Samuel Trollinger, Pilot on the Secession Railroad

The following is the product of some “ongoing” research and if anyone has anything to contribute it will be most gratefully received: JM

From what I can gather from the records Sam Trollinger was, for at least part of the war, what was known as a "Pilot". A Pilot was a guide for people wishing to go through the Union lines, either north or south. Movement through Reynolds and Iron County between Pocahontas, Arkansas and St. Louis occurred daily throughout the war. Mail, dispatches and newspapers were extremely important as was the movement of people. The trail was sometimes known as the "chip road" and also as the "secession railroad".

Elihu Sheppard was certain that Sam and some others were responsible for the death of his foreman and blacksmith, he wrote letters to the Provost Marshall General in Washington DC as well as giving deposition to the local Provost Marshall in Ironton. In all fairness to the Provost Marshal, it appears they determined that there was not enough evidence to convict Sam of Josiah Morgan's death. He was arrested and held as a political prisoner for some time and was sent to the "old capital prison" in Washington DC. This prison was typically utilized as a holding area for political prisoners and those who were being examined by members of the Provost Marshall Service at the highest level. I have not found any records to indicate what took place in Washington nor even if he ever actually made it there. If he made it too DC he most likely was questioned and then sent “South” either banished or exchanged.

On January 8th 1865 1st Lt. William Moran of company E. 50th MO Vol. reported that a scout under Lt. Weddle to Black River killed two men by the names of Samuel Torringer (Trollinger) and James Barton.

Title: The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 48 (Part I)

Author: United States. War Dept., John Sheldon Moody, Calvin Duvall Cowles, Frederick Caryton Ainsworth, Robert N. Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph William Kirkley

Collection: Books: Civil War Official Histories

Jim Morris

From the Missouri State Archives, PM records

Trollinger, Samuel

Saint Louis

St. Louis

Statement of Trollinger that he was arrested, but he does not know why. Trollinger details times he has used a borrowed gun. He claims he is "not certain" about making certain disloyal statements. If he said them, he notes, it was out of ignorance.

12-15-1862

F1407

  

Samuel Trollinger

Head Quarters St Louis District

Office of Provost Marshal

St Louis Mo Dec 15, 1862

  

Samuel Trollinger examined:  I was arrested at my own home on the 29th of November 1862, by Capt Jenkison(?) EMM of Reynolds County.  I do not know what I was arrested for as I was arrested last fall and taken to Ironton and detained a prisoner two months and then discharged on taking the oath.  I did not enroll my name in the EMM.  I had a gun when I was first arrested which was taken from me by the authorities.  I have not had a gun of my own since.  I borrowed a gun of Jim Barton’s last spring and again in the fall to kill hogs and gobblers.  I borrowed it off and on whenever I wanted it.  Several persons going to join the Southern army.  A good many men coming from the Southern army stopped at my house.  I am not certain that I have not violated the oath I took that I know of.  I am not certain that I never said I did not value the oath a d—n—if I did, it was through ignorance I intended to enroll  Nearly all my neighbors are secesh.  I am called a strong Southern rights man    I am a Constitutional Union man.  I don’t know that I am a secession sympathizer.  The militia rob and plunder as the guerillas do.  I have not done anything for or against the USA government.  Before being arrested the first time.  Ben Talbot and his gang came along.  He asked me to join his band.  I refused to do it.  He then said he would take my horse if I did not go along with him.  John Stricklin (my son-in-law) and myself then went along with them.  We staid four days and returned home.  There was about 20 or 25 of us  The band stole five horses while I was with them ?? He Talbot afterwards retured one of them to ? Jarvis  Some of my union neighbors blamed me for being instrumental in having their horses stolen.

  

Samuel Trollinger (mark)

Trollinger, Samuel

Washington

Potosi

Letter from Col. Thomas J. Whitely that he is sending an affidavit in Trollinger's case. Whitely has no doubt that Morgan was shot and killed by the men mentioned in the affidavit. He thinks the body was burned because human bones were found in ashes.

12-22-1862

F1407

    

Head Qtrs 32 Reg. EMM

Potosi MO Dec 22/62

Major

I hand you herewith an affidavit in the case of Samuel Trollinger whom I sent you a short time since.

There is no doubt but that Morgan was killed by the men mentioned and it is thought the body was burned, as human bones were found afterwards near the place designated by the witness, mixed up ashes and the chared ends of timbers that had been burned on the spot. I may send more testimony in this case.

Respectfully Yours,

Tho. J. Whitely

Col. Comm 8

To Major Geo Leighton

P.M. Dist. St Louis MO

Trollinger, Samuel

Washington

Statement of Robert Gregg partially illegible. Gregg appears to state that Trollinger drew a gun on him and tried to take him prisoner.

11-30-1862

F1407

 

Washington Co MO

November 30, 1862

Robt Gragg

Affidavit in Case of Saml.  Trollinger

State of Missouri

Washington County    SS

Robert Gragg of  Lawful age being duly sworn on his oath says that some time about the month of August that said Samuel Trolinger at or near his house in Bellevue Township in Washington County met me in road on the edge of the Bush before me as I was riding along this field and I saw his gun at me and he says to me you are my prisoners when I drew my pistol on him and Then he disappeared in the Bush and he further says that he has good reason to believe and does believe that Trolinger had for some time sought an opportunity to take him a prisoner or take his life.

Robert Gragg

Subscribed and sworn to before

this 30th day of Nov 1862

? Williams JD

Trollinger, Samuel

Washington

Potosi

Letter from Col. Thomas J. Whitely regarding the arrest of Trollinger, of Iron County. Whitely refers to Trollinger as an "old offender" who became a guerrilla and thief at the beginning of the war. Claims Trollinger's conduct justifies his arrest.

12-04-1862

F1407

 

Head Qtrs. Wash. Co. Regt. Militia

Potosi MO Dec 11th 1862

Major Geo E. Leighton

PM St Louis

Major.

Sargt Buas

The bearer of this has in charge one Samuel Trollinger of Iron County arrested by the Militia of this county a few days since.  He is an old offender having turned guerrilla and thief at the commencement of the rebellion, and continued as such up to the time of his arrest.  I am eighteen months ago he was arrested and taken to the Pilot Knob where he was detained a prisoner for two months.  He was released on oath and past sins—such as were then known, forgiven.  His conduct since as is proven by the affidavit sent shows an utter disregard for the obligations of his oath and alone justifies his arrest.  There is other testimony which I am collecting and will forward in a few days.  In the mean time I will refer you to J.C. Libby of your city as an important witness in this case.  He may be found at the Mt. Vernon Home?  Cor.??Myrtle St.

Respectfully

Your ??

Tho. J. Whitely

Col. Wash Co Reg Militia

Trollinger, Samuel

Washington

Statement of Mrs. Lucinda Barger that Trollinger was among the men who came to her home demanding horses, guns, and ammunition. They took a horse from the stable and left. Barger recognized Trollinger's voice, noting she's known him for 15-16 years.

12-04-1862

F1407

   

Potosi MO

Dec 7th 186

E.B. Smith

Capt @ ?

Transmits affidavit of Mis Lucindia Barger against Saml. Trollinger  This will be sworn as soon as obtained

One Enclosure

State of Missouri

Washington County

Mrs. Lucinda S. Bargar wife of H.S. Barger personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the pease being by me dually sworn says on or about the night of the fifth of August 1862 there came a band of armed men to the residence of H.S. Barger and they demanded of me Horses bridles saddles guns and ammunition and amongst others there was Samuel Trolinger which I knew by his voyes and I  have been acquainted with him for the last fifteen or sixteen years and he was here in August 6 1861 with Tolberts company.

When he was here in August 1862 a part of the company came in the house and amongst them was Samuel Trolinger while they was in the house the rest of the company went to the stable and taken a horse out of the stable they said to them that was in the house come on boyes and when Samuel Trolinger left the house he bade me good night and they taken the house and then they went off

  

Lucinda Bargar

Subscribed and sworn

To before me this 4th day of December

1862

AF Garett justice of the peace

Trollinger, Samuel

Saint Louis

St. Louis

Statement of James C. Libby that he saw Trollinger at a store in Potosi. Libby knew Trollinger was coming and pretended to be a Confederate paroled prisoner. Libby details the disloyal statements made by Trollinger.

