in 1865, Captain Donnelly completed his law course and formed a partnership with Hon. R. R. Butler in 1866, which continued until the death of the latter in 1902.

Capt. Donnelly has been honored with a number of positions of trust and honor, having been appointed Notary Public, Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue,

Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, and Superintendent of Public Instruction for Johnson county. He is still an honored citizen of Mountain City, Tenn.

LIEUTENANT CALVIN M. ARNOLD, CO. D.

Lieut. Arnold was born in Johnson county near Mountain City, January 21, 1833. He was a true and loyal Union man through all the vicissitudes of war.

Lieut. Arnold was promoted to First Sergeant of Company D and filled that office well until promoted to First Lieutenant June 22d, 1865. He was in all the campaigns of the Regiment except the first Stoneman raid into Virginia. After his promotion to First Lieutenant, his Captain, being then unable for duty, he commanded the company in the last raid under Gen. Stoneman. He was a brave and valuable soldier and officer and was highly respected by all his comrades.

Lieutenant Arnold has resided in his native county since the war, and has served as School Commissioner, mail contractor and postmaster; having served "Uncle Sam" as soldier, mail carrier and postmaster 26 years. He still lives at his old home and is an honored and respected citizen.

CORPORAL ISAAC A, SHOUN, CO. D.

Corporal Alex. Shoun was born in Johnson county, Tenn., in 1843. He is descended from two old and highly respected families of that county, the Shoun's and the Wills's. He was raised on the farm; is now one of the most prominent and substantial of Johnson county farmers. His father died when he was an infant, and his mother, who was a widow, like all the Wills's was devoted to the Union. Alex, at that time scarcely arrived at the years of manhood, embraced the Union cause and was involved in all the diffculties and dangers of that period, and his mother was one of the noble women who aided the Union cause by feeding and caring for the refugees. Like many others of these brave women she prepared food and with her own hands bore it to her friends and relatives who were in hiding; often in the darkness of the night or in the most inclement weather. For this reason she was shamefully abused and mistreated by rebel soldiers, and her horses and property taken from her. After several ineffective attempts to reach the land of freedom where the starry banner floated, Corporal Shoun finally reached the Federal lines at Greeneville, Tennessee, and enlisted in Company D, 13th Tennessee Cavalry, Sept. 24, 1863, and thereafter became a part of the Regiment, sharing in its marches and battles to the end of the war.

Corporal Shoun was one of the "Sharp Shooters" under Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Peter L. Barry. He participated with the sharpshooters in the charge on the artillery at Greeneville, Tenn., Sept. 4th 1864, and received a sabre cut in the charge at Morristown, Oct. 28, 1864. He was captured in the memorable stampede from Bull's Gap, Tenn., on the night of Nov. 13th, 1864, and was marched, on foot, to Jonesboro, where he was placed in the cars to be sent to prison at Richmond, Va. At Bristol he and his brother, C. A. Shoun, jumped from the train and made their escape amidst a shower of bullets that was sent after them. They made their way in the cold and snow over the Holston Mountains to their home in Johnson county and soon afterwards rejoined the Regiment. Corporal Shoun was a model soldier, brave, daring and intrepid, and always ready fir duty. After his discharge from the army, Sept. 5, 1865, he returned to Johnson county. He married the daughter of N. G. Robinson, a prominent Union man of that county, Nov. 28, 1870, and settled down on his farm where he has since resided. There was born to Mr. and Mrs. Shoun but one child, a daughter, now Mrs. M. E. Wilson, of Ivy Spring, Johnson county, Tenn.

ELISHA A. SHOUN, COLOR-BEARER CO. D, 13TH T. V. C.

Elisha Shoun was a mere youth of seventeen when the war came. He is a native of the County of Johnson, that sent out so many brave young soldiers to the Union army, but we can testify that among them all there were none braver or truer than young Shoun, who looked like a mere boy when he enlisted in Company D, September 24th, 1863. He was appointed Sergeant and later made color bearer of his company. .He resigned the office of Sergeant, preferring the position of a private. He was later appointed Corporal. He remained with the Regiment until its muster-out.

CAPT. JACOB H. NORRIS, CO. E.

J. H. Norris was a native of Johnson county, an active Union man and member of the Greeneville Union Convention. He was commissioned Captain of Company E September 24th, 1863. He served with his company until September 5th, 1864, when he was discharged for disability.

He was a good officer and a pleasant, agreeable gentleman and had won many friends in the Regiment.

We are not advised as to the date of Captain Norris's death, or anything concerning his history since the war.

CAPTAIN THOMAS J. BARRY, CO. E.

Thomas J. Barry was born in Johnson county, Tenn., November 22, 1835. He belonged to a large family, all of whom were patriotic Union people. He took an active part in the Carter county rebellion. He was mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company E at Strawberry Plains, Tenn., September 24, 1863; was detailed as acting R. Q. M. and promoted to Captain of Company E, October 13, 1864, and continued with the Regiment until it was mustered out September 5, 1865.

