Wheeler's Raid Across Tennessee and Georgia France War Raid
A battlefield reminiscence recounts Wheeler and Forrest cavalry operations in Tennessee and Sequatchie Valley during the Civil War. It details cross-river movements, wagon train destruction near Anderson Cross Roads, and successive mêlées through McMinnville Shelbyville Murfreesboro and Farmington, ending with Wheeler’s October Tennessee crossing and return. The piece recalls Confederate daring, captures, and the Texas Rangers bravado amid hardships and moral reflections on private soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequavhée Valley
Tennessee
Ax T
Tramquil
Chickamauga
Shiloh
Perryville
Fronsboro
Yen
Forrest
Wheeler
Bragg
Hiameno
Haroside
Tennessee River
Cumberland
Walden
Cottonport
Cumberland Mountains
Jim Hagan
Alabama
Porrest
Davidson
Armstrong
Wharton
Martis
Kolima
Walden's
Moountain
McMingville
Fio
Anderson's Cross
Lovel
Calry
Wheelor
Jackson
Valley of Virginia Campain
Federal Q
Chattanooga
Hescerans
Oxan Rangers
Texas
Eighth Texas Cavalry
Heaven
Earth
Mequachee Valley
Wheeley
Lyte
Hurricane Creek
Collins River
McMinnville
Nashville and Chattanooga
Murfreesboro
Indies
Crook
Farmington
Sint
Col Ingraham recalls secret service escape in wartime tale
Col Ingraham, novelist and ex Confederate officer, recounts burial behind a Manita Georgia church and a secret night mission for the lost cause. He explains slipping away to perform covert duties as a Federal cannon shell exploded nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentisa Ingraham
Manita
Ghost Soldier Survives Mock Funeral in Camp
A Civil War veteran recounts being mistakenly declared dead after a horse fell with him. His apparent funeral proceeds, sisters mourn, and a doctored grave marker appear before he returns to camp. A comical rescue by a Black servant Jake prevents tragedy as officers recover from the ruse. Newsprint tone recalls old-time medical ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Darkey
Horace
Marietta
Brooks
Thea
Sullivan Hardware CO
Edginfield
Netara
Harris
Lithia
Berau
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Col. Ingraham
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Harris Lithia
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