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Johnson, Andrew 1808-
Seventeenth President of the United States; born in Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 29, 1808.
He learned the trade of a tailor, and taught himself to read.
After working as a journeyman in South Carolina, he went to Greenville, Tenn., taking with him his mother, who was dependent on him. There he worked at his trade, married, and was taught by his wife to write; became alderman and mayor; a member of the legislature (1832-33 and 1839); presidential elector (1840); State Senator in 1841; and member of Congress from 1843 to 1853.
From 1853 to 1857 he was governor of Tennessee, and from 1857 to 1863 United States Senator.
In 1862 he was appointed military governor of Tennessee, and in 1864 was elected Vice-President of the United States.
On the death of President Lincoin he succeeded to the office, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
On the morning of the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 1865, the cabinet officers, excepting Mr. Seward, who was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kickapoos, (search)
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Morgan, John Hunt 1826-
Military officer; born in Huntsville, Ala., June 1, 1826; killed at Greenville, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1864.
Settled near Lexington, Ky., in 1830, with his parents; served under Taylor in the
John Hunt Morgan. war with Mexico; and in 1861, at the head of the Lexington Rifles, he joined Buckner of the Kentucky State Guard.
At the battle of Shiloh he commanded a squadron of Confederate cavalry, and soon afterwards began his career as a raider.
His first noted exploit wa a severe blow near Cynthiana, by which 300 of the raiders were killed or wounded.
400 made prisoners, and 1,000 horses captured.
Burbridge lost about 150 men. This staggering blow made Morgan reel back into eastern Tennessee.
Early in September he was at Greenville with his shattered brigade.
Morgan and his staff were at the house of Mrs. Williams in that town, when it was surrounded by troops under General Gillem, and Morgan, attempting to escape, was shot dead in the garden, Sept. 4, 1864.
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Rogersville, surprise at
In November, 1863, Colonel Garrard, of General Shackleford's command, with two regiments and a battery, was posted at Rogersville, in east Tennessee, and there was suddenly attacked on the 6th by Confederates under Gen. W. E. Jones, about 2,000 in number.
It was a surprise.
The Nationals were routed, with a loss of 750 men, four guns, and thirty-six wagons.
This disaster created great alarm.
Shackleford's troops at Jonesboro and Greenville fled in haste back to Bull's Gap, and the Confederates, not doubting Shackleford's horsemen would be after them in great force, fled as hastily towards Virginia, in the opposite direction.