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NOTABLE MEN
TENNESSEE
PERSONAL AND GENEALOGICAL WITH PORTRAITS
JUDGE JOHN ALLISON. Editor
V 2. VOLUME II
ATLANTA, GA. SOUTHERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1905
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INDEX, VOLUME II
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PAGE
Alsup, J. H.
172
Carro !! , W. H., Jr 221
Andrews. T. B. 164
Carroll, William. 82
Applewhite, James 195
Carruthers. A. B 203
Carter, M. E. 150
Caruthers, Stoddert 117
Cary, Hundson 73
Cass, H. M. 315
Causey, E. B.
259
Chighizola, G. L.
239
Banks, Lem
133
Bell, John ..
22
Bennett, E. T
184
Berry, B. F.
125
Coffin, H. E. 198
Collins, J. J.
201
Biggs, J. T 151
Cook, C. S.
261
Coors, G. A 269
Cordes, V. A. 232
Cornatzer, J. N 166
Craft, Henry, Sr
Craft, Henry, Jr 62
Crawford, W. J 82
Buchanan, J. W 120
Buck, R. M. 210
Buckingham, M. S. 129
Bullington, R. E 171
Burnett, J. B. 296
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Cabell, J. B. . 162
Caldwell, A. S 84
Caldwell, T. B
137
Canada, L. T. M 130
Canale, D. 216
Carlock, L. H. 305
Carnes, S. T 30
Carr. H. Mi 200
Carroll, E. D. 221
Carroll, W F 91
"Carroll W EL 1:00
Darnell, R. J 250
Davant, A. R. 169
Davenport, F. P 26.
Davis, F. W. 256
Davis. T. L. 236
De Haven, D. W 110
De Marcus, A. L 307
Dickson. A. F 111
Dies, Thomas. 218
Douglass, E. M
Duke. J. G.
220
208
Cleary, W. F.
201
Cochran, J. F 279
Bickford. W. A
212
Black, W. T
271
Bond. W. T. 251
Brinkley, H. L 79
Brooks, J. N 322
Bruce, H. T. 277
Buchanan, A. S. 128
Creson, R. F. 272
Crowther, C. E 312
Crumley J. W. 325
Cunningham, J. T. 289
D
Austin, J. A
219
B
Bailey, J. E 155
Clapp, J. W
Arnold, A. A. 190
Ashford, W. S. 219
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Durham, J. W 118
Dutro, L. W 37
E
Early, W. C. 200
Ewing, Caruthers 107
F
Falls, J. N. 113
Fargason, J. T. 78
Faxon, F. W. 215
Fentress. Francis
103
Finlay, L. W
91
Fisher, F. N. 175
Fitzhugh, G. T 127
Forrest, N. B. 23
Forsyth, J. T.
188
Frank, Godfrey.
178
Friedel, P. R
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Gailor, T. F.
Galloway, C. B 57
Galloway, J. S 98
Gaston, John.
197
Gates, J. W
108
Gavin, M .. 152
Gentry, J. P 153
Gilchrist, M. M 232
Gilliland, F. M 275
Givan, G. C. G. 203
Glass, P. T. 105
Glover, C. M
308
Goodbar, J. M 191
Goodman, Walter 235
Goodwin, J. A. 157
Goodwyn, R. D. 230
Gordon, Geo. W 51
Gracey, Matt. 280
Graves, W. F. 202
Guinee, T. C. 177
Gunther, M. H
216
Guthrie, F. M
116
Gwynne, A. D.
179
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Hamilton. O. MJ 18!
Handly, J. L.
297
Hannah, H. H
116
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Harris, R. W 208
Harris, Z. T. 211
Heiskell, C. W
Henderson, B. R. 89
Henderson. P. L. 317
Henderson, R. G 260
Henderson. W. B 108
Henning. D. M 274
Herman, M. B. 278
Hicks, H. D 30.
Hodges. Horry 285
ITolt, W. E. 186
Hunter. Edward 258
Hunter, F. B.
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Hunt. C. P. 185
Hutchens. I. E. 273
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Ingram, N. T.