12-05-1862

F1407

   

Statement of JC Libby

Head Quarters St Louis Mo

Office Provost MARSHALL

St Louis Dec 5, 1862

  

James C. Libby sworn says he stoped at the Mt Vernon House at the Myrtle Street

Last Aug or July I was stopping at Potosi Mo one day a man by the name of Samuel Trollinger came in to the store at Potosi.  I had learned that Trollinger was to come into Potosi that day so I spoke to 3 or 4 me of my acquaintance that as soon as Trollinger came into the store they /my acquaintances/ were to address me as a paroled prisoner/confederate/.  When Trollinger came into the store my friends commenced discussing politics.  Trollinger would always agree with me whenever I would say anything in favor of the south-he would remark “that’s so”.  After talking awhile Trollinger went out of the house to look after his wagon that he had brought from home/I believe about 25 or so miles from Potosi/? After he had been out some time I went out and as I past him /called him by name/ he said that it would not do to let the people see us talking together He told me to step behind the house and he would meet me in a few minutes I went behind the house and in a few minutes Trolliner came up to me shook me by the hand said that he was glad to meet a good Southern man.  In a little while he asked me my name.  I told him Johnston from Arkansas.  Trollinger sayd that he heard of me before.  I said to him if I started to go South did he think that I would get through.  He said I could that if I could Get away from Potosi he could help me.  He then gave me instructions about reaching his house when I should leave Potosi  He also told me what men to take faith in and what man to shun on my way to his house and that if I wanted to stay at his house a while he could secrete me and that he could give me help through to the Southern Army.  I asked him if I should be followed by federal troops while leaving the town what should I do.  He said that he could raise Enough men to whip 100 federals.  I told him that I did not like to put confidence in him as he had taken the oath some time previous to that at the Knob.  Trollinger said that he did not care a d… d for the oath.

  

He wanted me to come out to his camp and see him /situated about a mile from Potosi / on his way home.  Every Person in that neighborhood knows him to be a “rank secessionist” and a dangerous character.

   

Subscribed and sworn to

Before me that 5th day of Dec 63?                                        James C. Libby

????

Trollinger, Samuel

Washington

Potosi

Note from Capt. E. B. Smith to Col. W. D. Wood stating that he he sending the affidavit of Mrs. Lucinda Barger against Trollinger. States others will be forwarded as soon as they can be obtained.

12-07-1862

F1407

     

Head Qtrs 32 Regt EMM

Potosi Mo  Dec 7th 1862

Col. W.D. Wood

AA Gen

Colo

I send you the affidavit of Mrs. Lucinda Barger against Samuel Trollinger sent up by us last week—others will be forwarded herafter—as soon as they can be obtained

Very Respectfully

E B. Smith

Capt & Adjt

Trollinger, Samuel

Iron

Statement of William H. Webb detailing how he was with Trollinger and others in October 1861. He thought they were going for whiskey, but ended up picking up a Union man named Josiah Morgan. Webb was threatened when he tried to leave; Morgan was killed.

12-19-1862

F1407

State of Missouri

County of Iron     SS

Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Iron  William H. Webb of lawful age who being duly sworn says, That on or about the First day of October 1861 I was at the house of Joseph Trollinger when Samuel Trollinger, William Trollinger, James Trollinger and Oliver Campbell came by and asked me to go with them to Kaolin? To get some whiskey.  I told them I did not like to go, but finally consented.  On reaching Kaolin The whiskey was procured and soon after on going to the Blacksmith shop near by  I found the men mentioned above having in charge Isaiah Morgan a union man living in the neighborhood.

They moved off with Morgan down the road and not understanding the movement inquired of William Trollinger what it all meant—that I supposed they had only came for whiskey.  He replied that they indeed to put him-Morgan-out of the way.  I told him I would have nothing to do with it and was about starting back, when Oliver Campbell approached me with a pistol in his hand and said he would blow my brains out if I turned back- I continued with them until we reached the middle barn of E.H. Sheppard when they handed me a gun.  I told them I did not want the gun—that they must keep it.  I was then told to remain where I was when they all started up the hill.  I called to them saying that I was going back, but they made me stay where I was by saying I should go with Morgan.  After they had been gone some time I heard the report of three guns.  Soon after the men returned without Morgan and we all went down the road.  I was told by them that if I ever told any person or hinted what I had learned from them that death would be my portion? And further the desponent sayth not.                  William Webb

Sworn and subscribed

Before me this 19th day

Of December 1862

William Quesenberry

Justice of the Peace

 

Trollinger, Samuel

Saint Louis

St. Louis

Letter from George E. Leighton to Lt. Col. F. A. Dick that Trollinger, of Iron County, is the only prisoner in his charge since his last report. Leighton has arrested James O'Brien, George S. Bradley, Joseph A. C. Brown, and William Corran since.

12-15-1862

F1407

   

Office Prov marshal

St Louis Dec 18,1862

Col ??Leighton

Transmits papers of Samuel Trollinger who has violated his oath.  communicates that he be held for trial before a military commissioner.  Report of persons ?? since last report?

  

Head Quarters St louis District

Office of Provost Marshal

St Louis Dec 15th 1862

Lt Col J.A. Dick,

Provost Marshal General.

Colonel:

  

Agreeably to requirements of the 4th paragraph of General Order NO. 23, dated “Head Quarters Department of the Missouri ” December 1st 1862, I have the honor to report as follows:

Samuel Trollinger, of Iron County , is the only prisoner now in my charge arrested in St Louis District since the date of my last report.  He is charged with violation of oath.  The evidence placed in my hands and herewith submitted for your inspection, appears to sustain the charge; and I would respectfully recommend that he be held for trial by military Commission. 

Since my last report I caused the arrest, when after a full investigation on each case-ordered the release of the following named parties:  

James O’Brian, charged with assaulting and abusing Guard on gun boat Fort Henry .

George S. Bradley, formerly a soldier in the rebel army, charged with coming to and residing in this city without reporting himself to the Military Authorities. Feeling that he came here with not bad intent, I ordered his release on oath.

 Joseph A.C. Brown and William Cowan, charged with assaulting a soldier of Enrolled militia, because he had been instrumental in the arrest of Cowan on charge of having served in rebel army.  The evidence taken in my office did not sustain the charges, and I released the parties unconditionally.

  

Twenty one prisoners, the greater part of them charged with belonging to rebel bands in South East Missouri arrived from Cape Girardeau County this morning.  An examination of them cannot be made in time for this report, but I will send you charges and their own statements at the earliest day possible.

  

Very respectfully,

Your obedient Servant,

?E Leighton

Provost marshal

St. Louis District

Trollinger, Samuel

Iron

Statement of Elihu H. Shepard that he has seen Trollinger three times with the Confederate Army and other times with men referred to as guerrillas. Trollinger was with men who stole from Shepard and threatened the life of Josiah Morgan.

??-08-1864

F1407

Personally appeared before me

This the 8th day of June 1864

Elihu N. Shepard being of lawful age after having been duly sworn depoeth? And saith:

I am acquainted with Samuel Trollinger of Iron County MO That I have seen him three times with men of the So called Confederate Army.  That I have seen him at different other times with partys of two three or four of thieves? Who were represented as Guerrilas or Bushwhackers.  As I know they answered to that description as they took or stole from me horse, shoes, Bacon, shoeing implements from my Black smith shop.  This same party of which said Trollinger was one, threatened Josiah Morgan my blacksmiths life.  He was afterward murdered. (the same party supposed to have done it) William Webb was present (of Caledonia MO ) When said Trollinger murdered or assisted in the murder of said Josiah Morgan. 

Elihu N. Shepard

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of June 1864

Thos H Mackensie?

Lt & Asst ??

Witnesses in the above case

Samuel Trolinger Washington Co Mo

S.G. Brickenridge

William Webb  Caledonia, Washington Co Mo

Mrs Roofe Iron Co Mo

Sam Trollinger

Excerpt From:

Autobiography of Elihu H. Shepard

Pub. by G. Knapp & Co. - St. Louis, MO 1869

p.192

1861

On the Saturday after I had declined the acceptance of a colonel's commission, Captain Benjamin Talbot[1] came to me with about twenty of his men, and offered me the command of his company to go and join General Price at Springfield, saying he would resign in my favor and serve under me in the ranks. He had been under my command in Mexico, where he was a lieutenant and knew me well. He seemed greatly disappointed at not being able to induce me to accept the command, as his company consisted of over one hundred young men enlisted in my neighborhood[2].

The next morning (Sunday) he took post in front of a small Baptist Church[3], on the south end of my farm, and as the congregation generally rode their best animals there, he seized them as fast as they arrived and in that manner got possession of all the best horses and mules in the vicinity of my farm and factory. Some objected to the proceeding, but he made the usual plea of tyrants, "military necessity", which was the only satisfaction he offered. This was the beginning of a series of robberies which were continued by both parties for the four following years in that vicinity[4].

The following day he took the horse he had seized to my blacksmith shop in my absence, and compelled my blacksmith[5] to shoe them all with my shoes and nails, and at evening threatened to hang the smith for saying this was "an act of bald robbery". He also took from my store all my ammunition, together with my shot-gun and apparatus.

