By Steven Denney
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In 1836, William Bowen Campbell was a rising young
lawyer in the Carthage Bar. He saw an
opportunity when President Jackson called for volunteers to fight the Seminole
Indians in June of 1836. President
Jackson called for 2000, men from Tennessee and supposedly 4000 responded. Campbell took the lead in organizing a
company from Smith County and was elected Captain.
Campbell and the Smith Countians rendezvoused with
the other Tennessee Volunteers at Campt Blount near Fayetteville where they
were organized into regiments.
Campbell’s company was included as part of the Second Tennessee Mounted
Infantry. William Trousdale and
Josephus Conn Guild of Sumner County were elected to the positions of Colonel
and Lieutenant Colonel. Nashville
Postmaster Robert Armstrong was elected Brigadier General.