257
Irby, H. C.
146
J
James, Geo. R.
207
Jeffreys, James 183
Jenkins, G. W. 213
Johnson, H. P
56
Johnson. John
232
Jones, F. G. 85
Jones. Heber.
101
Jones. J. T. 136
Jones, Kennedy
130
Jordan, R. L
121
K
Kavanaugh. L. T
163
Kennedy, W. M 252
Keyes, J. W.
187
Kierolí, S. E.
143
Knight, W. C.
227
Krauss, William
231
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LaCroix. William
LaFollette. H. M 310
Latham, T. J. 45
Lec, James.
41
Lehman, L.
LeMaster, E. B.
217
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Lilly. Owen 72
Lowenstein, L 114
Mc
McCall. J. E. 145
MeDavitt. J. C. 244
McDowell. L. H 93
McFarland, L. B 106
McHarry, E. B.
N .Intsie, P.
MeKehar, R. L. 159
Macrae, G. WV 148
Mallory. W. B. 13
Malouc. T. D. 63
Manogue, John
Martin. J. W.
Mason, Jno. J.
Matthews. R. I. 200
Metcalf. C. W 97
Michie. W. T. 201
MBbar. W. E. F 333
Miller. Ernest.
Milcan. W. F
Minor, J. L. 202
Montgomery. J. M 295
Myers, D. E 126
Necly, H. M 35
Nowland, C. W. B.
0
O'llaver, G. T 109
Oliver, J. N. 189 Smith, W. M
Omberg. J. A 132
Overton. John. 134
Owen. W. A.
329
Owens, W. A. 313
P
Passmore, W. H 241
Patterson, Josiah 26
Pack, O. M. 253
Percy, W A 112
Perkins. N. C. 268
Person, G. W. 224
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Poters. 1. 1 133
Pierce. R. . 1 111
Polk. H. C. 196
Polk, James K
Porter. Jas 1)
Poston. F. P. 123
Purviance. J. W
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Radert. A. V:
Raint. C. H. 229
Randolph, W. MI 53
Read. S. P
Rees. David
302
RAPTI- C. F.
Roberts. I. D.
Russc. V. IL.
190
S
Samelson.
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Sanford. W B
Sorgan. B G 105
Schalte. C. WV
Scott. L. M 314
Sevier, John 19
Shea. Daniel
501
Sims, T. W
159
Sinclair, A. G 182
Sites, A.
205
Slack, E. M
328
Smith, E. J
231
Smith, Frank.
Smith, Jeremiah
323
Smith, J. H.
243
Staples, J. W
Steen, J. M.
Stewart, C. MI 131
Stewart, W. R.
263
Strickland, P. H
100
T
Talbot, L. E 103
Tan-il, E. E. 167
Taylor. A A $26
Taylor, A. R.
10.1
Taylor. G. H.
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INDEX
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PAGE
Taylor, J. MI
168
Walsh, A 264
Taylor, J. W
319
Walsh, J. T. 174
Taylor, R. L.
331
Walton, A. W 253
Taylor, W. F
176
Warme, H. C.
Taylor. W. W
265
Warner, E. T., Jr 320
Thomas, W. G .. 101
Warren, J S. 150
Thompson. A. N. 255
Washington. J. E
170
Thompson, A. P.
300
Webb. W. R. 900
Thompson, J. W.
251
Webber, E. F. 17;
Thrasher, P. H 281
White. John.
Tilenan. J. D. 331
Wilkes, J. S. 291
Tisdale. Lew. 233
Williams, J. J 8:
Trezevant. M. B 70
Williford, A. J. 230
Williford, H. L. 154
Willingham, J. T. 240
Wood, W. H 213
Woodson, R. P 220
Wright, E. D. 63
218
Underwood, W. A. 242
Y
V
Yancey, T. B.
173
Voorhees, F. K.
.167
237
Turner, J. W 155
U
Trimble, Frank 225
Tripp, J. H. 227
True. H O
Wynne, II. R.