In order to track Sam I’ve had to look for references to people he was associated with during this time period. A newspaper article mentions Ben Talbot and some of his activities.

Daily Missouri Democrat

In the 12 August 1861 "Daily Missouri Democrat" of St. Louis which mentions that he operated with Captain [John D.?] White, (White would later command a regiment known as White’s and subsequently designated as the 3^rd Inf., 9^th Inf., and 12^th Inf.) and a Doctor Wyatt (I believe this Doctor Wyatt to be John H Wyatt (Wiatt) born 1834 who is listed as a farmer in the 1860 St. Louis County census. He shows up as an assistant surgeon for the 3^rd Battalion, MO Cav. CSA.  At some point is promoted to Major. One very cryptic reference to a John H Wyatt is found in a portion of a federal examination form in the misc. (unfiled papers) in the National Archives. I believe this to be the same man captured during the early part of Price’s 1864 raid.)  with 70 to 80 men who on 10 August 1861 [the same day as the Wilson's Creek or Oak Hills battle near Springfield] attacked the town of Potosi. Fourteen local northern home guardsmen fought back and repelled the attack. The article says one guardsman was killed and four wounded while the Rebels lost two dead, three wounded, and two captured. The newspaper said that this band came from the Black River country of Reynolds County and that while near Potosi murdered some men of northern sympathy.

The same newspaper but the issue of 21 September 1861 tells how Union Major John B. Gavitt led a battalion of "independent mounted volunteers" and four companies of his 1st Indiana Cavalry rode from Ironton to the Big Black River and routed Talbot's camp, killing at least two, wounding several, and capturing five. A copy of this article is below.

"Daily Missouri Democrat" of St. Louis, 21 September 1861

The Black River Fight.
Capture of Camp Talbot.
Official Report
Camp Fremont, Ironton, MO
Sept 19, 1861.

Col. J. Thayer, Commanding Post, In obedience to an order from Col. Bland, received on the 18th day of September, and subsequently one from yourself of the same tenor, received on the 16th, I proceeded from Ironton at 10 o’clock on the 19th with my command of four companies of Indiana cavalry, (Capts. Brown, Highman, Clendening and Barter) for the purpose of meeting and defeating our enemies in general, but especially a notorious rebel captain by the name of Benjamin Talbot, who by his acts of violence and disregard of all moral and civil laws, has created a reign of terror throughout all South eastern Missouri. Our first days march was characterized by nothing worthy of your notice. We traveled until 12 o’clock at night, and encamped at a point 25 miles south of this place. Early on the morning of the 17th, we moved still southward to Big Black River some 15 miles, Here we learned that we were in the vicinity of Talbot’s camp; and after ascertaining the locality from a prisoner whom we had taken, we hastened on our way. It was my first intention to divide my command, so as to attack his camp both in front and rear, but a nearer approach rendered this impossible, as the camp was situated in a valley, much above the ground on which we had been marching, and which was accessible only by a bridle path, which wound around the foot of the hill.

This compelled our whole command to enter the valley at one inlet, leaving the other unguarded, and compelled me to make the attack on one side only. As soon as my troops had all reached the valley, I gave the command to charge which my men did with great alacrity, driving back the pickets of Talbot’s camp, who gave way with firing. I pushed my command forward into the very center of the camp, much to the consternation and surprise of the rebels, who after a short space of time, attempted to rally, when I gave the command to fire, after which, there was one continuous firing five to ten minutes, when the rebels gave way and retreated precipitately into the recesses of the mountain which stood in their rear, and where lost them, owing to the superior knowledge of the country. The killed and wounded on their side must have been very considerable. Two dead bodies were found upon their camp ground, while upon our side we escaped with one horse shot.

The rout of the rebels was complete. We took five prisoners, among them the son of the captain of the company, and a first lieutenant. We captured 31 horses and 61 stand of arms. After pursuing the scattered force of rebels as far as I deemed it prudent, I returned to their camp, gathered their plunder together, (among it the captain’s clothing and papers—a commission in the Southern Army, and various other things (too numerous to mention). I started for Camp Fremont, where I arrived without any opposition, save that of a number of rebels, who had stationed themselves some fifteen miles from this place. As we marched through the valley below, they fired upon us. As they were in a position where I could not charge them, I was compelled to march my men under their fire. All are now here in camp, and while the country is infested with rebels, we are subject to your orders.

My officers and men all behaved with great gallantry, and are entitled to much credit, this being their first engagement.

Trusting that my action in this matter will meet your approbation?,

I have the honor to remain yours, respectfully,

John S. Gavett, ?? Maj. Comm, Battalion Ind. Mounted Vol.

Here is a report from the O.R. that backs up the newspaper story.

Series 1 - Vol 3 - page 170

SEPTEMBER 12, 1861.-Skirmish at Black River, Mo.

Report of Major General John C. Fremont, commanding Western Department,

HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT,
Saint Louis, September 19, 1861.

Major Gavitt, First Indiana Regiment of Cavalry, who was sent out in reconnaissance towards Hardee's position at Greenville, met the enemy's pickets, drove them in, attacked Talbot's camp, killing 2, and took 3 of the enemy prisoners; also captured 60 muskets and 25 horses.

J. C. FREMONT,

Major-General, Commanding.

---

[1] Re: Benjamin Talbot was the brother-in-law of Lucien N Farris. Capt. Benjamin Talbot commanded an independent cavalry company that served with the 1st Division, Missouri State Guard, in southeast Missouri. I find Pvt James C. Talbot, age 28, as having enlisted 10 July 1861 at Camp Gartman in Co A, 1st Cavalry Battalion (James D. White's). The battalion was eventually increased to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Division, Missouri State Guard. There is likewise a record of a Pvt William Talbot, age 22 or 24, that belonged to the same company as James C. Talbot, with the same enlistment date, that transferred to Capt. Ben Talbott's company on 11 August 1861. More will be written about Ben Talbot for another article.

[2] “my neighborhood” is most likely everything south to Centerville, east to Iron Mountain and north to Potosi.

[3] Probably a little farther south than “the end of my farm” This small Baptist Church was most likely the Church at Black.

[4] Both sides of the conflict were doing this. It just depends upon ones perspective on whether it is an “illegal robbery” or of “military necessity”

[5] Sheppard sometimes refers to him as blacksmith, smith or foreman. His name was Josiah Morgan. Sam and some of his kin killed Morgan for the threats he made. William Webb was a “witness” and appears to have told Sheppard all about the killing. In turn, Sheppard wrote a letter to the Provost Marshall General detailing what Webb apparently had told him. The local Provost at Ironton had Webb brought in and questioned. Webb gave a sworn deposition. I have copies of these documents. We will get to them a little later.

Trail South

The people of South Missouri and Northern Arkansas found travel very difficult. Passes from both the Federal government and Confederate government were required and hard to come by. Unless one wished to follow the "Trail South". This is just one of several trails that have been described over time as having been the way to cross the military no man's land of the region. This and other similar trails were known as the "Secession Railroad" and the "Chip Road", so called due to the chips of bark from the blazes marked on the trees with axes.The following story was found on the web. Military documents support the identity of the escapees as well as the event itself. The escape from Camp Douglas in 1863 by three members of the 10th Texas Infantry, and their journey back to Texas The storyteller is Thomas Brooks Willingham, and his compatriots were his brother Isaac, and Seargent Norman S. Clardy..Norman Clardy was the brother of Martin Clardy who commanded Clardy's Battalion later in the war.

http:/ /mcquoidg.tripod.com/frm224.htm

Escape from Camp Douglas

March - May 1863 , Camp Douglas, near Chicago to central Texas

THOMAS BROOKS WILLINGHAM

On December 6, 1895, Tom prepared a written statement of his war experience for his daughter Mae. We quote: "In December, 1861, I joined the Confederate Army. I belonged to Company I, Tenth Texas Infantry. I was first stationed at Virginia Point, Galveston. During the summer my company was ordered to Arkansas. We marched from Milligan, Texas, to Little Rock, then on to Duval's Bluff on White River. Here we stayed one winter. We were transferred to Arkansas Post where a battle weas fought and we were all captured, January 11, 1863. We were put on transports (Tom was on the "Sam Gaty") on the Mississippi and taken to Alton, Illinois. There we were transferred to stock cars and carried to Camp Douglas prison, Chicago.