Captain Barry commanded his company in the campaigns in East Tennessee and on the Stoneman raid in Virginia in December, 1864. He was prevented from going on the last raid under Gen. Stoneman by ill health.

Captain Barry was a valuable officer and was highly respected by the men and officers of the Regiment.

After the war he married the daughter. of Captain S. E. Northington, and has resided at Mountain City, his native town, since the war.

Captain Barry has been honored by appointment and election with a number of offices, among which were Sheriff of his county, Register of Deeds, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, Justice of the Peace, Chairman of the County Court and County Surveyor. He has been engaged in school teaching, milling and various enterprises since the war, and has raised a family of ten children, the oldest 35, and the youngest 8 years old.

LIEUT. PETER L. BARRY, CO. E.

Peter L. Barry was born and raised in Johnson county, Tenn. He was born January 11, 1843. He joined the Regiment at its organization and was appointed Sergeant in Company E. In August, 1864, he was placed in command of a company of "Sharp-shooters," made up of select men from each company. This company was distinguished for daring and bravery and did excellent service on all occasions.

Sergeant Barry was promoted to Second Lieutenant for gallantry and meritorious service. He was in all the marches, skirmishes and battles in which the Regiment was engaged and remained in the service until its muster-out.

Since the war he has been a minister in the Christian church. He now resides at Keller's Crossroads, Washington county, Tenn.

CAPTAIN FREDERICK SLIMP, CO. F.

Captain Slimp belongs to a well known Johnson county family and was born in that county November 26, 1824. He had arrived at manhood before the breaking out of the Civil War and was well-known throughout the counties of Johnson and Carter.

When the civil war came up he was among the first to take sides with the Union men and gave the cause his undivided support throughout the war. His extensive acquaintance gave him a large influence in his native county and in the neighboring county of Carter. He was looked upon as a wise counsellor and took an active part in all the plans of the Union people and was one of the delegates from Johnson county to both the Knoxville and Greeneville Union conventions. Captain Slimp shared with the Union people all the dangers and hardships of the war period up to the date of the organization of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry. His prominence made him a special mark for the hatred of the Confederate authorities. His many adventures, like those of many other officers of the Regiment, would make an interesting story in itself.

Captain Slimp joined the Regiment at its organization and was placed in command of Company F at Strawberry Plains, Tenn., September 22, 1863, though not yet mustered into the service. He was in command of the company on the march to Camp Nelson, Ky., at which place he was mustered as Captain, January r, 1864. Owing to continued ill health he resigned his commission in August, 1864. He was held in high esteem by the men and officers of the Regiment. His many acts of kindness in writing letters for the men who were sick or could not write, and his advice and counsel to the younger men will be remembered by many of the surviving comrades.

Captain Slimp has resided in Johnson county since the war. He represented that county in the General Assembly of the State in 1869-70, and was joint representative from Johnson and Carter counties in 1870-1.

He was appointed circuit court clerk of Johnson county and served two years; he was again elected to that office by the people and served four years. He and his estimable wife are now residents of the flourishing little town of Butler. Their home is a pleasant cottage inn, where the travelers may find a pleasant host and hostess and good entertainment.

CAPTAIN BAYLUS A. MILLER, CO. F.

B. A. Miller is a brother of Col. John K. Miller and was born and raised in Carter county, Tenn. He was a Union man from the beginning and crossed the mountains and enlisted in the Second Tennessee Mounted Infantry May 2d, 1862. He served with that regiment until it was captured at Rogersville May 6, 1862. He made his escape on that occasion and came to the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, then at Strawberry Plains, Tenn. He was promoted to First Lieutenant of Co. B, and transferred to Gen. Gillem's staff as Aid-de-Camp, in which capacity he received special mention in General Gillem's report for his gallantry. He was promoted to Captain of Co. F, March 13, 1865, serving in that position until the Regiment was mustered out. He now resides at Elizabethtown, Tenn.

LIEUT. B. B. FERGUSON, CO. F.

Benjamin B. Ferguson was born in Carter county, Tenn. He was an uncompromising Union man, brave and fearless in proclaiming his love for the old flag. He had the distinction of having the first commission issued to an officer of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry. He enlisted September 21, 1863, and was mustered October 28th, 1863.

Lieut. Ferguson was a good officer, always ready to perform every duty assigned him, and had the respect and confidence of his superior officers. He is now a resident of Elizabethton, Tenn.

LIEUT. ALFRED C. WILLIAMS, CO. F.

Alfred C. Williams was a native of Stony Creek, Carter county, Tenn., and was a true Union man.

The Adjutant-General's report gives no record of his service except that he was 2d Lieut. of Company F. We have been unable to obtain further information from his friends or relatives.

According to our recollection he was mustered into the service on the organization of the company September 22, 1863, but we do not know the date of his resignation. We know that he served for a considerable time as an officer and that he performed his duties faithfully as far as his physical ability would permit. He was frequently off of duty on account of ill health.

After the war he returned to Carter county where he lived a respected citizen until his death, which occurred at Elizabethton, Tenn., Aug. 28, 1900.

CAPT. SAMUEL W. SCOTT, CO. G.