Young, J. P
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PERSONAL AND GENEALOGICAL WITH PORTRAITS
VOLUME II
JAMES KNOX POLK, eleventh president of the United States, was born in North Carolina, Nov. 2, 1795, his imme- diate ancestors coming from Ireland. After receiving a col- legiate education, he studied law, and in 1820 was admitted to the bar. His life is part of the history of Tennessee. In 1825 he was elected to the state legislature, at the age of twenty-three years, and two years later was elected to the lower branch of Congress. While a member of that body he served as speaker for four years, resigning his seat in 1839 to accept the Demo- cratic nomination for governor. In the campaign of that year he defeated Gov. Newton Cannon, who was a candidate for re- election, chiefly because of his superior ability as a debater. Gov- ernor Cannon being no match for Polk as a public speaker. Two years later he was renominated, but this time he was opposed by James Chamberlain Jones. who was Polk's equal, if not his master, in political debate. The campaign resulted in the election of Jones, who two years later was re-elected, again defeating Mr. Polk. These two campaigns are still referred to as the "Polk-Jones" contests. Although the debates were spir- ited, and at times somewhat caustic, they were without any of that bitterness that engenders lasting enmity. In 1844 Mr. Polk was nominated for president, and was elected by a small majority over Henry Clay. His cabinet was made up of some of the ablest and best-known men of his party, among them being James Buchanan, who was afterward president, and Rob- ert J. Walker, whose name will long remain associated with the
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tariff act of 1846. Mr. Buchanan was secretary of state; Mr. Walker was secretary of the treasury; William L. Marcy, of New York, was secretary of war, and George Bancroft, the celebrated historian, was secretary of the navy. The last act of the preceding administration, that of President Tyler, was to annex Texas to the United States. By this act President Polk's administration fell heir to the war with Mexico. But the new president was equal to the emergency, and the victories of the United States troops, under Scott and Taylor, are matters of history. As a result of the war not only Texas, but all of New Mexico and California, became the territory of the United States. One of the issues on which Mr. Polk was elected was the adjustment of the northwest boundary line between this country and the British Possessions, the Democratic convention that nominated him declaring in favor of the "fifty-four-forty" line. On this declaration Mr. Polk stood firm, although it com- plicated matters for his administration. To refuse any other set- tlement of the question meant war with Great Britain. To accept meant a retraction of his party's declaration on the subject. The matter was finally adjusted by the diplomacy of Lord Ashburton, who had charge of England's interests. Florida had just been admitted as a slave state and Iowa as a free state, in accord- ance with the practice of admitting one of each class at the same time to keep them evenly balanced. Lord Ashburton sug- gested to the pro-slavery members of Congress that, with the annexation of the territory acquired from Mexico, the slave- holders had an advantage in the expanse of territory from which to create slave states, but if the northern boundary was fixed at fifty-four-forty the extent of free territory would be the greater. The slaveholding senators were not slow to take the hint, and the boundary was fixed on the forty-ninth par- allel. Texas was admitted in 1845 and Wisconsin in 1848, again adhering to the unwritten law that the free and slave states must-be kept a's nearly equal as possible. In his last message to Congress Mr. Polk recommended the extension of the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific Ocean, as a means of setting the slavery question at rest. As a statesman. Mr. Polk could hardly be considered the equal of some who had
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preceded him in the presidential office, yet his administration passed into history illuminated by the important events that transpired during his incumbency. He was a man of ripe schol- arship, an unflinching regard for the truth, and an incorrupti- bility which was proverbial. He died at Nashville, June 15, 1849, a little over three months after retiring from the presi- dency, and his death was sincerely mourned by thousands of people, not only of his own party, but of all parties and political creeds.