"I stayed at Camp Douglas prison sixty days until March 28, 1863. On that date my brother Isaac, our orderly sergeant, Norman S. Clardy (brother of Martin Linn clardy), and I gave the guard four dollars each (twelve dollars) and he helped us over the prison walls. We did not walk two miles from the prison that night. For every time we made a start we would find ourselves in a neck of land on Lake Michigan and we would have to retrace our steps. Ice was everywhere. Finally we built a fire and waited for morning. The next morning each of us had a popcorn ball for breakfast and started to walk on the Chicago and Alton railroad tracks. We had twelve dollars left. At Joliet, Illinois, we got on a train and gave the conductor all our money and told him to carry us as far as he could. Yanks were sitting all around us. We passed through Springfield, Illinois at daybreak. The station platform was blue with yankee deserters who were going back to the Union Army because President Lincoln had issued a proclamation pardoning all deserters who returned by a certain date. The conductor put us off at Carlinsville, below Springfield. Again we walked on the Chicago and Alton tracks nearly to St. Louis, but avoided all large places, and turned to Lilly's landing on the Mississippi and a small boy rowed us across in a skiff. Clardy offered him fifty cents or a gold pencil for his trouble. The boy took the fifty cents. Another day of walking we reached the home of Clardy's uncle, Jeptha Johnson, near the old mines in Washington county, Missouri. He kept us hidden in his loft three days and bought us shoes and other articles of clothing.

"Jeptha Johnson put us on the Chip Trail. This trail was made by Confederate sympthizers by riding through the woods and cutting three chips on the east side of the trees. In this way we dodged through Missouri, avoiding all towns. Whenever we lost the trail we would hunt until we found it again. The Chip Trail was (also) called the Secession Railroad.

"Another favor of Jeptha Johnson was to tell us of a friendly place to spend the night about twenty-five miles away (as far as we could walk in a day). This party would tell us of another place to spend the night - this was the way we got through Missouri.

"Later we passed near Fayetteville, Arkansas, and found the Old Line Road. Near Dardenelles, Arkansas, we met a train of empty wagons going to Little Rock for supplies for Price's army. Isaac joined them and went to Little Rock. Clardy and I walked on to Clarksville (on Cutland Creek) to my aunt's house (Mrs. Lewallen). I spent two days there. My uncle offered me a pony to ride home but I thought I could walk faster.

"I came straight towards Dallas. I spent the night about two miles from Dallas with an old couple. I think their name was Cole. When I told them I had no money they said that did not make any difference.

"The next morning I stopped at the Crutchfield Hotel, Dallas, on the corner of courthouse square on the banks of the Trinity River. I was directed to the Cedar Hill road. From Cedar Hill I went to Buchanan.  Clardy left me there for his home. I reached Kimball, Bosque County,May 10, 1863.

"In September, 1863, my father gave me a horse and I joined the Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers, commanded by Col. L. M. Martin. I was in the Indian territory and in Texas hunting deserters until the close of the war. I was discharged at Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas May 1865. 

This is an excerpt from: 

"The Life and Labors of Enoch Mather Marvin" 

by Rev. Thos. M Finney, D. D. St. Louis 1880

"The place (Webster) was on the line of the route from St. Louis to the South during the war for all contraband travel and freight.....It was the route of transportation for passengers and for supplies, which consisted chiefly of medicines and clothing. It was also the mail route and the grapevine telegraph ran along here. The line is between two and three hundred miles long. 

There were two points of departure from St. Louis County; Sulphur Springs and Fenton. 

To this point it passed west of Hillsboro through Richwoods and Force Re Nault, ten miles west of Potosi and leaving Webster two miles to the right. 

"From here it passed over to the headwaters of Big River; down the middle fork of the Black, called Adam's fork; on through Reynolds county through Centreville;"

" and Barnesville; (Barnesville was located approximately 2 miles west of Logan Creek) thence into Carter county crossing the Current River at House's ford and ferry, five miles west of Van Buren and thence entering Arkansas in Fulton county by two routes; one via Alton and the other through the Wilderness, (Wilderness Trail started near the head of Pike Creek)as it was called reaching the final terminus at Jacksonport, on Black River"

The execution of the Rev. Green Woods, re-posted

I originally posted this last month. I was told that the story was hard to find in the archive, so, I'm re-posting it today. Enjoy

            I was researching the circumstances surrounding the death of Col. Lewis Morrison Best and reread the following documents that had been in my files for some time. Upon reading it this time I found within another story that I had intended to research further and write about, but never had gotten around to doing so. The execution style murder of the Rev. Green Woods; Green Woods was the son of William Woods and Elizabeth McMurtrey Woods of Washington County, Missouri. The following documents will give you a feeling for how thing were in this neighborhood during the spring of 1862.  Jim Morris

HDQRS. DETACH. 13TH REGT. CAV.,

MISSOURI STATE MILITIA,

CAMP AT ROLLA, JUNE 24, 1862.

COLONEL BOYD.

COLONEL: I have the honor to make the following report of trip to Texas County: Arrested Colonel Best, from Livingston County, Mo. (in citizens dress), with package of letters from Confederate Army. I herewith send package. They tell us of officers and men who have come back in different parts of State. Colonel Chiles letter intimates, besides I get from Colonel Best, that most of the Missouri troops were coming to Mississippi River withTexas and Arkansas troops. The Colonel has passes as William Morris, but before I found his name in letters found men that knew him. Passes enclosed. Found Confederate money on him, here enclosed. I arrested also Moses Bradford, the noted guerrilla. He has caused us much trouble to run after him. He will cause us no more. I have James W. Tinsley, fed Coleman’s men; I have John M. Richardson, fed Colemans men; I have J. S. Halbert, Southern Army; knew of Colemans men; did not give information. I shall keep these three for information and may yet fasten enough on them to shoot them. I will not trouble you with the real ones. I arrested a minister and congregation at the placewhere the Reverend Wood, who was shot by KansasFifth, was to have preached, and preached first to the minister then to the congregation. A more attentive audience never listened to man. I told them that they had to prove by acts that they loved our Government and we would protect them and their property. I drew more tears than the minister. Left my men (eighty) at Crows Station to bring in all who have made threats about Reverend Woods death. Will read orders to them to-night. Will go to Hartville, Wright County, and read orders. There is a rebel force there. They have shot two Union men there. I make the rebels I shoot tell me all. I came in with letters and for more provisions and comparing information. Will shoot Best after get all from him.

I have the honor to be, colonel, your obedient servant, H. TOMPKINS, Major, Comdg. Detachment 13th Regt. Cav., Missouri State Militia.

SAINT LOUIS,

JUNE 24,1862.

COLONEL BOYD, ROLLA, MO.:

Tell Major Tompkins I shall hold him strictly responsible for any shooting not authorized by my orders. He is not authorized to shoot men not in arms.

J. M. SCHOFIELD, Brigadier- General.

SAINT LOUIS, JULY 1, 1862.

COL. J. M. GLOVER,

COMMANDING ROLLA DIVISION, ROLLA, MO.

COLONEL: The inclosed papers are respectfully referred to you for investigation and report. Please attend to the matter with as little delay as possible. If Major Tompkins is not guilty, as I believed him to be in issuing my order for his arrest, I desire that he be promptly restored to his command and fully exonerated. So far as I am able to judge from his report of June 24 upon which his arrest was based or from that of June 27, which I have received to-day, the shooting of Colonel Best was entirely unjustified by my orders or the customs of war. He does not appear to have been a member of any guerrilla band but a regular soldier of the rebel army on his return home. He may very probably have been a spy or been returning for the purpose of raising a guerrilla force, but neither of these would justify his summary execution without trial. No crime whatever would justify his execution without trial after he had been taken prisoner and held for several days, as appears to have been the case. Please give this and other transactions of Major Tompkins such explanation as will enable me to determine whether further proceedings are necessary.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. M. SCHOFIELD, Brigadier- General.

HEADQUARTERS ROLLA DIVISION,

BRIGADIER-GENERAL SCHOFIELD,

ROLLA, MO., JULY 6, 1862.

COMMANDING DISTRICT OF MISSOURI.

