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HISTORY OF TENNESSEE.
Marshall County was established by an act of the Legislature passed February 26, 1836. It included fractions of Lincoln, Bedford and Maury Counties, when first organ- ized, and in 1870 a part of Giles County, known as the Cornersville District, was given to Marshall. In establishing the first boundaries the line between Marshall and Maury was placed nearer the county seat of the latter than the law allowed, and it was so changed as to conform to the law. In 1871 the line on the west was again slightly changed to include the farms of John B. Wilkes and John Coffey, in Marshall.
October 3, 1836, at the house of Abner Houston, the first county court was organized by the following justices of the peace: William McClure, Thomas Ross, William Wilkes, Peter Williams, Thomas Wilson, David McGahey, James Adams, George Cunningham, James L. Ewing, John Field, Adam Miller, Joseph Cleek, Ephraim Hunter, Asa Holland, James Patterson, Jason B. Sheffield, Sherwood Dunnigan and Andrew Laird. William MeClure was elected chairman, and David McGahey was appointed secretary pro iem. The court then "adjourned to meet at the camp ground immediately," and upon being again convened the following men were chosen to fill their respective offices: John R. Hill, sheriff; Martin W. Oakley, clerk county court; John W. Record, trustee: John Elliott, register; Joseph McCord, coroner; Isaac H. Williams, ranger, and Hugh McClelland, sur- veyor. The court then appointed commissioners to lay off the civil districts, and pro- ceeded to the general routine of business, namely, appointing road overseers, etc.
The first money for county purposes was derived from the sale of lots in Lewisburg November 30, and December 1 and 2, 1836. These sales amounted to $22,861, which was appropriated for public improvements. The lots were usually sold on time, and Jannary 4, 1837, the treasurer reported "no money in the treasury." In 1841 the following levy of tax was inade: On each $100 worth of property (for county) 6 cents; on each $100 worth of property (for poor) 1} cents; on each poll, 25 cents; on each merchant peddler or hawker, $5; on shows, $50.
The tax for 1842 was the same as for the year previous, except that a bridge tax of 6} cents on each poll and 43 cents on each $100 worth of property was assessed.
For 1886 the tax levy was at the following rate: County tax, 40 cents on $100; State tax, 30 cents on $100; school tax, 15 cents on $100; railroad tax, 35 cents on $100; high- way, 11 cents on $100; total $1.31 on $100. In 1886 there was reported 224,829 acres of land valued at $2,205,117. The total taxable property was valued at $2,578,170. The population in 1880 was 19,260.
Indicative of the rich agricultural resources, the following official report of 1885 is. given: Number of acres of improved land, 132,513; number of horses and mules, 9,344; number of cattle, 9,808; number of sheep, 10,118; number of hogs. 37,815: Indian corn, 1,176,536 busbels; oats, 59,567 bushels; rye, 2,050 bushels; wheat, 172,584 bushels.
November 7, 1836, James Osborn, William Williams, Joel Yowell, Aaron Boyd and James C. Record were appointed commissioners to lay off and sell town lots in Lewis- burg and to superintend the erection of public buildings; and December 5, 1836, the same body of men, with the exception of James Osborn, was appointed a committee to draft plans and specifications for a court house and a jail. On January 2, 1837, they re- ported that after due consideration and deliberation they would suggest the said build- ings to be similar to those of Bedford County, with some alterations. The first court house, modeled after the one then in Shelbyville, was built at a cost of $8,250, and was completed, received and occupied by October 1. 1838. This building burned in 1873, and the next year the present court house was erected. The contract for its erection was $21- 900, and carpeting, desks, chairs, tables, shelves, etc., amounted to about $1,000 more. This is a splendid two-story brick building, and with its yard full of shade trees presents a handsome appearance.
Thomas D. Moore, Samuel Davis, J. B. Ezell, James Hendricks and James W. Nance composed the committee to draft the plans and specifications. A notable fact is that W. H. Wisener made the first and last speech in the old court house, and the first speech in the new one.
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The first jail was a brick building 26x50 feet. It was lined with a double wall of hewn oak logs, having a space of eight inches between, which was filled with stones. The floor and ceiling were of two-inch oak plank. It was completed March 1, 1838, at a cost . of $3,850. This jail was a secure one, as no prisoners ever escaped from it. It was burned . about the close of the war and in 1867 the present one was built of stone, at a cost of $9,108.06.