JOHN SEVIER, the first governor of Tennessee, was one of those hardy pioneers who played an important part in the early annals of the state, and who assisted in its formation and admission into the Union. He was born in Rockingham county, Va., Sept. 23, 1745. His father, Valentine Sevier, came from London and settled in Rockingham county some five years before. The family was of French extraction, and the name was originally spelled Xavier. After such an educa- tion as could be acquired in the schools of that period, sup- plemented by a short season at the Fredericksburg academy, and at Stanton, he married at an early age and settled in the Shenandoah Valley, where he founded the town of New Mar- ket. In 1772 he was appointed captain in the Virginia militia. and removed to the Watauga settlement, on the western slope of the Alleghanies, the same year. Soon after this, and when it became evident that war with the mother country was inevit- able, the citizens of the Watauga settlement petitioned the legislature of North Carolina to annex the settlement to that colony, that "they might aid in the war and bear their full proportion of expenses in the unhappy contest." The petition was written by John Sevier, who presented it to the legislature and further aided the movement by a personal argument in favor of the memorial. The request of the settlers was granted, and what is now the State of Tennessee was organized into a county of North Carolina. The name of "Washington dis- trict" was conferred on the new county. John Sevier was made a delegate to a convention in which he offered a resolu- tion declaring that the act establishing the boundaries should
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never be so construed as to prevent the establishiner, of new governments farther west, by consent of the legislature. In 1777 he represented the Washington district in the North Carolina legislature and secured the establishment of courts and other civil institutions in the district. After the adjourn- . ment of the legislature he was appointed clerk of the dis- trict, and was practically the entire local government. He was also made a colonel of the militia, and as such organized all the able-bodied men of the district between the ages of sixteen and fifty years into companies for the protection of the frontier settlement against the forays of the savages. In 1779 he made a raid into the Indian country, destroyed their villages and crops, and won a decisive victory at Boyd's Creek. The next year. in concert with Col. Isaac Shelby, he organized the expedition that ended in the battle of King's Moun- tain. In that engagement he was in command of about 500 men, and when it looked as though defeat was cer- tain he executed a movement which turned the tide of battle in favor of the Americans, and won the victory. For his gallant conduct in this action the legislature of North Carolina presented him with a sword and pistol and gave him a vote of thanks. For ten years he held the Cherokees in check, often defeating them in battle and carrying on cam- paigns in their country. In 1784 the entire district was ceded by North Carolina to the United States. The action aroused the indignation of the inhabitants of the district, and on Aug. 23. 1784, they met in convention, formed a state government of their own, adopted a constitution, called their state Frank- lin and elected John Sevier governor. After this the North Carolina legislature repealed the former resolution, reclaimed the territory, and appointed Sevier a brigadier-general of militia. Personally, he was now willing to annul the action of the people in establishing the State of Franklin, but a ma- jority insisted that the new state must take its place in the history of the country as a separate political division, and ac- cordingly on March 1, 1785. he was inducted into office as governor. Although the state had no authority for its exist- ence. further than the action of the people themselves, and not-
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withstanding the legislature of North Carolina declared the people there to be in state of revolt against established authority, the state continued to exist until 1788. During the four years that Mr. Sevier was governor of the State of Frank- lin he ruled with wisdom and judgment. He made several treaties with the Indians, which resulted in the establishment of peace between the races; reorganized the militia; estab- lished courts for the dispensation of justice and conducted an equitable and prosperous government. When he was arrested by the North Carolina authorities and thrown into prison the act met with a vigorous protest from the people of the Wa- lauga settlement, and he was rescued by a devoted company of his followers. The case against him was never prosecuted. That was the end of the State of Franklin, but the same year the territory was set up into a separate congressional district and Sevier was sent as the first representative to Congress from the Mississippi Valley. In 1790 the territory was again ceded to the United States, and was known for the next six years as "the Territory of the United States Southwest of the Ohio river." When in 1796 the territory was admitted into the Union under the name of Tennessee, Mr. Sevier was elected governor and served until 1801. He was again elected governor in '1803, and re-elected for three successive terms; was elected to Congress in 1811 ; re-elected in 1813 and again in 1815, but died before he took his seat for the third term. Governor Sevier has been called "The Founder of Tennessee." Of all the illustrious names of Tennessee's sons that adori: the pages of history, none stands higher than that of John Sevier. The people of the state have erected a monument in his honor in the city of Knoxville. and the county of Sevier, with its county seat of Sevierville, located in the eastern part of the state, near the scene of so many of his exploits. bears his honored name. His death occurred near Fort Decatur, Ala .. Sept. 24, 1815, just one day after he had attained the. age of three score and ten years. His life was full of events of a stirring nature, yet through it all he maintained a spot- less name and passed into history as one of the most remark- able of American pioneer statesmen.