Was born and raised in Elizabethton, Tenn. His father, John Scott, served in the Indian War under Gen. Jackson in 1813-14. When Gen. Burnside came into East Tennessee in September, 1863, he enlisted as a private soldier at the court house in Elizabethton under Capt. C. C. Wilcox; left home on foot and went to Greeneville by way of Cherokee in company with S. P. Angel and others. On the organization of the company (G) he was elected First Lieutenant. He was detailed as acting Adjutant of_ the Regiment April 12th, 1864, and promoted to Adjutant, September 24th, 1864. He was in all the campaigns and battles in which the Regiment was engaged in East Tennessee and the Stoneman raid into Southwest Virginia in December, 1864. Upon the promotion of Major C. C. Wilcox to Major of the 2d Battalion, Adjutant Scott was in line of promotion and was commissioned and mustered as Captain of Company G to date, March loth, 1865. All the active service in the field performed by this officer was as acting Adjutant and Adjutant of the Regiment. He was honorably discharged with the Regiment September 5th, 1865, at Knoxville, Tenn.

Captain Scott was married to Miss Mary Cordelia, eldest daughter of Hon. A. J. Fletcher, who was then Secretary of State of Tennessee, December 19, 1865. He engaged in the mercantile business in Elizabethton for a short time, removed to Gibson county, Ind., in January, 1867, where he remained until May 21, 1895, when he returned to Carter county, Tenn.

He is a Past Master in Masonry and has served as W. M. of that order. Is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and served as Commander of Wasson Post, No. 64, Owensville, Ind., and P. P. C. Nelson Post, No. 37, Elizabethton, Tenn.

Captain Scott was elected Historian of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry by the "Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry Association" at Butler, Tenn., in October, 1896. Ill health prevented him from engaging in this work until November, 1901, when in collaboration with Comrade S. P. Angel, of Knoxville, Tenn., between whom and himself the closest ties of friendship and comradeship have existed from early boyhood, the work was begun. If, when completed and placed in the hands of his comrades, it should meet their approbation he will consider, that though he has met many reverses in the battle of life, he has not lived in vain.

LIEUT. THOMAS C. WHITE, CO. G.

Thomas C. White was one of Carter county's most loyal citizens, and performed his duty well both as a citizen and an officer. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Co. G, October 28, 1863, and promoted to First Lieutenant March 12, 1865. He was with his company on every march and in every skirmish and battle in which it was engaged; and commanded the company on *he long raid in pursuit of Jefferson Davis. He was a brave soldier and a clever citizen. He was elected trustee (or Treasurer) of his county after the war. He bas been dead for a number of years.

LIEUT. JOHN M. WILCOX, CO. G.

Lieut. Wilcox was born in Carter county, Tenn., in 1845, and has spent most of his life there. He is the eldest son of the later Major C. C. Wilcox.

Though a very young man he took an active part in the Carter county rebellion and was arrested and imprisoned for his activity in the Union cause. He enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, September 24, 1863; was appointed Sergeant October 28, 1863, and promoted to Second Lieutenant March 13th, 1865. He was in every march, battle and campaign in which the company or Regiment was engaged as far as we can recall. He acted a conspicuous part in the killing of Gen. Morgan at Greeneville, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1864.

He was detailed as Acting Aid-de-Camp on Col. Miller's staff on the last Stoneman raid. He was a brave, active and intelligent young officer, always able for duty and willing to do his duty in the face of any danger.

He returned to Elizabethton, Tenn., and was married to Miss Margaret P. Barker of that place January 16, 1866. Three sons and three daughters were born to them, viz: Charles R., Frank N. and Roy B.  The daughters were Mary Lydia, Sarah Folsom and Mamie Lynn, all of whom are living except the oldest daughter, Mary Lydia, who died May 1, 1889.

Lieut. Wilcox and his wife have successfully conducted the popular hotel known as the "Wilcox House" at Elizabethton, Tenn., for many years.

CORPORAL JOHN G. BURCHFIELD, CO. G. A
BOY SOLDIER.

John G. Burchfield was born near Clark's Spring, Carter county, Tenn., May 5, 1846, hence he was but Is years old when he assisted in burning the Union bridge in November, 1861, and 17 when he joined the army in 1863.

Though a boy in years he was a man in all that it takes to make a brave soldier, and whether we find him riding through the darkness side by side with the brave men who burned the bridge, standing his ground with the bravest at Taylor's Ford or marching and fighting with his company at Greeneville at the death of Gen. Morgan, in the charges at Morristown and Fort Breckenridge and Saulsbury, and in all the marches and battles in which his Regiment was engaged he is the same brave and fearless boy.

Corporal Burchfield has had a varied experience since the Civil War. He first went west and located at Athens, Ill., in January, 1866, and later removed to Illiopolis, thence to Niantic, and then to Springfield, Ill. At the latter place he was married to Miss Margaret Baumgardner, December , 1868, and settled at Niantic, Ill. He removed to Kansas in 1886 and thence to Washington, D. C., in December, 1890, where he resided until recently, 1902.