On January 1, 1838, court appropriated $1,000 for building a poor-house. The poor- farm was located two and a half miles southwest of Lewisburg. and comprised seventy-two acres. In 1858 it was sold, and the present one of 160 acres, was bought. It is ten miles south of the county seat. There are now ten white and seven colored inmates of the asylum.
In 1871 the people of Marshall voted an appropriation of $315,000, to the proposed building of the Cumberland & Ohio Railroad through the county. In 1873 the amount was divided, $200,000 being still appropriated to the above road, and $115,000 to the Duck River Valley Railroad. The panic of 1873 destroyed the hopes of the Cumberland & Ohio Road; but the Duck River Valley Road was completed to Lewisburg from Col- unbia, in April, 1877, and in October, 1879, it was completed to the Lincoln County line. Besides the $115,000 a large individual subscription was raised. Dr. R. G. McClure and Col. J. H. Lewis were instrumental in securing the road. Dr. McClure was president of the company for three years and was succeeded by Col. Lewis, who was president two years previous to its lease to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Road. Marshall County issued bonds for the $115.000. The railroad tax pays the interest on these bonds and also creates a sinking fund, by which the debt has been reduced to 887.600. This road supplies the much needed ontlet for grain which has so long been felt, and it has been the means of placing Marshall high in the rank of agricultural counties of the State.
The Shelbyville & Lewisburg, Lewisburg & Franklin, Nashville, Nolensville & Chapel Hill, Cornersville & Lewisburg, and Lewisburg & Mooresville Pikes were built before the war. Since the war the Cornersville & Lewisburg Pike has been extended to Pulaski, and the Lewisburg & Mooresville Pike Road runs to Culleoka. The Nash- ville, Nolensville & Chapel Hill Pike has also been extended from Chapel Hill to Farm- ington. Others which have been constructed recently are the Cornersville & Lynn ville, Comersville & Spring Place and Lewisburg & Columbia Pikes.
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The first bridge was built across Duck River within this county in 1838, at a cost of $6,892. It was a covered wooden bridge supported on stone piers. There are now two splendid iron bridges across the river and one of wood.
The Marshall County Agricultural and Mechanical Society was organized July 7, 1856. Its first officers were as follows: E. A. Wilson, president; W. L. McClelland, vice- president; A. B. Ewing, secretary; James V. Ewing, treasurer. The board of managers were Maj. G. L. Allman, John W. Hutton, Esq., Col. John R. Hill, Gen. Levi Cochran, D. V. Chrisman and Thomas McKnight. Before the war fairs were held every year, the first one being October 30 and 31, 1856. Fairs were also held from 1868 to 1873. and after this the colored people held three annual meetings under this charter. The society owned seven and a quarter acres of land and had constructed the necessary buildings, such as an amphitheatre, halls, stables, etc., which were all destroyed by the war.
The Marshall County Medical Society held its first meeting in August, 1871. The first members were Drs. J. S. Nowlin, J. S. Howlett, T. E. Reed, S. T. Hardison, B. F. Smith, R. A. Orr, T. B. Leonard, Z. W. Neil, J. O. Nowlin, J. C. Crunk, J. W. Huddle- ston, T. J. Kennedy, W. S. McLean, J. D. Johnson, J. M. Patterson, L. L. Murray, C. A. Abernathy, F. Ferguson, J. W. Perey, J. B. Neil, W. M. Allison, C. C. Neil, A. Jones, J. C. Hill, R. C. McCordy and W. C. Ransom. J. S. Nowlin, S. T. Hardison, J. M. Pat- terson, A. Jones and F. Ferguson have been presidents of the society. There are now eighteen members.
The county officers have been as follows: Sheriffs-John R. Hill, 1836; Solomon Meadows, 1842; John Laws, 1844; W. B. Holden, 1848; Thomas F. Brooks, 1854: John B. Wilkes, 1856; W. F. Collins, 1860; A. Duncan, 1862; Levi Cochran, 1863; James R. Nei
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1864; Stephen Tally, 1868: John W. Champ, 1870; Scott D. Davis, 1874; W. T. Jones, 1878; R. S. Walker, 1882; W. T. Jones, 1886.
