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Fentress County (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.16
my eyes could obtain, I said in a pleasant tone: Well, my friend, you appear to take things rather coolly. Oh, yes, sir! I orter. I've been mighty hard put, but I reckon I'm good fur a nother pull now. Where are you from? Fentress county, nigh onter Jimtown (Jamestown). I'm scoutina it fur Burnside-runnina boys inter camp; but these fellers wanted ter jine Cunnel Brownlow-the old parson's son-down ter Triune. We put plumb fur Nashville, but hed ter turn norard, case the bruen. They'd heerd the firina nigh two mile off, ana come up, suspicionina how things wus. But, are there Union bands there? I thought East Tennessee was overrun with rebel troops. Wall, hit ar; but thar's a small chance uv Union goorillas in Fentress ana Overton county. They hide in the mountins, ana light down on the rebs, now ana then, like death on a sick parson. Thar is places in them deestricts thet a hundred men kin hold agin ten thousand They know 'em all, 'case they wus raised thar
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.16
Scouting in East Tennessee. Edmund Kirke (Mr. J. R. Gilmore), who has explored extensively the regions desolated by the war, thus narrates one )f the adventures of a Union East Tennessean, who had been acting as a scout for General Rosecrans, in his little volume Down in Tennessee: I was dreaming of home, and of certain flaxen-haired juveniles who are accustomed to call me Mister Papa, when a heavy hand was laid on my shoulder, and a gruff voice said: Doan't want ter 'sturb yer, e firina nigh two mile off, ana come up, suspicionina how things wus. But, are there Union bands there? I thought East Tennessee was overrun with rebel troops. Wall, hit ar; but thar's a small chance uv Union goorillas in Fentress ana Overton co they does fur a secesh. ana when this war ar over-ef it ever ar over --thar'll be sech a reckonina wuth the rebs uv East Tennessee as creation never know'd on afore. Thar wont be one on'em left this side uv hell! This was said with a vehemence th
Overton (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.16
ome plumb at the secesh on a dead run. Thar warn't only thirty on 'em, yit the rebs didn't so much as make a stand, but skedaddled as ef old Rosey himself hed been arter 'em. And who were the new comers? Some on Tinker Beaty's men. They'd heerd the firina nigh two mile off, ana come up, suspicionina how things wus. But, are there Union bands there? I thought East Tennessee was overrun with rebel troops. Wall, hit ar; but thar's a small chance uv Union goorillas in Fentress ana Overton county. They hide in the mountins, ana light down on the rebs, now ana then, like death on a sick parson. Thar is places in them deestricts thet a hundred men kin hold agin ten thousand They know 'em all, 'case they wus raised thar, ana they know every bridle path through the woods, so it's well nigh unpossible ter kotch 'em. I reckon thar's a hundred on 'em, all mounted, ana beina as they haint no tents, nor wagins, nor camp fixin's, they git round mighty spry. Thar scouts is allers on the
Jamestown, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.16
ular that no officer had the new-comer in charge; and more singular that any one in the uniform he wore should be allowed to carry arms so freely about him. After awhile, having gleaned all the knowledge of him that my eyes could obtain, I said in a pleasant tone: Well, my friend, you appear to take things rather coolly. Oh, yes, sir! I orter. I've been mighty hard put, but I reckon I'm good fur a nother pull now. Where are you from? Fentress county, nigh onter Jimtown (Jamestown). I'm scoutina it fur Burnside-runnina boys inter camp; but these fellers wanted ter jine Cunnel Brownlow-the old parson's son-down ter Triune. We put plumb fur Nashville, but hed ter turn norard, case the brush down thar ar thick with rebs. They'd like ter a hed us. Oh, then you wear that uniform as a disguise on scouting expeditions? No, sir; I never hed sech a rig on afore. I allers shows the true flag, ana thar haint no risk, case, ye see, the whole deestrict down thar ar Unin
Triune (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.16
y about him. After awhile, having gleaned all the knowledge of him that my eyes could obtain, I said in a pleasant tone: Well, my friend, you appear to take things rather coolly. Oh, yes, sir! I orter. I've been mighty hard put, but I reckon I'm good fur a nother pull now. Where are you from? Fentress county, nigh onter Jimtown (Jamestown). I'm scoutina it fur Burnside-runnina boys inter camp; but these fellers wanted ter jine Cunnel Brownlow-the old parson's son-down ter Triune. We put plumb fur Nashville, but hed ter turn norard, case the brush down thar ar thick with rebs. They'd like ter a hed us. Oh, then you wear that uniform as a disguise on scouting expeditions? No, sir; I never hed sech a rig on afore. I allers shows the true flag, ana thar haint no risk, case, ye see, the whole deestrict down thar ar Unin folks, ana ary one on 'em would house'n me ef all Buckner's army wus at my heels. But this time they run me powerful close, ana I hed to show