While in Washington he was appointed on the Capitol Police force until relieved by change of administration, but was reinstated in 1899.

We are pleased to note that our friend has received an honorable and lucrative position in the Mountain Branch of the National Soldiers' Home for Disabled Veterans at Johnson City, Tenn.

SERGEANT JAMES W. PEARCE, CO. G.

Sergeant Pearce was born at Elizabethton, Tenn , September 17, 1846, and enlisted in the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry when he was but 17 years old. "Jimmy," as he was known, was a model young soldier and was soon promoted to Sergeant, a responsible non-commissioned office. He discharged his duties with courage and fidelity. His youth and amiable disposition made him a general favorite in the company.

He was with the Regiment in all its  marches, skirmishes and battles, facing the hardships and dangers as heroically as the older men.

After the war he studied medicine under Dr. Michael Carriger at Morristown, Tenn., for two years. In 1869 he entered into partnership with Dr. C. P. Moses and engaged in the practice of medicine in Union county, Tennessee, for two years. He then moved to Pleasant, in Claibourne county, Tenn., where he continued the practice of medicine until 1877. In that year he removed to Tate Springs, Tenn., and attended medical lectures at Nashville, Tenn., in the medical department of Vanderbilt University. He has been practicing medicine at Tate Springs, Tenn., since his return from the University and is still enjoying a lucrative practice. He is now (1902) in his fifty-fifth year and is among the youngest living ex-Federal soldiers.

We wish to note here that Columbus P. Pearce, a younger brother of "Jimmie," came to us at Bull's Gap, Tenn., and served with Company G, (then scarcely 15 years old) and went through the Stoneman raid into Virginia in December, 1864, and made a brave little soldier, though too young to muster in.

"THE MAN ON HORSEBACK."

The cut of a cavalryman on the front cover is made from a photograph of a corporal in Company G, taken at Nashville, Tenn., just before the Regiment started for East Tennessee. The soldier was in every respect a fair representative of the brave men who won for the "Thirteenth" an honorable place among the loyal regiments of East Tennessee. He was in the charge into Greeneville on the morning of September 4th, 1864, and in every march, skirmish and battle in which his company was engaged He is still living, an honored and respected citizen of Carter county (not far from the line), and the "latch string hangs on the outside" to his many friends and especially to every comrade of the Thirteenth.

CAPTAIN LANDON CARTER, CO. H.

Landon Carter was one among the most active supporters of the Union cause in Carter county. He was at the burning of the Union bridge and was so conspicuous as to be easily recognized by Jenkins. He was Captain of what was known as the Turkey Town Company in the Carter county rebellion. After the rebellion he was a marked man by the Confederate authorities and every effort was made to capture him. After many adventures he reached the Federal lines and enlisted in Company B, Fourth Tennessee Infantry, Dec. 7, 1862. He served in that regiment until February 27, 1864, when he was discharged to accept commission as Captain, Company H, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry. He was in most of the engagements and service in which the Regiment was engaged. In the fight at Greeneville, when Gen. Morgan was killed, Capt. Carter's mule that he was riding at the time was shot. He was mustered out with the Regiment at Knoxville, Tenn., September 5, 1865.

Captain Carter was a brave man and an efficient officer and possessed a bright, genial disposition. He died at his home near Elizabethton in 1896.

LIEUTENANT JEREMIAH B. MILLER, CO. H.

Lieutenant Miller was born near Elizabethton, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1838, and was raised in Carter county, Tenn. He was a brother of Col. John K. and Captain B. A. Miller. He took an active part with the Union men of his county in resisting the Confederate authorities, and giving aid to the Union cause.

He joined the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry at its organization and was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company H, October 28, 1863. He served with the company until assigned to post duty at Gallatin, Tenn., where he remained several months. He rejoined his company and did duty with it until compelled to resign on account of failing health.

After the war Lieut. Miller married the oldest daughter of Dr. Abram Jobe and settled in Elizabethton, Tenn. He was a highly respected citizen and held several offices in the county.

Though quiet and unpretentious he was a good soldier and officer and performed his duties to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers. He gained the respect and good will of his men and of the officers of the Regiment. He died at his home in Elizabethton, Tenn., January 26, 1000. Lieut. Miller had a genial disposition and was a true and honorable comrade and friend, a good soldier and a good citizen. His widow, two sons and two daughters reside at Elizabethton, Tenn.

LIEUTENANT JAMES N. FREELS, CO. H.

Lieut. Freels is a native of Anderson county, Tenn., and is still an honored and respected citizen of that county.

He joined the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry at Camp Nelson, Ky., being a part of the detachment brought to the Regiment by Major G. W. Doughty. He was assigned to duty as First Lieutenant of Company H, and commanded that company a large portion of the time owing to Captain Carter being absent, sick, or unable for duty.

Lieut. Freels was among the youngest commissioned officers in the Regiment, being only 22 years old. He was a brave and competent young officer and was highly respected, both by the men and officers of the Regiment.