Trustees: John W. Record, 1836; James V. Ewing, 1838; James Brown, 1846; James Ross, 1847; Wesley A. Giles, 1850; James B. Chadwell, 1854; Samuel Davis, 1865: Alfred Hobson, 1870; W. G. Massey, 1872; James V. Ewing, 1874; Samuel Orr, 1876; A. V. Still- well, 1880; N. J. Smiley, 1884.
Chairman: William McClure, 1836; John Hatchett, 1338; Benjamin Williams, 1839; Burgess Hardin, 1842; W. P. Davis, 1846; James V. Ewing, 1846; Burgess Hardin, 1848; James V. Ewing. 1849; J. A. Yowell, 1855; David McGahey (county judge), 1855-58: David McGahey, 1858; Samuel Davis, 1860; W. A. Houston, 1864; W. H. McConnell. 1866; Moses C. West, 1869; J. J. S. Gill, 1871; J. W. Calahan, 1873; J. McBride, 1876; John T. Street, 1877; James D. Cook, 1879; A. M. Davis, 1880; J. F. Brittain, 1883; W. C. McGregor, 1885; W. C. McGregor (county judge, April, 1885); W. J. Leonard (county judge. 1886).
Clerks County Court: Martin W. Oakley, 1836; John Elliott, 1846; Stephen Tally, 1854; R. L. Adams, 1862; W. P. Bullock, 1874; J. McBride, 1882.
Clerks Circuit Court: David McGahey, 1836; Thomas McKnight, 1846; William D. Fisher, 1865; Thomas McKnight, 1868; L. B. Collins, 1870; W. G. Loyd, 1878; E. M. Mil- ler, 1886.
Clerks Chancery Court: Gideon B. Black, 1836; R. K. Kercheval, 1846; R. G. Mc- Clure, 1865; Stephen Tally, 1870; H. N. Cowden, 1872; R. L. Adams, 1876.
Registers: John Elliott, 1836; J. J. Elliott, 1846; W. N. Cowden. 1856; J. N. Waters, 1862; J. A. Yarbrough, 1874.
Coroners: Joseph McCord, 1836; Joseph Cloud, 1846; P. G. W. Goodwin, 1849. F. K. Rambo, 1855; W. C. Stephenson, 1858; Levi Cochran, 1859; John Ramsey, 1864; William Calton. 1865; Alfred Hobson, 1869; John A. Bills, 1870; II. K. Moss, 1870; L. Cochran, 1872; H. K Moss, 1875; R. H. McCrary, 1876; John Leonard, 1878; E. F. Williams, 1885.
Surveyors: Hugh McClelland, 1836; Samuel Elliott, 1838; W. H. McConnell, 1843; Stephen Tally, 1845; E. I. Hunter, 1852; Ephraim Hunter, 1857; H. B. Allen, 1858; S. Tally, 1863; H. B. Allen, 1864; J. P. Dysart, 1866; James Hendricks, 1870; Joel A. Morris, 1878; James Hendricks, 1886.
Rangers: Isaac H. Williams, 1837; G. W. Moore, 1840; J. M. Yowell, 1845: J. P. Smith, 1857; J. L. Reed, 1864; M. C. West, 1865; Jonathan Bills, 1865; W. D. Hawkins, 1875; L. Cunningham, 1875; H. K. Moss, 1878: J. M. McKee, 1885; H. K. Moss, 1886.
State Senators: Wilson P. Davis, 1843; Richard Warner, 1845; Thomas Dean, 1847: Wilson P. Davis, 1843; J. J. Jones, 1853; Wilson P. Davis, 1857; J. M. Johnson, 1850; W. H. Wisener, 1865; J. M. Patterson, 1871; J. D. Tillman, 1873; E. A. Wilson, 1875; Jesse Aldridge, 1877; W. P. Tolley, 1879; D. S. Mccullough, 1881; D. J. Mccullough, 1883; C. R. Berry, 1885.
Representatives: T. C. H. Miller, 1843; Benjamin Williams, 1847; W. F. McGregor, 1849; Thomas H. Hardin, 1851; E. A. Wilson, 1855; H. N. Cowden, 1859; A. A. Steele, 1865; A. F. Lillard, 1867; A. II. Steele, 1869; A. Jones, 1871; J. L. Orr, 1873; W. N. Cow- den, 1877; Richard Warner, 1879; Ernest Pillow, 1881; W. P. Bullock, 1885. Floaters or joint representatives are not given.