GENERAL: I trust you will pardon the delay of my reply to your letter of 1st instant referring to me for investigation the execution of Best (alias Morris or Morrison) by Major Tompkins, of the Thirteenth Cavalry Regiment, Missouri State Militia. The press of business, the confusion and disorder among a portion of the troops at this post and the attention to be given to the rebel force under Colonels McBride and Coleman constitute my only apology. After a hurried investigation, general, I would respectfully report the following facts and conclusions collected from various sources and in part from the accompanying documents herewith submitted, marked A,B,C,D,E and F, together with a letter from Major Tompkins to myself, viz: That about 12 oclock (in.) Sunday, 22d June, Major Tompkins, and with considerable danger to himself, in person and alone arrested a man calling himself Morrison, who said he was returning from Prices army, passing stealthily through our lines along the by-paths of the worst guerrilla communities, being armed and having upon his person a large package of letters from rebels to their friends at home, inciting them to guerrilla warfare, the said letters being inflammatory and treasonable in the highest, revealing the facts that Morris or Morrison was Best, and that he had before acted in the same capacity, and was to return South again and consequently to communicate all he should learn within our lines, showing that he was not simply a regular soldier of the Confederate Army returning home but that he was at least a spy. That before the letters were read he was identified as Old Best, of Livingston County, Mo., by one George Irving, private in Company F, First Illinois Cavalry, whose influence had resulted in the death of more Union men than of any one man in that section of the State. Best stated he had no other business than to convey said letters. I learn that Major Tompkins after the arrest of Best delayed his execution only to satisfy himself clearly what was the character of the man and his own duty under General Schofields Orders, GO. 18. To do this the investigation shows he rode on Monday to Rolla, a distance of at least thirty miles, to consult said order and to confer with Colonel Boyd, commanding post, under whose written instructions the major was acting. After the consultation it was agreed that Best should not be brought in, so on Tuesday night Major T. reached his camp and early Wednesday morning Best was executed. It appears that the time of Bests imprisonment was consumed by Major T. in ascertaining what was his duty in the premises under his oath of office to obey his superiors, and having determined from the best lights around him he acted promptly. The foregoing constitutes about all the important facts I have been able to elicit in the hurried investigation I have been compelled to give the subject. Now the character of all those officers and men who have borne testimony I have no means of knowing save by their appearance and bearing while testifying. They seemed candid and sincere and gentlemanly. I have full confidence in the worth of their statements. Of Major Tompkins, comparatively a stranger, having known him only a few days, I take pleasure in saying his conduct and statements as far as known to me personally are those of a high-toned gentleman. Public report says of him that he is a brave, energetic and faithful officer. I am inclined to the opinion that he is not overrated. He seems to have the confidence of his men and the better part of his officers with whom I have conferred. He seems to have none of the elements of wanton- ness and cruelty in his character. Upon a strict and literal construction of General Orders, No. 18, I am satisfied he has erred, but I am equally satisfied he was aiming to and supposed he was carrying out in good faith said order. This would appear from his own reports where he executed Best because he was taken in arms and stealthily passing our lines, & etc.; did not execute a notorious guerrilla because he was captured without arms, & c. Major Tompkins seems to be candid, conscientious and undisguised, resting the whole matter upon his best intentions and the facts in the case, believing the order justified his action. Relative to other recent transactions of Major Tompkins which you enforce upon me to examine I cannot discover certainly to what they relate. I have only found there is some disaffection toward him on the part of one or two of his co-officers, resulting from the Majors exactions in discipline and morality. If it be consistent with the honor of the service and the commanding generals sense of duty I would be glad to see Major Tompkins restored to his command immediately, because I have no doubt that he executed Best from an honest sense of duty and because his battalion has suffered demoralization since his arrest from the evil examples and teachings of some of its officers which needs speedy correction, and which no one can do so promptly and effectually as Major Tompkins. I believe his country may expect much at his hands and his countrys enemies have much to fear.

I have the honor to be, general, in great haste, your obedient servant, J. M. GLOVER, Colonel, Commanding Division.

[Inclosure.]

HdQns. DETACH. 13TH REGT. CAV.,

MISSOURI STATE MILITIA,

Camp at Rolla, Mo.,

July 4, 1862.

Colonel GLOVER.

COLONEL: I herewith by request present affidavits of Lient. F. [M.] Avey, Lient. William A. Lord, Corporal Gilmore, Bugler Burns, Citizen Jacob H. Stuart (who was my guide) in the matter of my execution of Lewis Morris, in Texas County, Mo. The letters show him to be Colonel Best. He denied it. Facts proved are: First, a rebel. Second, he came stealthily through our lines. Third, armed. Fourth, exciting to guerrilla warfare. Fifth, passing through the worst section we have to contend with, evading our forces. Sixth, I gave him every opportunity to clear himself of the charge. Seventh, he made no plea that he was not guilty as to facts. Eighth, he presented pass from General Price, of rebel army, to pass intoMissouri. Ninth, he was guilty not only of passing our lines (which would make him a spy) but of carrying the elements of sedition and insurrection with him in letters from those whom our army had driven out of State. And when he carries letters for others with their guarded advice, with the risk attending him, it is reasonable to believe he carried more in his heart, as I am well aware that he would have shot me but for my constant vigilance in not giving him an opportunity. I was alone when I captured him, and for one hour and a half before my men came. To be sure I was right I rode to Rolla, thirty-five miles, and was assured by Colonel Boyd that it was my duty to execute him; by General Curtis and General Schofields orders that I could not do otherwise. The fact of taking him prisoner and then shooting him afterwards is no abridgement of his rights under these orders, and was for my security of duty and information. Besides if men are taken with arms who did not fire upon me I should feel it my duty to take sufficient time before executing them to take military proof of their character. Should citizens only prove it turn them over to commission. The death penalty is hard to inflict. In this case my own knowledge was the evidence and the only question was did he come under the order. I endeavored to act with great care by seeing Colonel Boyd in person. I was ordered to go to Hartville, WrightCounty, and to have moved him was to have endangered his escape for which I would have been held responsible. Some to clear themselves might have given him a chance and thus executed the order. What I cannot do openly under orders I cannot consent to do slyly or by false or created pretext. I have the honor to be, colonel, yours, obediently,

H. TOMPKINS, Major, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia.

[SUB-INCLOSURE A.]

STATE OF MISSOURI,

Phelps County, MO:

Lieut. William A. Lord, of Company II, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, being duly sworn on his oath deposes and says that he witnessed the execution of Lewis Morrison by Major Tompkins; that Major Tompkins gave him every opportunity compatible with his situation as a prisoner to establish his innocence, or that he did not come under Orders, No. 18, issued by General Schofield; that said Morris was sullen and uncommunicative after his arrest to any but his fellow-prisoners, and seemed determined to keep all information to himself; that he was identified by one George Irving, of Company F, First Illinois Cavalry, as being as he called him Old Best. This was done by said Irving in presence of said Best. He, Irving, stated further that this man and his family and the McDow family, of Livingston County, had done more for the rebellion and had killed more Union men in that county than all others. And further deponent saith not.

W. A. LORD, Lieut., Company H, Thirteenth Regt. Cay., Missouri State Militia. Subscribed and sworn before me this 4th day of July, A. D. 1862, at Rolla, Mo. II. A. GALLUP, Major,Missouri State [Militia] Cay., Provost-Marshal Rolla Div.

[Sub-inclosure B.]

STATE OF MISSOURI, Phelps County, MO:

Lieut. F. [M.] Avery, of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, being duly sworn deposes and says on his oath that he was present a few moments after the arrest and at the shooting of Lewis Morrison, in Texas County, by Maj. H. Tompkins; that he saw the revolver and letters taken from the said Lewis Morrison and heard many of the letters read inciting to guerrilla warfare. Adimitted he had no other business, and that he had come stealthily through our lines and that he was taken on by-road, avoiding our troops and passing through the worst settlement of guerrillas in this section of State. And further deponent saith not.

F. [M.] AVEY, Lieutenant. Subscribed and sworn before me the 3d day of July, A.D. 1862, at Rolla, Mo. H. A. GALLUP, Major, Missouri State [Militia] Car., Provost-Marshal Rolla Div.

[Sub-inclosure C.]

STATE OF MISSOURI, Phelps County, MO:

Oliver J. Burns, bugler of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, being duly sworn deposes and says on his oath that he was present within a short time after the arrest of Lewis Morrison by Major Tompkins; that he was among the first of Major Tompkins men who came to him; that he saw the revolver and letters, and heard many of them read, which were taken from said Morrison; stood guard over him afterwards, and after Major Tompkins had told him what order of prisoners he came under he was sullen and used every strategy to get away. The greatest vigilance was required to keep him. He denied that his name was Best. Admitted he was of the rebel army, and had passed stealthily through our lines. Made no effort to prove himself not liable under Orders, No. 118. And further deponent saith not.

OLIVER J. BURNS. Subscribed and sworn before me this 3d day of July, A. D. 1862, at Rolla, Mo. H. A. GALLUP, Major, Missouri State [Militia] Cavalry, Provost-Marshal.

[Sub-inclosure B.]

STATE OF MISSOURI, Phelps County, MO:

Thomas Gilmore, corporal of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, being duly sworn on his oath deposeth and says that he was present at the shooting of Lewis Morrison by Major Tompkins, in Texas County, Mo.; that the said Lewis Morrison admitted that he was of General Prices (rebel) army; saw the letters and heard many of them read inciting to guerrilla warfare in this State; admitted he had no other business in going to north part of State; denied that he was of any other name; saw the Confederate money taken from him; also a navy revolver of the latest pattern and largest size, the same taking place on the 23d and 25th of June, A. D. 1862. And further deponent saith not.

