Excerpt from History of the Thirteenth Regiment: Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. A
The purpose of this History; To rescue from oblivion the names of the Heroes and Heroines of Johnson and Carter Counties during the Civil War, and perpetuate the memory of the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry and the gallant Third Brigade
East Tennessee; Scenery, Soil and Climate; Heroism of Her Sons in Former Wars; Their Prowess on Every Battlefield. There Happy Homes and Contented Lives
The Civil War, Its Causes, briefly Told; Slavery and State-Rights; Election of 1860; Mr. Lincoln; The "Star of the West; Preparations for War; Fort Sumter Fired On; States Secede
Excitement over Fall of Fort Sumter; How the News was Received; Military League Formed; Proceedings of Knoxville and Greeneville Conventions; Names of Delegates; Johnson and Nelson; The State Secedes; Vote in Carter and Johnson Counties; Intimidation and Persecution
Reasons for Loyalty of East Tennessee; Number of Troops in Federal Army; How It May Have Affected Final Results of the War
Bitter Feelings Aroused Between Unionists and Secessionists. Union Men Defiant; Leaders Threatened; They go North. Names of Local Leaders; Rebel Troons Brought In; Names of Union Men Reported to Confederate Authorities; Bitterness More Intense; Militia Called Out; Proclamation Ignored by Union Men; They Organize for Self-Protection and to Aid the Government
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