The caption of the first entry of records of the circuit court is as follows:
" At a circuit court held for the county of Marshall, within the Eighth Judicial Cir- cuit in the State of Tennessee, at the house of Abner Houston, being the place appointed by law for holding courts in said county on the fourth Monday in November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, being the twenty-eighth day of the month, before the Honorable Edmund Dillahunty, Esquire, one of the judges of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, and for the State of Tennessee, the following proceedings were had, etc." David McGahey was appointed clerk pro tempore, and entered into bond for the faithful performance of his duties. James HI. Thomas appeared and took the oath of attorney general. The sheriff presented the names of twenty-five men upon whom he had served a venire facias, whereupon the said names were written on scrolls of paper
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and drawn from a hat by a child under the age of ten years, when the following body of good and lawful men, citizens of Marshall County, was elected, empaneled sworn and charged to enquire for the body of the county of Marshall, to wit: Henry Bishop, James Brown, John Hatchett, Jesse Morton, James Kennedy, William Rosson, Thomas Ross. Samuel Radford, William Wilkes, James V. Ewing, William M. Orr, James Osborn and James B. Lowry, of whom James Osborn was elected foreman."
This day the attorney-general presented to court an indictment against James Orr for "mare stealing" and for stealing money, notes and other valuable papers. Orr was found guilty as charged and given three years at hard labor in the penitentiary. A judgment was rendered against him to recover $12.25, the amount of unreturned stolen property. This was the first case before the court. To this term were presented five indictments for "affray," three for "unlawful gaming," and one for "assault and battery." A fine of $10 was assessed in each of these cases with one exception, in which the accused was ac- quitted. In a slander suit for $1,000 damages, William Wilkes recovered from John Wilkes $150. George Purdan was fined $5 for entering court in a state of intoxication. The wounded dignity of the State was healed by two fines of $2.50 each for "contempt shown to this court " by Samuel Bickett and William Perry. The failure of John R. Hill, the sheriff, to preserve order before his Honor, cost him a fine of $10. At the March term, 1837, Robert Liggett. Bryant Crow, Wyatt Hill, William Roane, John Coggins and Wade McCrery were fined $5 each for unlawful gaming, to which they pleaded guilty. For malicious mischief Allen Gates paid a fine of $10 and was "held in jail until sun- set." Henry Morris and Charles Thompson pleaded guilty to presentments for affrays, and paid fines of $5 each, and pleading guilty to "assault and battery " by William Wad- kins cost him $2.50. In the July term against John A. W. Jackson was instituted the first case of forgery which resulted in Jackson "making good the damages," and paying the cost of prosecution. Indictments for assault and battery and for affrays were the most frequent subjects for the court's consideration this year, and up to the close of the half century the most numerous cases of indictments were "keeping tippling houses," "retail- ing spirituous liquors," " open and notorious drunkenness," "assault and battery," "af- fray," "unlawful gaming," and "betting on elections," with the other crimes common to the age.
In 1838 Joseph Winston was found guilty of usury and hned $19.332 (the amount of overcharged interest) and costs. In the same year Daniel Doxie was sent to the peniten- tiary for two years for malicious stabbing, and was the next year followed by James Joyce, who had a sentence for the same length of time for malicious shooting. In 1838, for the first time, the court "absolutely and forever" burst asunder a matrimonial bond liberating James Gates from his sacred vows to Elizabeth Gates. In 1839 Mathew Thomas, Lucy Sorrell, Betsy Turner, Patsy Hicks and Betsy Sorrell pleaded guilty to a presentment for an unlawful assembly, thereby contributing $1 each to the State fund. In the same year Andrew Duncan began a four years' term in the State prison for conn- terfeiting. Haywood Keith went for three years for horse stealing, and Guilford Paine four years for larceny.
In 1842 the grand jury presented that "Robert Bogle, of said county, yeoman, * * * not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being * * instigated by the devil, with force and arms in the county upon one Caleb Pyle in the
* * with a certain peace of God and of the State, * piece of timber of no value, did assault felonionsly, unlawfully, wilfully, deliberately maliciously, premeditatedly and with malice aforethought," etc., inflicting "mortal wounds of which said Pyle instantly died." Bogle was convicted of manslaughter and given six years' confinement in the State prison. In the same year, after a long and tedious trial, John J. Elzey was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sent to the penitentiary for ten years. In 1848 Hardy Bloodworth and Mary Ford were indicted for duplicity in murder of the first degree. Bloodworth was found not guilty. After a protracted effort to get a decision, Mary Ford was granted a change of venue. Leth -
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Walker, after being on trial for a number of years for the same offense, was also granted a change of venue. These were aggravated cases, both parties having been accused of murdering "infants of young and tender years." Josiah B. and Claiborn W. Black were acquitted of a charge of murder in 1850. In 1855 Martin, a slave, murdered his master, Lawrence, and in 1856 was hung. Never has any other capital execution taken place in the county.