With Captain Doughty's men recruited for the 17th Tennessee Cavalry Lieutenant Freels assisted Captain Doughty and Lieut. Walker in supplying subsistence t3 Gen. Burnside's army during the siege of Knoxville, for which they received commendation from Gen. Burnside. After joining the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry he followed its fortunes to the end of the war, engaging in all its raids, marches, skirmishes and battles with credit to himself and honor to the service.

After the war Lieut. Freels engaged in business at Elizabethton, Tenn., for a time. While there he made a large number of friends, by whom he is still kindly remembered. His present home is near Scarboro, Anderson county, Tennessee.

LIEUT. CALEB M. EMMERT, CO. H.

Caleb M. Emmert is a native of Carter county, Tenn., where he was born January 9, 1840. He took an active part in the Carter county rebellion, was arrested, but made his escape as noted elsewhere. He enlisted in Company H, on the organization of the company September 24, 1863, and was appointed First Sergeant October 20, 1863, and promoted to Second Lieutenant June 22, 1865. He remained in the service until the muster-out of the Regiment, September 5, 1865.

Lieutenant Emmert was a loyal man and a good soldier, and was highly esteemed by both officers and men. After the war he studied medicine under Dr. James M. Cameron and has been a successful practitioner. He resides at Elizabethton, Carter county, Tenn.

SERGEANT JOHN J. McCORKLE, CO. H.

John J. McCorkle was born in Sullivan county, Tenn., January 4, 1846. His parents moved to Carter county in 1851. It will be seen from the date of his birth that at the beginning of the Civil War he was but little past 15 years of age, yet he took an active part in the Carter county rebellion. He and Jordan Croy and Harrison Hendrix were the scouts that were sent out from Taylor'. Ford to locate Capt. McClellan's company of rebels, and found their pickets at the little brick church two miles from Carter's Depot and drove them in. He was in the Taylor's Ford fight and was with the army of the little rebellion throughout its brief campaign. He enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry September 21, 1863, and though not yet 18 years old was appointed Quartermaster-Sergeant of his company. He was with the Regiment in all its marches and battles until January 21, 1865, when a few days past 19 years old he was promoted to 2d Lieut. Co. I, 1st U. S. C. T. through the recommendation of Gen. A. C. Gillem, then in command of the Department of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, for gallantry and meritorious conduct while on the Stoneman raid into Southwest Virginia in December, 1864, and later breveted Captain of same company for his energy and faithfulness in the discharge of his duties as an officer. Captain McCorkle remained in the service until April 6, 1866, when he was honorably discharged. Upon his retirement from the army his fellow officers of his Regiment presented him with an unsolicited endorsement of his fidelity and integrity as a soldier and officer.

Captain McCorkle returned to Carter county, where he engaged in farming and stock raising, in which he has made a decided success, being now one of the wealthiest land owners and tax payers in the county, and is regarded as a safe and able financier. For his honesty, ability and energy he has been elected to almost every civil office in the county, having served as Trustee three terms, Chairman, or Judge of the County Court six years, and four years in the General Assembly of the State.

The Captain lives at his "Border View Farm," two miles north of Elizabethton, Tenn., still taking an active interest in religion, politics and agriculture, and bids fair to have before him many years of usefulness and enjoyment.

CAPTAIN SAMUEL E. NORTHINGTON AND
LIEUTENANT HECTOR C. NORTHINGTON,
FATHER AND SON.

S. E. Northington was the proprietor of a hotel at Taylorsville, now Mountain City, when the war came. He and his two sons were all intensely loyal and their Union sentiments soon made them objects of hatred to the Confederate authorities and it soon became necessary for them "to cross the mountains" or fare worse. The father and two sons, Hector C. and C. E. B. Northington made their way to Kentucky and joined the 4th Tenn. Infantry in 1862. Samuel E. and Hector C. were discharged from that regiment to accept commissions as Captain and First Lieutenant, respectively, of Co. I, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry April 13th, 1864.

From that time until the Regiment was mustered out these two officers were in all the conflicts and campaigns in which the Regiment was engaged and were held in the highest esteem both as brave officers and as genial and worthy comrades and friends. They were in the charge into Greeneville, Tenn., on the morning of Sept. 4, 1864.

Lieut. H. C. Northington is an honored citizen of Denver, Colorado.

Captain S. E. Northington was born in Wake county, N. C., and came to Johnson county, Tenn., before the war. He died in Emporia, Kansas, May 20, 1884.

SERGEANT ELI W. MULICAN, CO. I.

Eli W. Mulican was born near Clemmonsville, Davidson county, N. C., September 15, 1840. At the outbreak of the Civil War he took strong grounds for the Union. When his native State passed the Conscript Act, he, in company with John P. Nelson, left his home on the 3d day of July, 1862, and made his way to Johnson county, Tennessee, where he remained for six months. He was arrested by Col. G. N. Folk's Confederate Cavalry and taken to Boone, N. C., and put in jail. He remained in jail six days and then made his escape in company with John P. Nelson and David King, the latter from Ashe county, N. C. They left Boone at midnight and walked 22 miles and reached Johnson county, Tenn., at daylight.

