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The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Union Leaders of Memphis. (search)
um of the lever with which old Abe moves the world! But Mr. Etheridge was right. There is not an old Memphian of integrity or of influence whose name can be found on the "Union Club" roll. "Little Tommy, " whose name heads the list, is, perhaps, the most obnoxious and insignificant of the motley crew. He was a pretty fair railroad Clerk — morally and physically small — but owing to the profound respect with which I regard the family of his accomplished wife I forbear to say more. G. D. Johnson made what little he is worth by retailing drugs to the people whom he is now endeavoring to enslave; but he was of so little importance in the community that I can not say positively what were sentiments prior to the fall of Memphis. Amongst our other Union worthies the Mayor deserves a prominent and unenviable position, having been at one time a self commissioned officer in a rebel company. B D. Nabors formerly displayed much military skill and innate baseness in betraying a company