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JOHN BELL, a powerful factor in the political history of his times, was born of humble parentage near Nashville, Tenn., Fcb. 15, 1797. Notwithstanding the poverty of his parents, he succeeded in acquiring a liberal education, grad- uating from Cumberland college, now Nashville university, in ISI4. He at once took up the study of law, and when ad- mitted to the bar, settled at Franklin, Tenn. So successful was he in his practice, and so popular with his fellow-citizens, that before he attained to the age required under the consti- tution, he was elected to the state senate. Declining a re-elec- tion, he resumed the practice of law, and for the next nine years applied himself diligently to the work of looking after the interests of his clientage. In his first race for Congress, in 1826, Mr. Bell was persuaded to make the race against Felix Grundy, an exceedingly popular man, as well as the choice of Andrew Jackson. This exciting contest lasted just one year, and resulted in the defeat of Mr. Grundy by one vote. For fourteen years he served his district faithfully, taking an active part in all important legislation and excelling as a de- bater. While Mr. Bell was, in general politics, in accord with both Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun, he had the cour- age to vote against the Nullification act and that for the re- moval of deposits from the United States bank. Why he voted against the rechartering of the United States bank in 1832 cannot be explained, unless it was because he believed that Andrew Jackson would veto it. On the question of tariff Mr. Bell underwent a radical change. Prior to 1832, he was bit- terly opposed to protection, fighting it with all his might in and out of Congress, but after that date he became as warm an advocate of the principle of protection as he had before been an opponent. The fact that he was for a time chairman of the judiciary committee and for ten years at the head of the committee on Indian affairs proves that he had great weight in Congress. MI. Bell's refusal to vote for the with- drawal of deposits from the United States bank caused him to withdraw from the Democrats and to become one of the founders of the Whig party. In 1834 he was elected to the speakership of the house, defeating james K. Polk, the Demo-
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cratic nominee. Mr. Bell was earnest in his opposition to Van Buren's policy of removal from office for mere political reasons. Notwithstanding his complete rupture with Andrew Jackson, in I$35, his district returned him to Congress with the usual majority. Entering the cabinet of General Har- rison as secretary of war, in 1841, he served in that capacity until the autumn of that year. His friends now urged him to make the race for the United States senatorship, but he declined to do so, preferring to be out of politics for a while. While serving as state senator he was elected to the United States senate to fill a vacancy, and in 1853 was re-elected for the full term. expiring March 4. 1859. He consistently op- posed the Kansas-Nebraska bill, because it would admit the state under the Lecompton constitution. He favored the com- promise measures of 1850, and well held his own in his de- bates on these measures with Stephen A. Douglas. According to the arguments of Mr. Bell in the great Lecompton debate, the rejection of the Lecompton constitution would not license Southern men to advocate disunion. He advocated the con- struction of the Pacific railroad and the donation of public lands by Congress for the founding of agricultural colleges. In 1860 Mr. Bell and Mr. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, were the candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States on the "Constitutional Union" ticket. Their ticket received the electoral votes of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. After the declaration of war between the states Mr. Bell at first advocated an armed neutrality for his state, but soon after, in a speech at Nashville, advocated the sus- taining of the South. He died at Cumberland Iron Works. Tenn., Sept. 10. 1869.
LIEUT .- GEN. NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST was born July 13, 1821, in Bedford County, Tenn. As Senator Daniel has said, "What genius was in that wonderful man! He felt the field as Blind Tom touches the keys of the piano. He was not taught at West Point, but he gave lessons to West Point." His career was quite as brilliant and devoted in its allegiance to duty in peace as it was in the conflict of arms.
