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Knoxville (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
ted by illness from giving his evidence, were transferred to the prison of Knoxville, Tenn. On arriving there 7 of them were arraigned before a court-martial, chargedSoon thereafter all the prisoners were removed to Atlanta, Ga., and they left Knoxville under a belief that their comrades, who had been tried, either had been or woon door was opened and the death sentences of the seven who had been tried at Knoxville were read to them. No time for preparation was allowed them. They were told. York, Adjutant. General orders, no. 54. Hdqrs. Dept. Of East Tennessee, Knoxville, June 14, 1862. I. At a general court-martial, held at Knoxville, by virtuKnoxville, by virtue of General Orders, Nos. 21 and 34 (department headquarters, April 15, and May 10, 1862), whereof Lieut. Col. J. B. Bibb,,of the Twenty-third Regiment Alabama Volun and, as far as I am acquainted with the matter, General Smith only sent from Knoxville instructions and orders to have 7 of them hung, which was promptly attended t
Saratoga, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
gun and continued amid indignities and sufferings on their part and atrocities on the part of their traitorous foes which illustrate far more faithfully than any human language could express it the demoniac spirit of a revolt, every throb of whose life is a crime against the very race to which we belong. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. Holt, Judge-Advocate-General. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. No. 2.-letter from Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, U. S. Army. Saratoga, August 5, 1863. Sir: In the Official Gazette of the 21st ultimo I see a report of Judge-Advocate-General Holt, dated March 27, relative to an expedition set on foot in April, 1862, under the authority and direction, as the report says, of General O. M. Mitchel, the object of which was to destroy the line of communications on the Georgia State Railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga. The expedition was set on foot under my authority. The plan was arranged between Mr. Andrews, whom I h
Greene County, Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
W. H. Campbell Court-martialed and sentenced. do Do. 4 John Scott Court-martialed and sentenced. do Do. 5 Perry G. Shadrick Court-martialed and sentenced. do Do. 6 G. D. Wilson Court-martialed and sentenced. do Do. 7 Samuel Slavens Court-martialed and sentenced. do Do. 8 S. Robinson Court-martialed and sentenced. do Do. 9 Elihu Mason do Do. 10 William Knight do Do. 11 Robert Buffum do Do. 12 William Pittenger do Do. 13 Capt. David Fry Greene County, Tennessee Bridge-burning and recruiting for Federal Army. 14 G. W. Barlow Washington County, Tennessee Obstructing railroad track. Respectfully submitted. By order William M. Churchwell, colonel and provost-marshal. U. L. York, Adjutant. General orders, no. 54. Hdqrs. Dept. Of East Tennessee, Knoxville, June 14, 1862. I. At a general court-martial, held at Knoxville, by virtue of General Orders, Nos. 21 and 34 (department headquarters, April 15, and May 10, 1862), wher
Marietta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
April 7-12, 1862.--raid on Confederate line of communications between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Marietta, Ga. Reports, etc. No. 1.-Report of the Judge-Advocate-General U. S. Army. No. 2.-Letter from Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, U. S. Army. No. 3.-Miscellaneous Confederate reports and correspondence. No. 1.-report of thde-arms, to Chattanooga, the point of rendezvous agreed upon, where 22 out of the 24 arrived safely. Here they took passage, without attracting observation, for Marietta, which they reached at 12 o'clock on the night of April 11. The following morning they took the cars back again towards Chattanooga, and at a place called Big S. S. Army, thus dressed in citizens' clothes, and representing himself as a citizen of Kentucky going to join the Southern Army, and did proceed by railroad to Marietta, Ga., thus covertly pass through the lines of the Confederate forces stationed at Chattanooga, Dalton, and Camp McDonald, and did thus, on or about the 11th day of
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
an expedition set on foot in April, 1862, at the suggestion of Mr. J. J. Andrews, a citizen of Kentucky, who led it, and under the authority and direction of General O. M. Mitchel, the object of whicconsisted of 24 men, who, with the exception of its leader, Mr. Andrews, and another citizen of Kentucky, who acted on the occasion as the substitute of a soldier, had been selected from the differents arranged between Mr. Andrews, whom I had in employment from shortly after assuming command in Kentucky, and my chief of staff, Col. James B. Fry, and General Mitchel had nothing to do either with itlurk as a spy in and about the encampments of said forces, representing himself as a citizen of Kentucky going to join the Southern army. Specification 2.-And the said William Campbell private Comgiment, U. S. Army, thus dressed in citizens' clothes, and representing himself as a citizen of Kentucky going to join the Southern Army, and did proceed by railroad to Marietta, Ga., thus covertly pa
Clifton, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