THOMAS GILMORE. Subscribed and sworn before me this 3d day of July, A. D. 1862, at Rolla, Mo. H. A. GALLUP, Major, Missouri State [Militia] Cavalry, Provost-Marshal.

[Sub-inclosure E.]

STATE OF Missouri, Phelps County, MO:

Jacob H. Stuart, of Phelps County, Mo., being duly sworn on his oath deposes and says that he was with Major Tompkins in his hunt for rebels from the 20th of June to the 27th day of June; that he was present within two hours after the arresting of Lewis Morrison; that he was present at his execution; that he saw the revolver and letters taken from him, and heard many of the letters read, which spoke of inciting to guerrilla warfare, in the presence of the said Lewis Morrison; that he admitted he belonged to rebel army; that he had no other object than the letters [sic]; that he admitted he had passed our lines stealthily; that he, said Morrison, was in by-roads traveling and in a section of country where nearly every inhabitant is a rebel sympathizer, and within four miles of where train was burned, and that he, said Morrison, was making inquiries for the by-roads to Waynesville, Pulaski County. And further deponent saith not.

J. H. STUART. Subscribed and sworn before me this 3d day of July, A. D., 1862, at Rolla, Mo. H. A. GALLUP, Major, Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Provost-Marshal.

[Sub-inclosure F.] 

ROLLA, Mo., July 5, 1862.

We, Lieut. William A. Lord, Thirteenth Regiment Missonri State Militia Cavalry; Lieut. F. M. Avey, Thirteenth Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry; Thomas Gilmore and 0. J. Burns, privates, Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, being duly sworn testify as follows: That Best (alias Morrison) was captured by Major Tompkins in person and alone about 12 m. on Sunday, 2d June. On Monday Major Tompkins left for Rolla for information and advice at the hands of Colonel Boyd, commanding post, and in relation to General Orders, Nos. 18 and 21, issued by Generals Schofield and Curtis. Returned to camp on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning early Best was executed (5th). The distance to Rolla from place of execution was at least thirty miles. We all regarded Best as a spy and a very bad type of a traitor. The major stated on his return that it was Colonel Boyds opinion Best should not be brought in. We are all perfectly satisfied that Major Tompkins was endeavoring in good faith to execute the orders above alluded to. If he has erred it is an honest error. We all testify that the major used diligently all his time and energy to ascertain whether Best came within the provisions of General Orders, Nos. 18 and 21, and it was only after he satisfied himself perfectly that he did and of his infamous and cruel character that he was executed. We further state that in our presence one George Irving, private in Company F, First Illinois Cavalry, identified Morrison as Best, of Livingston County, Mo., and as one of the worst and most dangerous men in that county and section of the State, who had done more toward killing Union men than all the men in the county of Livingston.

W. A. LORD, First Lieut. Co. Iii, Thirteenth Regt. Cav., Missouri State Militia. F. M. AVEY, Second Lieut. Co. Iii, Thirteenth Regt. Car., Missouri State Militia. THOMAS GILMORE, Private Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia. OLIVER J. BURNS, Private Thirteenth Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia. Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 5th day of July, A. D. 1862, at Rolla, Mo. T. M. WILCOX, Lieutenant and Assistant Provost-Marshal.

Skirmish at Crows Station, near Licking, Mo. Report of Col. Sempronius H. Boyd,

Twenty-fourth Missouri Infantry.

ROLLA, May 26, 1862.

Our train was attacked this morning 8 a. m. by 170 men under Coleman. Our escort was 80 men. Nine wagons burned, several men killed on each side, and still fighting and endeavoring to corral train. Disaster may be great. I have sent out all the troops that can possibly be sent now. I do urge the necessity of sending two or three companies here immediately. Kansas Fifth will not be here for four or five days. I know nothing of Colonel Sigel’s men coming down to Waynesville. Can I not expect re-enforcements from Saint Louis to-morrow to stay here for a few days?

S. H. BOYD. General KETCHUM.

ChAP. XXT.J CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.UNION.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI, & Saint Louis,

May 27, 1862.

Col. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant- General, Monterey, Tenn.: Coleman, with 250 men, attacked Union train, escorted by 80 men, on 26th instant, at Crows Station, 32 miles from Rolla. Union loss, 2 men of Twenty-fourth Missouri killed; Captain Talliaferro, of Twenty- fourth Missouri, shot through both knees, and 12 or 15 missing and 12 wagons burned. Enemy retreated with considerable loss.

W. SCOTT KETCHUM, Brigadier-General, Acting Inspector-General. 

            I next located the following article:

METHODIST PASTORS KILLED DURING CIVIL WAR ARE COMMEMORATED

BY FRED KOENIGPUBLICATIONS EDITOR

Send Email

10/25/2010

Sectarian violence. People being gunned down in front of their family, due to the label attached to who they are. A central government struggling to gain control of warring factions. The combination of religion and violence being used to push a personal agenda forward. All are words currently used to describe the war-torn countries of Iraq andAfghanistan – or the United States less than 150 years ago. 

In the state of Missouri, there are accounts of seven Methodist pastors being murdered during the Civil War. They weren’t soldiers or slave holders, by historical accounts it seems they were killed because they were serving churches that were part of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Having “South” attached to their religion resulted in their death. Although most people would now agree they were on the wrong side of the conflict, the details of the brutal nature of their killings demonstrate that they were victims of violence that extended far beyond the field of battle. 

The Missouri Conference Archives and History Commission has been on a mission to find the graves of these pastors, and recognize them with a simple marker. They are half-way through this endeavor now, and may complete it next year, which marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.

On October 12, the commission traveled to the Elm Spring cemetery (near Fair Grove) in the Ozarks North District to place a wreath near the new marker for Rev. Samuel Headlee. Headlee was a presiding elder who went to reorganize the Pleasant View Church, a church of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which had fallen into disarray during the war. He was met there by an armed mob, which included members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, who prevented him from entering. He discussed the situation with them, ascertaining that the church was the property of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and they didn’t have the authority to prevent him from preaching there. Finally, he agreed to instead go to a grove of trees he owned about a mile away and preach there instead. After going about half that distance, he was approached by four armed men from the mob, who shot three times. According to the historical account, he rode 50 yards to the shade, took off his gloves and said, “Friends, I am a dead man.” Turning to face his murders, who were still in sight, he added, “Those bad men have killed me. Lord have mercy on them. Lord save them.” 

Headlee does have a very prominent tombstone in the cemetery, which was provided by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at the time of his death. He fared better than Rev. George Sexton. He served in Scotland County, then Boone County, seeking a safer area, but was still sent to the military prison in Alton. After his release, he was shot down by federal soldiers while traveling, then taken to a house to be treated, but taken then from that house and was never heard of again. Leftwhich writes, “When, where, an how he died, and where he was buried – if at all – are known only to the perpetrators of the horrible deed and to the All-seeing Eye.” 

More gruesome is the story of Rev. Green Woods. He was planting a crop in his field, and was taken by federal troops. His body was found a week later, minus his left hand. It appeared he had been dragged a few hundred yards and shot. The family learned that the hand was taken to the commander of the federal troops to prove Woods had been killed. That commander was also a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, North. 

Many of the details of the incidents come from a two-volume history of persecutions of Southern Methodist preachers entitled “Martyrdom in Missouri,” by William Leftwhich. 

“The accounts themselves seem almost preposterous to us today, but they fit with the tenor of the times, and the way northerners treated southerners in occupied Missouri,” stated John Gooch, a member of the Missouri Archives and History Commission.

After a graveside prayer at Headlee’s grave in Elm Spring, the commission traveled north to Urbana. There they met with the descendants of Rev. Thomas Glanville, to dedicate his marker. Glanville received written permission from the local militia to preach, and did so for a time. But one day militiamen told him a couple hours before the service that he would not be allowed to proceed, so he stayed home. Despite his compliance, that night he was killed in his home. He was shot in the face through a window, and the shooter then opened the window and shot him again in the chest. The shooter and two others then forced their way into the house, and shot him a third time. Then they rode two miles to his son Adam’s house, and shot and killed him also. Adam was a school teacher. 

Meeting the commission at the cemetery near Urbana was direct descendants of Glanville. Charles Glanville is the great, great, great grandson of Thomas. He was present, along with his children and his mother, Joyce. She provided some more information about the incident that was passed down through the family. 

“Adam’s widow, Minerva, was pregnant, and she gave birth the following February,” she said. “The men who killed him where neighbors, and they told her she was young enough to remarry.” 