In July, 1863, Captain Lafayette Jones and Mulican raised a company of ma men in Johnson and Carter counties, Term., for the Federal army. The company was organized by electing Lafayette Jones Captain, E. W. Mulican First Lieutenant and John P. Nelson Second Lieutenant.

On July 23 they started to Kentucky under the well known pilot, Daniel Ellis. The rebels finding their trail headed them off near Johnson's Depot, Tenn., and the company was compelled to turn back. Captain Jones was captured soon afterwards.

When the Federal troops arrived at Johnson's Depot, now Johnson City, Mulican joined them, taking into the army 52 men, for which he received no credit or promotion but many promises which were never fulfilled. He joined the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry September 22, 1863; was appointed Company Clerk of Company F at Nashville, Tenn., and Brigade Clerk at Gallatin, Tenn. He was appointed Regimental Ordinance Sergeant by Col. W. H. Ingerton and later, transferred to Company I as First Sergeant of that company, which position he held until the Regiment was mustered out at Knoxville, Tenn., September 5, 1865.

We will add a few words to this sketch, which Sergeant Mulican, being somewhat modest, may skip. Though only a non-commissioned officer we believe there were few men better known or more popular in the Regiment than Sergeant Eli W. Mulican. He was a brave soldier, always ready to do his whole duty whether in camp, on the march, or in front of the enemy. He was and is genial and companionable, and has won hosts of friends both in the army and in civil life. Since the war he. has devoted much of his time to the ministry, being a minister in good standing in the Christian church.

CAPTAIN JOHN G. DERVIN, CO. K.

This officer came to the Regiment with Company K, and was part of Major G. W. Doughty's detachment that joined the Regiment at Camp Nelson, Ky. He was mustered into service December 31, 1864, and remained with the Regiment until it was mustered out.

Captain Dervin was a native of Massachusetts. He was 22 years of age and was a bright, intelligent and agreeable officer and comrade, and had many friends in the Regiment. After the close of the war he returned to the East and we have learned nothing of his history since that time.

LIEUTENANT HENRY M. WALKER, CO K.

Lieut. Walker joined the Regiment at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, in December, 1863, having previously done valuable service under Captain G. W. Doughty during the siege of Knoxville, mention of which is made in the history of Captain Doughty's detachment. As First Lieutenant of Company K he was frequently in command of that company, and was a brave and active officer, always ready to perform every duty assigned him.

He took part in every march, skirmish and battle in which the Regiment was engaged. He was in the fights at Greeneville, Lick Creek, Carter's Depot, Tenn.; Saltville, Witheville and Marion Va., and Saulsbury, N. C. He was mustered out at Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1865.

Lieut. Walker was not only a good officer but a most genial comrade and friend, liked by his men and popular with the officers of the Regiment.

He has resided in Washington county, Tenn., since the war, and is still living, a prosperous and highly respected citizen.

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM F. M. HYDER, CO. K.

Lieutenant Hyder belonged to an old and highly respected Carter county family. He was born in that county

January 20th, 1824, and died at the place of his birth March 22, 1892.

He was an original and uncompromising Union man, a Lieutenant in the Carter county rebellion and a bridge burner.

Lieut. Hyder went out with the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry and was sent back from Strawberry Plains 'to recruit men for the Regiment. He sent in a number of men and was elected Lieutenant in Company H. He had recruited about so men in Carter county and had them concealed in the gorge of Gap Creek mountain, awaiting the opportunity to start through the lines with them when they were betrayed and were attacked by the rebels, one of them killed, twenty-two captured and the remainder scattered. He commenced recruiting again, but Longstreet's army being in East Tennessee and the country full of rebel soldiers he found it impossible to get back to the Regiment and was compelled to hide in the mountains all winter. He went through the lines in March, 1864, with 20 recruits and rejoined the Regiment at Nashville, Term. He found that in his absence another man had been mustered in his place. He was then appointed Brigade Ambulance-Master. Later he was commissioned Second Lieutenant to date back to October 31, 1863, and assigned to duty with Company K. He did duty with that company on the march from Gallatin and in the campaigns in East Tennessee and the Stoneman raid into Southwest Virginia in December, 1864. He was in the fights at Greeneville. Carter's Depot, Morristown, Saltville and Marion and all the marches and skirmishes up to March 20th, 1865, at which time he tendered his resignation, on account of an injury received while in the service. His resignation was not accepted and he was mustered out with the Regiment.

Dr. Nat. E. Hyder now (1902) Chairman of the County Court of Carter county, though a mere boy at the time, was with his father, Lieut. Hyder, in the army for more than a year. He was with the Regiment at Nashville and Gallatin and in the campaign in East Tennessee, but was too young to be mustered into service. He resides at the old Hyder homestead on Gap Creek, 5 miles south of Elizabethton, Tenn.

CAPT. JOHN W. ELLIS, CO. L.

This officer was a brother of the noted scout and pilot, Captain Dan. Ellis, and was born and raised in Carter county, Tenn. Like his brother, he was intensely loyal to his country and ready to meet any danger rather than make any concessions to an enemy.