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His father's family had moved from Virginia, before the Rev- olution, to North Carolina, where every member able to bear arms at that time fought in the cause of independence. In 1834 he moved with his father to Marshall county, Miss., where the latter soon died, leaving young Forrest to support the widow and family, with no resources other than a small hill farm. He undertook this work with such devotion and energy that while neglecting his own education he provided liberally for that of his brothers and sisters, and. going into business at Memphis,
became able to purchase a large plantation, and at the outbreak of the war was one of the wealthiest planters in Tennessee. Soon after entering the Confederate service -- June 14, 1861- as a private in White's mounted rifles, he obtained authority to raise a regiment of cavalry, the equipment of which he pur- chased at his private expense at Louisville. With great inge- nuity and daring he brought these supplies to Memphis, after eluding the Federal authorities and defeating a body of troops with a force of seventy-five Kentucky Confederates whom he had called to his aid. With his regiment he joined the forces at Fort Donelson, and after distinguishing himself in the con- flict with the Federals, led his men through the enemy's lines when surrender was determined upon. Joining Albert Sidney Johnston, he was in the heat of the fight at Shiloh, and, though wounded, refused to leave the field until the safety of the army was assured. Subsequently, the Federals having occupied Mid- dle Tennessee, Colonel Forrest made a series of brilliant cav- alry movements into that territory that made his name famous throughout America. Promoted brigadier-general July 21, 1862, he hung upon Buell's flank during the movement into Ken- tucky, protected Bragg's retreat, and while the army was in winter quarters, actively covered the Federal front at Nashville, continually doing damage to the enemy. In 1863, in an effort to break Rosecrans' communications, he entered Tennessee with icss than 1,000 men. captured McMinnville, and surprised the garrison of 2,000 at Murfreesboro, capturing all the survivors of the fight, including General Crittenden. General Streight, having started on a cavalry raid to Rome, Ga., was pursued, overtaken and so impressed by Forrest's demand for surrender
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that he turned over his entire command, which was in such dis- proportion to their captors that Forrest had to press into serv- ice all the citizens in reach to assist in forming an adequate guard. In the great battle of Chickamauga he commanded the cavalry of the right wing, and was distinguished in the fight, but he was so dissatisfied with the incompleteness of this Con- federate victory that he tendered his resignation. Instead of its acceptance, he was promoted major-general and assigned to the command of all cavalry in North Mississippi and West Tennessee, and the guardianship of the granary of the Confed- eracy. With a small force he entered West Tennessee and recruited several thousand hardy volunteers, which, with some veteran troops, he welded into the invincible body known as "Forrest's Cavalry." In February, 1864, General Smith, with 7,000 mounted inen, was sent against him, in co-operation with Sherman, but was utterly routed at Okolona and Prairie Mound. In return, Forrest rode through Tennessee to the Ohio river, and captured Fort Pillow, Union City and other posts with their garrisons. In June 8.300 Federals under General Sturgis entered Mississippi. Forrest had only 3,200 men, but at Brice's Crossroads he struck the straggling Federal column at its head. crushed that, and then in detail routed successive brigades until Sturgis had suffered one of the most humiliating defeats of the war, losing all his trains and a third of his men. Gen. . A. J. Smith renewed the invasion with 14,000 men, but retreated after a desperate battle at Harrisburg, near Tupelo. Reorgan- izing his beaten forces, Smith again advanced with reinforce- ments from Memphis, and Forrest was compelled to foil the enemy by taking half his force and making a sixty-hour ride to Memphis, the daring entry of which compelled Smith's rapid retreat. Then for a time General Forrest made havoc with the Federal transportation, garrisons and depots in Tennessee, ex- ploits crowned by the capture and destruction of $6,000,000 worth of the enemy's supplies and a gunboat fleet, at Johnson- ville -- "a feat of arms," wrote General Sherman, "which, I must confess, excited my admiration." After the fall of Atlanta, he joined Hood at Florence, and fought at Franklin and Nash- ville. As commander of the rear guard of the retreating Con-
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