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.16
ll now. Where are you from? Fentress county, nigh onter Jimtown (Jamestown). I'm scoutina it fur Burnside-runnina boys inter camp; but these fellers wanted ter jine Cunnel Brownlow-the old parson's son-down ter Triune. We put plumb fur Nashville, but hed ter turn norard, case the brush down thar ar thick with rebs. They'd like ter a hed us. Oh, then you wear that uniform as a disguise on scouting expeditions? No, sir; I never hed sech a rig on afore. I allers shows the true fla 'bout so good as 'tother. Wall, the boys thort I could git 'em through-ana bein's it made no odds to me whar they jined, so long as they did jine, I 'greed ter du hit. We put out ten days, yisterday-twelve on 'em, ana me-ana struck plumb for Nashville. We lay close daytimes, 'case, though every hous'n ar Union, the kentry is swarmina with Buckner's men, ana we know'd they'd let slide on us jest so soon as they could draw a bead. We got 'long right smart till we fotched the Roaring river, n
J. R. Gilmore (search for this): chapter 1.16
Scouting in East Tennessee. Edmund Kirke (Mr. J. R. Gilmore), who has explored extensively the regions desolated by the war, thus narrates one )f the adventures of a Union East Tennessean, who had been acting as a scout for General Rosecrans, in his little volume Down in Tennessee: I was dreaming of home, and of certain flaxen-haired juveniles who are accustomed to call me Mister Papa, when a heavy hand was laid on my shoulder, and a gruff voice said: Doan't want ter 'sturb yer, stranger, but thar haint nary nother sittina — place in the whole kear. I drew in my extremities, and he seated himself before me. He was a spare, muscular man of about forty, a little above the medium height, with thick, sandy hair and beard, and a full, clear, gray eye. There was nothing about him to attract particular attention except his clothing, but that was so out of all keeping with the place and the occasion, that I opened my eyes to their fullest extent, and scanned him from head to
Livingston (search for this): chapter 1.16
as 'tother. Wall, the boys thort I could git 'em through-ana bein's it made no odds to me whar they jined, so long as they did jine, I 'greed ter du hit. We put out ten days, yisterday-twelve on 'em, ana me-ana struck plumb for Nashville. We lay close daytimes, 'case, though every hous'n ar Union, the kentry is swarmina with Buckner's men, ana we know'd they'd let slide on us jest so soon as they could draw a bead. We got 'long right smart till we fotched the Roaring river, nigh onter Livingston. We'd 'quired ana hedn't heerd uv ary rebs beina round; so, foolhardy like, thet evenina we tuk ter the road 'fore hit war clar dark. We hedn't gone more'n a mile till we come slap onter 'bout eighty secesh calvary. We skedaddled fur the timber, powerful sudden; but they war over the fence ana on us 'fore we got well under cover. 'Bout thirty on 'em slid thar nags, ana come at us in the brush. I seed twarn't no use runnina; so I yelled out: Stand yer ground, boys, ana sell yer lives j
Burnside (search for this): chapter 1.16
sumed the conversation. They killed one on our boys, sir. Did they! How was it? Wal, sir, ye see they b'long round the Big Fork, in Scott county; and bein's I war down thar, ana they know'd I war a runnina recruits over the mountins ter Burnside, they telled me they wanted me ter holp 'em git 'long with the young cunnel. They'd ruther a notion ter him-ana he ar a feller thet haint grow'd everywhar-'sides all the folks down thar swar by the old parson. Well, they ought to, for he's things done ter him ter show quarter? 'Taint in natura ter do hit. All these boys hes hed jest sich, ana things like hit; ana they go in ter kill or be kilt. They doan't ax no marcy, ana they doan't show none. Nigh twenty thousand on'em is in Burnside's ana old Rosey's army, ana ye kin ax them if they doan't fight like devils. The iron has entered thar souls, sir. They feel they's doina God sarvice-ana they is-when they does fur a secesh. ana when this war ar over-ef it ever ar over --thar'
Tinker Beaty (search for this): chapter 1.16
come on. Thet guv us time ter load up-we'd fit arter the fust fire wuth knives-ana we blazed inter 'em. Jest as we done hit, I heer'd some more calvary comina up the road, ana I war jest tellina the boys we'd hev ter make tracks, when the new fellers sprung the fence, ana come plumb at the secesh on a dead run. Thar warn't only thirty on 'em, yit the rebs didn't so much as make a stand, but skedaddled as ef old Rosey himself hed been arter 'em. And who were the new comers? Some on Tinker Beaty's men. They'd heerd the firina nigh two mile off, ana come up, suspicionina how things wus. But, are there Union bands there? I thought East Tennessee was overrun with rebel troops. Wall, hit ar; but thar's a small chance uv Union goorillas in Fentress ana Overton county. They hide in the mountins, ana light down on the rebs, now ana then, like death on a sick parson. Thar is places in them deestricts thet a hundred men kin hold agin ten thousand They know 'em all, 'case they wus r
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