I am acquainted with the matter, General Smith only sent from Knoxville instructions and orders to have 7 of them hung, which was promptly attended to by myself; the remaining 14 were reported to this office only for safekeeping, some having been tried, but not sentenced, and others not tried. The only office which can properly answer your inquiry is that of Maj. Gen. E. K. Smith. I have the honor to remain, your obedient servant, G. J. Foreacre. Atlanta, Ga., November 18, 1862. Clifton H Smith, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Charleston, S. C.: sir: I ha re the honor to inclose the report of prisoners now confined at this post, as requested in your communication of 15th instant. I take leave respectfully to remark that when I took charge of this post I found the bridge-burners and engine-thieves confined here in the jail of the county, under a contract made by General E. K. Smith. My force being limited, I could not put a very large guard at the jail building, but immediately plac
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
ers, soldiers of the Twenty-first and Second Ohio Regiments, U. S. Army, and to request instructions in the matter. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Braxton Bragg, General, Commanding. Adjutant-General C. S. Army, Richmond, Va. [indorsement no. 1.] Respectfully submitted to the President. I recommend that they be respited until further orders, and detained as hostages for our own people in the hands of the enemy. G. W. Randolph secretary of War. irty-third Ohio Regiment. All of Sill's brigade, Buell's division. Respectfully forwarded to General Slaughter. G. W. Lee, Commanding Post. headquarters, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 16, 1862. Hon. George W. Randolph, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: Sir: Your communication 11th instant is duly to hand. In reply I have respectfully to say that the arrest, incarceration, trial, and execution of the prisoners you refer to occurred before I took charge of this post by your order. I fou
Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
ress, and carrying only their side-arms, to Chattanooga, the point of rendezvous agreed upon, whererning they took the cars back again towards Chattanooga, and at a place called Big Shanty, while thom the train, and started at full speed for Chattanooga. They were now upon the field of the perilsecured, were thrust into the negro jail at Chattanooga. They occupied a single room, half under gr returned. During this imprisonment at Chattanooga their leader, Mr. Andrews, was tried and comrades from whom they had been separated at Chattanooga, their prison door was opened and the death Georgia State Railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga. The expedition was set on foot under my andence. headquarters Department no. 2, Chattanooga, August 21, 1862. Sir: I have the honor ines of the Confederate forces stationed at Chattanooga, Dalton, and Camp McDonald, and did thus, ongs of a general court-martial which sat in Chattanooga, which papers were all forwarded to the Sec[4 more...]
Shelbyville, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
to wit: charge : Violation of section 2 of the one hundred and first article of the Rules and Articles of War. Specification 1.-In this, that the said William Campbell, private Company K, Second Ohio Regiment, not owing allegiance to the Confederate States of America, and being in the service and Army of the United States, then and now at war with the Confederate States of America, did, on or about the 7th day of April, 1862, leave the Army of the United States, then lying near Shelbyville, Tenn.. and with a company of about 20 other soldiers of the U. S. Army, all dressed in citizens' clothes, repair to Chattanooga, Tenn., entering covertly within the lines of the Confederate forces at that post, and did thus, on or about the 11th day of April, 1862, lurk as a spy in and about the encampments of said forces, representing himself as a citizen of Kentucky going to join the Southern army. Specification 2.-And the said William Campbell private Company K, Second Ohio Regiment,
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
hereafter all the prisoners were removed to Atlanta, Ga., and they left Knoxville under a belief thahmond. On June 18, after their arrival at Atlanta, where they rejoined the comrades from whom ty confined under special guard in the jail at Atlanta until October, when, overhearing a conversatications on the Georgia State Railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga. The expedition was set on f Write to Maj. G. W. Lee, provost-marshal at Atlanta, and inquire why 14 of the engine-thieves werr-General Bragg, commanding Department no. 2. Atlanta jail, August 17, 1862. Respected sir: We aG. W. Lee, Commanding Post. headquarters, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 16, 1862. Hon. George W. Randolph, S be designated by the commanding officer at Atlanta, Ga., who is charged with the arrangements for tt-General. To Commanding officer of post at Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta G, GASeptember 16, 1862. Hon. GeorAtlanta G, GASeptember 16, 1862. Hon. George W. Randolph, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.: dear sir: Your letter of September 11, 1862[3 more...]
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