In 1866 Marshall Hopewood was cleared of the charge of murdering Robert Ross. Hiram C. Harris, for murdering Willis Frank, was sentenced to ninety-nine years in the penitentiary, the decision of the inferior court having been sustained by the supreme court. About the same time Isaac Daws was found " not guilty as charged" of the mur- der of C. C. Gulley. In 1867 John B. Short was proceeding to the matrimonial altar (to a justice of the peace) with his intended bride on the same horse behind him. He was followed by Sambo and W. J. Cook, brothers of the bride, and shot, from the wounds of which he died in a few days. The Cooks were indicted for murder in the first degree, but broke jail. Isaac B. Collins was accused of instigating the murder, and for five years this case was before the court, costing the State about $2,000, and resulting in his acquittal.
Judge Edmund Dillahunty, of Columbia, sat upon the bench from 1836 to 1852. He was a man of fine personal appearance, benevolent in demeanor and of high moral char- acter. His court was a "temple of moral training," and dignified decorum was required at his bar. He was a fine lawyer and an excellent judge. "His charges to the juries were always serions," and aside from his official duties he often gave the people of Lewisburg lectures on morality and religion. Judge Dillahunty was succeeded by William P. Martin, also of Columbia, who served until 1860, and was re-elected to another term in 1370. serving until 1877, when age compelled him to give his seat to John V. Wright, who held courts until the expiration of Martin's term in 1878. Judge Martin was a man of great ability, both as a judge and a lawyer. From 1860 to 1865 court was held by special judges. John C. Walker came to the bench in 1865, and was succeeded by . Hillary Ward, who served from 1866 until 1868, and he by A. M. Hughes from 1868 to 1870. In 1871 the increased business of the court demanded a special criminal court, of which T. M. Jones was the first judge. In 1872 W. S. Mclemore was elected criminal judge, and held until that court was abolished in 1878. He was then elected to fill the judicial term now closing. The attorney-generals have been as follows: James H. Thomas, 1836; Nathaniel Baxter, 1842: Lunsford M. Bramblett, 1847: A. M. Hughes, 1848: Nathan Adams, 1854; James L. Scudder, J. J. Noah and A. C. Hickey, from 1865 to 1868; Noble Smithson, 1868; J. H. Fussell, 1870 to 1886.
The chancery court was established in 1836 with Lunsford M. Bramblitt as chancellor. He was succeeded in 1844 by Terry H. Cahall, who served until 1851, when L. D. Frier- son came to the bench, continuing until 1866, and was succeeded by David Campbell. Then John P. Steele was chancellor until 1868, and after his term John C. Walker sat upon the bench for two years. In 1870 W. S. Flemming was elected, and was re-elected in 1878 to serve the term closing in 1886.
At the first circuit court were present Samuel D. Frierson, Erwin J. Frierson, Will- iam P. Martin, William T. Ross and W. H. Wisener, all of whom were licensed to prac- tice as attorneys and counsellors at law. Before the war these courts were regularly vis- ited by almost all the prominent lawyers of this part of the State. James K. Polk was a familiar figure at this bar, and it is claimed that he was in Lewisburg attending a lawsuit when the news of his nomination as a candidate for the presidency reached him.
Robert G. Paine, W. P. Davis & Son, Gideon B. Black and - Powell were able resident attorneys before the war. Since the war R. K. Kercheval, John F. Moore and Thomas F. Lewis were successful members of this bar. At present the following are at- torneys at law in Lewisburg: Richard Warner, who was a member of the constitutional convention of 1870, a member of the Legislature in 1878 and a member of Congress in 1880-84; Col. J. H. Lewis ;* W. N. Cowden, who served a part of one term in the Legis-
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lature, and was then made clerk of the supreme court: James J. Murray; A. N. Miller, assistant United States district attorney; E. M. Miller; C. T. Swanson ;* J. L. Marshall ;* P. C. Smithson ;* C. A. Armstrong ;* H. K. Moss; L. A. Thompson and W. W. Walker.