Captain Ellis had moved his family to Greene county, Tennessee, just previous to the war and hence he was not connected with our history until he was commissioned Captain of Company L, April II, 1865. He was with the Regiment in its campaign in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, and was a brave and efficient officer, always ready to do his whole duty. Having a family consisting of a wife and several small children, when he joined the army he moved them into Greeneville, where they occupied the home of Governor Andrew Johnson, whose family had been sent through the lines. His wife, Mrs. Ann M. Ellis, sister of Adjutant S. P. and Private Jas. R. Angel of the Regiment, died at the Johnson home in June, 1865. His young children needing his care, and the war being ended he resigned his commission in the army July 15th, 1865, and was discharged by special order of the War Department.

Capt. Ellis moved to Washington Territory—now State, soon after the war, where he died a number of years ago, having remarried before his death. His widow, Mrs. Bettie Ellis, and sons, Nat. T., Samuel A. and W. R. Ellis, now reside at Colfax, Washington.

CAPTAIN GILSON 0. COLLINS, CO. M.

Gilson 0. Collins is a Carter county man, and remained steadfast to the Union cause through many dangers and difficulties. Being a man of decided opinions and with courage to assert and maintain them, he early lost favor with the Confederate authorities. After assisting to burn the bridge at Union, or Zollicoffer, as detailed elsewhere, and engaging in the Carter county rebellion he fled to Kentucky and joined the 2d Tennessee Mounted Infantry and served with that regiment until its capture, Nov. 6, 1863. Collins, at that time a private soldier absented himself from his command on account of striking a Federal officer for making disparaging remarks about Tennesseeans, and though his absence was known and ap proved by Col. Carter he was marked on his company rolls as a deserter. Since the war the facts were made known and he received an honorable discharge from the 2d Tennessee Infantry as well as from the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry.

Captain Collins was commissioned as Captain March 22d, 1865, and assigned to duty with Company M. He was in command of his company in the last Stoneman raid in pursuit of President Davis.

Captain Collins is still living near Valley Forge, Carter county, Tenn.

LIEUT. ANDREW C. FONDREN, CO. M.

This officer is a native of Carter county, Tenn., and one of that county's most active and daring Union men Though quite a young man when the war began he took a very active part in the affairs of the Union men, as did his brother, John Fondren, of whom it was said, "He was one of the coolest and bravest men at the burning of the Zollicoffer bridge."

Lieut. Fondren was in the Carter county rebellion, and we cannot better relate his service than by quoting from a personal letter received from him in answer to a letter of inquiry. The letter is dated at Harriman, Tenn., October 24, 1902, and we quote as follows: "I was in the organization at Elizabethton, Tenn., (Carter county rebellion), in line with the long rifles and single-barreled pistols and cavalry armed with pitchforks, at the fight at Taylor's Ford, retreat to Hyders old field in the Doe River Cove, was in line near Douglas' with Dan Ellis, J. I. R. Boyd, Brownlow Fair and others when the pickets were fired on and where we were overpowered and had to disband. Scouted my way to Cumberland Gap, reaching there August 6, 1862. I was sent back into East Tennessee by Gen. S. P. Carter to recruit and organize men for the U. S. Army, which I did until I accepted a commission as Second Lieutenant Company M, Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, April 19, 1864. During my 18 months' recruiting service from Watauga county, N. C., through the Confederacy, very often to Lexington, Ky., and as far west in East Tennessee as the Cumberland Gap; sometimes the route would be infested by rebel soldiers as far across the mountains as Lexington, Ky. We scouted through, very often skirmishing with them with our long rifles and single-barreled pistols the greater part of the way."

After joining the Regiment in April, 1864, Lieut. Fondren was on duty with his Company (M) throughout the campaigns in East Tennessee and its raids into Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. He was a quiet, unassuming, but a brave and efficient officer who had the respect and confidence of his men and that of the men and officers of the Regiment.

The following is a list of officers, most of whom resigned or were discharged before the Regiment was mustered out.

We have been unable to obtain any reliable information in regard to them and can only give their military history as it appears in the report of the Adjutant-General.

John M. Honeycut, 1st Lieut. Co. B.; enlisted, Sept. 23, '63; mustered in, Nov. 8, '63; resigned.

William B. Honeycut, 1st Lieut. Co. B.; enlisted. Sept. 23, '63; mustered in. Nov. 8. '63; resigned, July 12. '64.

General H. Franklin, 1st Lieut. Co. C.; enlisted, July I, '63; mustered in, July 1, '63.

John L. Hyder, 2d Lieut. Co. C.

William W. Wilkinson, 2d Lieut. Co. D.; enlisted, Nov. 8, '63; mustered in, Nov. & '63; resigned, Mar. 16, '6g.

John G. Johnson, 2d Lieut. Co. E.; enlisted, Sept. 24, '63; mustered in, Nov. 8, '63; dismissed, Sept. 14, '64.

Jacob Taylor, 2d Lieut. Co. F.; enlisted, June 22, '65; mustered in, July 4, '65.

