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The Daily Dispatch: August 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], Queer Scenes under a Flag of Truce. (search)
Queer Scenes under a Flag of Truce. The exchange of prisoners taken in the battle in Tazewell took place in that county on the 15th instant. Most of the officers present, both Confederate and Federal, were Tennesseeans. A letter from a participant in the ceremonies, to the Knoxville Register, says: On my arrival at Jones's, some three miles beyond Tazewell, I met with Cols. Bird and Shelly, from Roane county, and several other officers from Kentucky and Ohio, in company with some oTazewell, I met with Cols. Bird and Shelly, from Roane county, and several other officers from Kentucky and Ohio, in company with some of our officers who had gone out before me, all quite jovial and friendly, taking friendly drinks together, &c.--I found our friends Bird and Shelly in fine health, well dressed, fine uniforms, &c. I had a long conversation with them. I think Col. Bird is rather on the anxious seat, and tired of Lincolndom and the laws passed by Abraham's Congress. Col. S. appeared better satisfied, and said the North had done nothing that was not right. I disputed the remark; but we had not met to talk politi