Adam didn’t have a grave stone, so his death was noted on the marker that was put up for Thomas. The commission purchased the memorial markers from Carter’s in Moberly for $500 to $750. 

Maryellen McVickers, chair of the Archives and History Committee, said it is time that those who died in service to the church are recognized. 

“I admire Headlee and Glanville for standing for the beliefs, and being true to what they perceived to be God’s will,” she said. “This was a horrible time in our history, and things like this must be remembered so they are never repeated.” 

A more complete account of the murdered Methodist pastors is in the Fall 2009 edition of Toward the Setting Sun. 

The above article led me to the following:

Extracted from MARTYRDOM IN MISSOURI 

A HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS PROSCRIPTION, THE SEIZURE OF CHURCHES, AND THE PERSECUTION OF MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL, LN THE STATE OF MISSOURI DURING THE LATE CIVIL WAR,AND UNDER THE TEST OATH" OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION. 

 ………………..

REV. GREEN WOODS.

The subject of this sketch was born in Bellevue, Washington county, Missouri, Feb. 27, 1814, where he grew up on a farm in sight of Caledonia. He was received on trial in theMissouri Annual Conference M.E. Church in the fall of 1836, when the Conference was held in St. Louis, and was appointed by Bishop Eoberts, junior preacher on the Farmington Circuit, with George Smith as his senior. The next year he was returned by Bishop Soule to Farmigton, with Alvin Baird as his senior.

The next year his name does not appear in the minutes, nor does it appear again until the year 1853, when he rejoined the St. Louis Conference and was appointed by Bishop Andrew to Cape Girardeau and Jackson.

In 1854 he was appointed to Ste. Genevieve Circuit, and at the Conference of 1855, atSpringfield, he was received into full connection, and returned to Ste. Genevicve Circuit, with ,J. H. Cumming as junior preacher.

It is needless to follow his appointments in the Conference further than to say that everywhere he was well received and always well reported of for good works.

He was a diligent and faithful laborer in his Masters vineyard, and few men stood higher in the estimation of the people or was more securely enthroned in their affections. He was a man of unblemished character, unswerving integrity, unwavering fidelity, deep and

fervent piety, and of good preaching ability. He was unobtrusive, unostentatious, civil, courteous, gentle and kind to all ] had many friends and few enemies lived for his work, and attended strictly to his own business. The last man who would ever intermeddle with politics or make himself officious or offensive to any man or party of men. He had charity for all, and malice for none. This is written by one who knew him well, and

loved him much, and was a member of the same class of undergraduates in the conference.

A When the war broke out Mr. Woods was Presiding Elder on the Greenville District, St. Louis Conference; was extensively known in Southern and Southeastern Missouri, and had been just as extensively useful. But the troubles thickened so fast and the country was so generally disturbed and distracted that with a heavy heart he gave up his regular work on the district and contented himself with such preaching as he could do near his home in Dent, county, while he attended to the cultivation of his little farm.

The following account of the events of 1862, furnished by his eldest daughter; will be read with deep interest, as they culminate in the awful tragedy of his murder: " In the spring of 1862 the excitement in the country became so intense that my father could no longer travel his district so he thought he would stay at home and try to make enough to support his family on his farm. As the people in the neighborhood desired him to

preach to them, he made an appointment to preach, about three miles from home, the second Sunday in May. He filled this appointment, and announced another at

the same place for the second Sunday in June, Before that time arrived he was advised by some of his friends not to go to his appointment, as they believed that he would be taken prisoner, and perhaps killed, that day by the soldiers if he attempted to preach. But he told them that he would go and preach, and if the soldiers wished to arrest him they could do so ; that if necessary he could go to jail. He said that he did not believe that they would kill him, as he had not done anything to be killed for.

Name:	HAMBY, SILAS K.
Rank:	Private
Conflict:	Civil War
Side:	Union
Type of Unit:
Organization:	Enrolled Missouri Militia
Name of Unit:	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent County E.M.M.
Alternate Unit Name:
Company:
Period of Service:	GO 107
Commander:
Note:
Record Group:	Office of Adjutant General
Series Title:	Record of Service Card, Civil War, 1861-1865
Box:	35
Reel:	s893

A man by the name of Silas Hamby a member of the Methodist Church, North, had said some time before that no Southern Methodist preacher should preach at Mount Pleasantagain. But my father thought it was an idle threat, as he had heard of no preacher being

killed because he was a preacher. "When Sunday morning came, father and my sister,

younger than myself, went to Mount Pleasant, and he preached to a small congregation the people being afraid to turn out on account of the soldiers and returned home the same evening unmolested. The next morning he took my sister just thirteen and two little boys he had hired, and went out to a field one mile from home to finish planting corn. While they were at work the mother of the boys came by the field on her way to our house. She saw that they were nearly done, so she thought she would wait till they finished and come along with them. By this means there was one grown person present to witness his arrest. I think it was about the middle of the forenoon of that Monday, June 9, 1862, when sixteen men, armed and uniformed as Federal soldiers, came to our house and surrounded it. They inquired for father. Mother told them that he was not at home, but out in the field (father told her if they came and called for him, to tell them where he was). They made a general search, and then huddled up out in the yard and held a council a few minutes.

Five of them were sent to the field, and while they were gone those at the house were stealing everything they could get their hands on that belonged to father, leaving very few things behind. " When the five soldiers got to the field father was not quite done planting. They rode up and asked if his name was Green Woods; he told them it was. They told him that he was the man they were after, and ordered him to alight over the fence. He asked them if they would not wait until he could finish planting, as he had then but a few short rows; but they told him, with an oath, that they were in a hurry, and kept hurrying him while he was getting his horse ready to start. When they started from the field my sister asked them what they intended to do with father. They told her, with an oath, that it was uncertain where he would get to before he came back. They brought him to the house and allowed him to eat his dinner. But when he went to dress himself, he could not find a change of clothes, as the soldiers had taken all that he had, and would not even give him his pants and hat. They took him about three miles from home, to a man s house by

the name of Jones, and pretended to get evidence against him. (This was north-west from where we live). They then took him about three miles from home, to where a man lived named Peter Skiles, who kept a blacksmith shop. They stopped and staid there awhile, and searched the house, as Skiles was a Southern man. They then took father about half a mile and killed him, and left him lying out in the woods away from the road no one knew where except those who placed him there. Two guns were heard after the soldiers left

Skiles. "This was done on Monday, and his body was not found till the next Monday. We did not know that he was killed until his body was found. When found he was lying on his back with his overcoat spread on the ground under him ; one arm was stretched out one way, and the other stretched out the other way, his hat drawn down over his face, his coat and vest and left glove lying on the ground near him, his right glove on, his left

shirt sleeve torn off, and his left hand off and gone. He seemed to have been dragged some two or three hundred yards before he was shot, as there was but little blood

along the trail, and was found as above described near a large tree and among some low bushes. " We have heard several times that the Northern Methodist presiding elder, by the name of Ing, sent the men to kill my father. I have given you the substance of what we know of father s death.

(Signed) " JOSEPHINE M. A. M. WOODS,

"Eldest Daughter,

"E. A. WOODS, Wife, and

"MARY LOUISA, Daughter of  "Rev. Green Woods."

Mrs. Woods furnishes the following additional particulars : "While eating his dinner the soldiers asked him if he did not think he ought to have taken the oath meaning

the oath of allegiance which all citizens were required to take. He replied that he would he candid with them, as he tried to be with all men; that it afforded no protection, as only the day before the soldiers had been taking the property and breaking the guns of those who had taken the oath, and he could not see that the oath had profited them any. They hurried him much to finish his dinner. He asked them for his hat, which they refused to give him. He said that he would then wear his old one, and be with his equals meaning that he was about as near worn out as his hat. "Thinking that it might have some good effect upon the soldiers, I reminded him, in their presence, that the meal was out, and asked what I must do, now that he was going away. He replied, the Lord will provide/

And, so far, it is literally true; the Lord has been merciful to give us our daily bread, as we have never had a single meal without bread. " When he started he told me to do the best I could, and seemed to have a presentment that he would never return. "On the way that evening he was stopped at the house of Dr. Boyd. While there he said to Mrs. Boyd,

Tell Mrs Woods that you saw me here. Mrs. Boyd also heard him tell the soldiers to hurry up and take him wherever they intended to take him ; that they would keep him in the hot sun till he would be down sick. They replied that they had a good doctor. He had been very sick only a short time before. It was his custom to hold family worship night and morning, no matter what else was to do. The last day of his life he read for the morning lesson the thirty-seventh Psalm." Strenuous efforts have been made to obtain the names of the guilty parties, with but little success. The following statement is the latest and most reliable :

"A man by the name of Dennis was the pilot, and it is said helped do the shooting. A man named Wells (Benjamin Wells) was in the company. We can not give the first names of either of these men now, but have the promise of them. A young man namedBill (William) Fudge, the son of North Methodists who were once members of the Southern Methodist Church, and another named Harrison Batliff, it is said, helped commit the murder." To the question, " What evidence have you that Ing, the North Methodist presiding elder, sent the men to commit the murder?" the following reply was furnished : "All the evidence we have that Ing sent the men is, that he was their commander at the time ; and it has been told, by those who said they saw it, that fathers hand was carried to Ing as proof that they had killed him, and that he still had it in his possession a year or two ago.