William Arrendell, 2d Lieut. Co. I.; enlisted, April 13, '64; mustered in, April 13, '64.

W. T. L Hyder, 2d Lieut. Co. K.; enlisted Oct. 31, '63; mustered in, Oct. 31, '63; resigned.

William M. McQueen, 1st. Lieut. Co. L; enlisted, June 22, '65; mustered in, June 22, '65.

Henry H. Haymer, 1st Lieut. Co. L.; enlisted, April it, '64; mustered in, April ii, '64; resigned (date unknown).

Geo. W. Luttrell, 1st Lieut. Co. M.; discharged by order of Secretary of War.

In closing this chapter we would make the observation that whatever credit is due the officers and men of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry for the service they performed for the Union cause, both as citizens and soldiers, either as individuals or as an organization, is due wholly to their own merits as soldiers and citizens. Both officers and men came from the fields, the forges, the workshops and the desks. They were farmers, mechanics, teachers, clerks and laborers. There were no paid staff officers to give them fictitious fame. None of them had influential friends or relatives "near the throne," or those who had had place or power in high civil or military offices from whom they could receive the reflections of greatness. They were not ambitious men fighting for honor and glory, but common citizens fighting for their homes and country —fighting over again the battles their fathers had already won—the rights of freemen and the privileges of a sovereign people.

The heroic deeds performed by these men if told separately would fill volumes; we give a few instances of what we conceive to be the highest type of heroic action, not to laud a few names above the others, but as examples of what we believe a large majority of the Regiment were capable of, and most of them did acts equally brave.

The instances we give were not all the acts of brave East Tennesseeans, but we divide the honors with two other brave and noble men who first saw the light of day in other states, but cast their fortunes with us, the one to lead the Regiment gallantly until cut down by an assassin's bullet, and the other to take his place, and with equal gallantry, lead them to the end. We select the following:

At Carter's Depot the Regiment made a charge through a cornfield, and one company, receiving a heavy enfilading fire unexpectedly, fell back in some confusion. Col. Miller who was watching the fight rode forward (he was brigade commander) and said: "Lieutenant, reform your men and follow me, there is no better place to die than on the soil of our native county; no enemy shall remain here while I'm alive." The charge was made and one bullet grazed the Colonel's neck while another wounded his horse, but the enemy was dislodged.

At Greeneville, Tenn., on the morning of September 4th, as we have related. elsewhere, Col. W. H. Ingerton had taken a position near the town, unaware of the close proximity of an enemy, except Vaughn's Brigade west of him, and which he was prepared to fight, just then a Union citizen rushed up to him and told him, "Gen. Morgan with 5000 men is encamped on College Hill, for God's sake get away from here or the last one of you will be killed or captured!" The man went on to say that Morgan and his staff were at the residence of Mrs. Williams, a short distance away from his men. Col. Ingerton did not take time to think of retreating, but grasped the situation in a moment, and sent Captains Wilcox and Northington into town to capture Morgan, and at once reversed the position of his Regiment to meet and fight Morgan's whole force until the remainder of the Brigade could come up, which, owing to the tardy movements of Gen. Duke, they did before he was attacked by that officer. We have always regarded Col. Ingerton's courage and prompt action on that occasion as worthy to be recorded as among the bravest of deeds.

The heroism of Wilcox and Northington and their men in riding into Greeneville, driving away Morgan's guards, taking possession of his artillery for a time, and capturing a number of prisoners in the very midst of his army, were deeds worthy to be immortalized by a future Tennyson and placed alongside the "Charge of the Light Brigade."

Again at Morristown on the morning of October 28, 1864, the enemy was drawn up in line of battle on an eminence, extending across the open, a distance of about 800 yards. Gen. Gillem rode up and said to Col. Ingerton: "Colonel, can you break that first line with a sabre charge?" Col. Ingerton replied, "I can try." We give the result of that sabre charge in the body of this history as Gen. Gillem told it in his official report.

At Saltville, Virginia, in December, 1864, the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry, commanded by Leut.-Col. B. P. Stacy, was ordered at night to take the Regiment and go to the Saltworks and burn and destroy everything he could, and make all the noise possible. The Regiment started with Col. Stacy at the head of the column, and had not proceeded far when the guns of Fort Breckenridge turned loose. Discovering a picket or vidette some distance ahead Col. Stacy dashed onto him before he had time to fire, took his gun from him and ordered him to lead the way to the fort, and the rebels were soon pouring out and our men actually riding into it. It is the only instance we know where a fort occupied by soldiers and guns was captured by cavalrymen. We quote in the body of the history, what Gen. Stoneman says about this affair. Our men rushed in, pelt-mell, vieing with each other who should be first, but the horses of some of them fell into ditches and trenches and it was sometime before they reached the fort. The reader may imagine it was a warm time in the old town that night, and so it was in a sense. but the thermometer was hovering down close to zero and no fires were allowed, so that the men found other reasons for shivering after the excitement was over besides fear.

We relate the preceding incidents because we regard these achievements drily as among the more prominent of scores of instances in which the men and officers displayed equal courage and gallantry.