In the Creek war of 1812-14 a few persons, from what is now within the limits of Mar- shall County, attached themselves to Gen. Jackson's forces at Fayetteville. These men followed the fortunes of their indomitable leader in that campaign. Among those who were with Jackson were James Orr, of the vicinity of Verona. and Mr. Lawrence near Mooresville. John Hatchett, James Shaw, Capt. Andrew Patterson and Samuel Hillis, of Lewisburg and vicinity, were veterans of the battle of New Orleans, and lived in the county after its organization. John Hay, Christian Harbor, and Richard Warner, father of Hon. Richard Warner, of Lewisburg, were also at the battle of New Orleans, the lat- ter of whom was wounded there in a skirmish in December, 1814. These men were hon- ored with a special mark of distinction on all stated occasions during their lives. In the Seminole war two regiments of troops rendezvoused at Fayetteville in June, 1836: these were the first and seeond regiments. Over these Gen. Armstrong was elected brigadier- general. They left for the seat of war July 4. No regularly organized company went from Marshall, but a number joined a company while organizing at Crooked Springs near Fayetteville, in Lincoln County.
On the outbreak of the war with Mexico two companies from Marshall were enlisted, one of infantry and one of cavalry. The infantry company was attached to the First Regiment, and was commanded by Capt. Harris Maulden. The lieutenants were W. P. Davis and Wade McCrary; L. Cooper, A. G. Cooper, J. E. Fowler and R. H. MCCrary, were sergeants, and H. Hardin. T F. Winston, Willis Collins and Elisha Luna. were cor- porals. The muster roll included William Acuff, John Alexander, N. W. Burks, T. A. Bostwick. Alex Bingham, I. B. Cook, Samuel Davis, J. F. Davidson, B. C. Dobson, E. R. Dabney, W. W. Emmerson, J. C. Emmerson, Q. C. Fleming, W. T. Fossett, William Griffin, Joseph Hall, J. B. Kiecham, R. S. Luna, B. F. Luna, A. M. Meadows. Hampton Myers, J. H. Nichols, W. H. Peacock, Moxey Rone, R. R. Maney, T. J. Stokes, Mirach Shebane, G. H. Shehane, J. F. Shebane, R. C. Williams, J. R. Owensby, John Arnold, W. S. Bowers, Isaac Bearden, J. L. Bryant, M. B. Carter, O. Clark. A. S. Duvall, C. Dickson, William Dodd, William Ewing, M. Fowler, T. C. Fluty, G. W. Fluty. R. L. B. . Gray, E. H. Gray, James Hagan, Alex Jackson, J. B. Luna, J. A. Moore, R. W. Moore, J. A. Morton, John M. Parks, W. C. Porch, I. Stone, A. P. Short, Elias Snell, F. E. Smith, J. H. Walls, J. Thompson, J. B. Wyatt and James Freeman. The company marched from Lewisburg to Nashville by way of Stegall's Mills, Mr. McEwen's and Beech's farms. The company left Lewisburg May 31, and reached Nashville June 3, boarded the " Commune" on the 6th of June, and was transferred to the "Tennessee" at Smithland on the Sth, and arrived at New Orleans on the 13th. On the 17th the regiment embarked on the "E. N. Chapman," and on the 20th anchored off the Brazos. The regi- ment was carried up the Rio Grande by vessel and landed at Camargo, thence marched to Monterey, where it took part in that severe engagement, which resulted in the capture of that town. The regiment suffered not only in the battle but terribly from fevers and other diseases. On December 19 the two Tennessee infantry regiments were formed into a bri- gade under Col. W. B. Campbell. After considerable marching and some desultory fight. ing, the regiment was put on board the "Jubilee" February 26, and moved to Vera Cruz, where it arrived March 11, and landed March 12. The regiments continued in the siege of Vera Cruz till its capitulation on the 27th. The men were severely engaged at the battle and capture of Cerro Gordo on April 18. The twelve months' men went as far as Jalapa, when they were ordered to Vera Cruz to be discharged. The men arrived at Vera Cruz on May 10, and on the 11th they took ship for New Orleans, where they arrived on the 21st. They were mustered out and paid off May 26. The company arrived at Nashville June 2, and returned home June 5. Of the seventy-three men enlisted in the company forty-three were killed, discharged or died of disease.
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