Respectfully, JOSIE M. A. M. WOODS."

When Mr. Woods dead body was found, "his left hand was off and gone." Common rumor in the community, and the statement of several reliable gentlemen which may hereafter be given go to confirm this horrible and savage report about the hand.

The following account of the affair was published in the St. Louis Christian Advocate, of June 13, 1866, and signed " B. of Crawford county :

"REV. GREEN WOODS.

Mr. Editor: In the letter of your California correspondent, in last weeks Advocate, the names of several ministers formerly connected with the St. Louis Conference are mentioned with that of the lamented Green Woods, who the writer too truly mentions as having been cruelly murdered in the summer of 1862. And, as the writer of this sketch had known the deceased for many years, and was living in an adjoining county at the time the cruel murder was committed, he may be able to furnish some facts relative

thereto that would interest his many friends and acquaintances of by-gone days. He was at the time (1862) living at his home, in Dent county, Mo., on a little farm that he was quietly cultivating with his own hands, and had been guilty of no other offense that that of preaching through the county in which he lived every Sunday, and oftener as he found opportunity. And, at the time he was torn from his weeping wife and little ones, he was at home plowing in his field, when suddenly he was surrounded by men wearing the uniform of soldiers, and hailing from Kansas regular Jayhawkers How many broken-hearted wives and mothers, and destitute orphan children, throughout Missouri will have cause to remember these cruel; Kansas Jayhawkers! The cruel assassination of loved husbands and fathers; the burnt and blasted homesteads, where lonely chimneys only are left to tell the tale of once happy and contented households now scattered and torn by the ruthless storm of war in the wake of these Kansas desperadoes. Truly the fate of Missouri has been hard; and of many it may be said they are strangers in their own land. "When informed by them that he must go with them as a prisoner, and probably knowing from the fate of others what he might expect of them, he told them that

he had violated no law,, that he was a minister of the Methodist Church, South, and that if they intended to kill him, he was not afraid to die. Then taking, as he well believed, a sad and final farewell of his wife and little children, he started with his captors to the town

of Salem, as he thought. But, alas ! what must have been the agony of the fond wife when she learned, several days afterward, that he had not been taken to Salem at all ! Diligent search but confirmed her worst fears. He had been taken about two miles from home by the road side and shot. There the mortal remains of Green Woods were found a cold and lifeless corpse with the fatal bullet shot through the head. "In contemplating such a scene as this, how the heart saddens and sickens to know that humble and devoted ministers of the cross are put to death for no other cause than that of being ministers of the M. E. Church, South. Is it because that Church has been, and still is, in the way of those who profess to have all the piety, loyalty and religion in the land, that its members and ministers are specially denounced, proscribed and persecuted, and are the marks of special vengeance for every gang of raiding soldiers that chance to come into Missouri?

"I am credibly informed that the deceased had never taken any part in the excitement growing out of the war up to that time ; that he had never mentioned politics in the pulpit, and had never left home on account of the troubles during all the dark days of 61 and 62.

"Rev. Green "Woods was a native of Missouri, and through many portions of Southern and Southeastern Missouri will he be remembered, as his powerful and eloquent voice echoed and died away upon the gently murmuring breezes of his native hills and vales in calling sinners to repentance. But he now sleeps the long sleep of death. That clarion voice is now silent, and will no more be heard on earth proclaiming the good news arid glad tidings of salvation which shall be unto all people. But we close, and drop a silent tear to his memory; knowing that He who holdeth the earth in the hollow of his hand, and who numbereth the very hairs of our heads, doeth all things well. "We have good reason to believe that the religion he so long and faithfully preached to others sustained him

in the last trying hour; and in the great day, when all mankind shall stand forth to be judged according to the deeds done in the body, many will rise up and call him blessed. R-" Thus passed away, by the hand of violence, one of the excellent of the earth, "of whom the world was not worthy." A faithful witness for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus, having committed no offense against the laws of God or man, he fell a martyr to the truth; gave his life for a principle and a cause, and offered himself upon the service and sacrifice of his chosen Church, and the faith she vindicates in his death,

and ascended the thrones of martyrdom, to await, with the martyrs of all ages, the final and glorious triumph of the Kingdom of Messiah, in whose service he counted not his life dear unto himself. It is a grand thought that Infinite Goodness and Power has ordained that " Christ must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet." "Then cometh the end." "Even so: come Lord Jesus."

The local Militia:

AGEE, SAMUEL	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
ALLY, DANIEL B.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
ARD, REUBEN J.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
ASHER, MICHAEL R.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
BENTON, ANDREW	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
BENTON, JOHN W.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
BERRY, JAMES H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
BERRY, JOHN H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
BOWMAN, THOMAS J.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
BOYD, DAVID	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
BRIGMAN, EDMUN A.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
CALLAHAN, BENJAMIN F.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
CALLAHAN, JAMES E.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
CALLAHAN, JOHN R.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
CAMPBELL, JAMES B.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
CANE, LEONARD	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
CAUSEY, JOHN	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
CLARK, GEORGE W.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
COLE, ELISHA	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
CRAIG, WILLIAM H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
DAVIS, SOLOMON	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
DIXON, ISOM	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
FERRELL, WILLIAM J.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
FISHER, NOAH	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
FLOYD, ENOCH	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
FLOYD, PETER	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
FOX, JAMES C.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
FOX, JEFFERSON	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
GRAGG, ROBERT A.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
GRAHAM, JOHN	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
GREEN, JOHN H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HAGLER, WILLIAM F.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HAMBY, SILAS K.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HAWS, SOLOMON	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HAYS, JAMES H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HEDRICK, DAVID	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HENDERSON, DAVID R.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HEROD, JAMES W.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HILL, HENRY	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HOBSON, CHARLES	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HODGES, SAMUEL	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HOWELL, JOSEPH M.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HUFFMAN, JOHN T.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HUNT, JOSEPH C.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
HUNTER, J. F.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
JONES, GEORGE W.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
JONES, MICHAEL D.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
KAUSE, J. W.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
KEETON, WILLIAM	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
KENADA, CALIP	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
KENADA, MOSES	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
KENAMORE, GRANT A.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
LANE, PLEASANT	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
MANN, WILLIAM H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
MASSENGILL, GEORGE	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
MCDONALD, WALLACE	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
MCNEILL, MALCOM	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
MITCHELL, EDWARD A.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
MITCHELL, JAMES T.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
MOBLEY, THOMAS H. B.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
NELSON, JAMES S.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
NICHOL, R.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
NICHOL, RICHARD W.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
NICHOLS, JOHN	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
NICHOLS, WILLIAM J.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
PAIN, JOHN	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
PETTY, JEFFERSON	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
PHARIS, LOGAN	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
REDDICK, RANSOM	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
ROBERTS, S. H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
ROBINETT, ROBERT A.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SAMPLES, JAMES W.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SAMPLES, SAMUEL	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SHULTS, FRANCIS M.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SIMMONS, ROBERT M.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.
SKILES, HESEKIAH	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SKILES, PETER	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SKILES, WILLIAM R.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SMITH, JAMES	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SMITH, THOMAS H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
SMITH, WILLIAM F.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
STEPHENS, ALBERT S.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
STEPHENS, ALBERT S.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
STEPHENS, WILLIAM M.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
THOMASSON, J. C.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
THOMASSON, THOMAS A.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
THOMASSON, WILLIAM	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
TRIPLET, HORTON	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
VAUGHAN, JOHN L.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WALKER, FRANCIS M.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WALKER, IRVIN B.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WALLACE, ANDREW M.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WIGGINS, BENJAMIN S.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WIGGINS, SAMUEL H.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WILLIAMSON, PETER B.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WOFFORD, CHARLES P.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WOFFORD, H. C.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WOFFORD, JAMES	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WOFFORD, JAMES A.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WOFFORD, WILLIAM J.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
WYNN, DANIEL O.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.		view details
YORK, JAMES M.	Civil War	Capt. James E. Callahan's Dent CountyE.M.M.