. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . ain Ferguson was the man whotook the prisoner from him. I told him I had no doubt of it, and thatI thought he had killed him and then was talking for effect. Wethen went to Creelsboro, on the Cumberland river, reaching thereabout daylight, after the hardest and coldest night of our lives,and joined the command near Burkesville. In the History of Morgans Cavalry- General Duke says:The great opponent of Cham]) Ferguson in the bushwhacking busi-ness was Tinker Dave Beatty. The patriarchal old man lived in acove surrounded by high hills at the back
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . ain Ferguson was the man whotook the prisoner from him. I told him I had no doubt of it, and thatI thought he had killed him and then was talking for effect. Wethen went to Creelsboro, on the Cumberland river, reaching thereabout daylight, after the hardest and coldest night of our lives,and joined the command near Burkesville. In the History of Morgans Cavalry- General Duke says:The great opponent of Cham]) Ferguson in the bushwhacking busi-ness was Tinker Dave Beatty. The patriarchal old man lived in acove surrounded by high hills at the back of which was a narrow \ his clan, he led apastoral life which must have been fascinating, for main who enteredinto the cove never came awaj again. The relentless ferocit) of allthat section made that of Bluebeard and the Welch giants, in com-parison, sink into insignficance. Sometimes, (ham). Ferguson withhis hand, would enter the cove, earn i f\ old Daves stork- and drive. DAVID BEATTY, KNOWN AS TINKER DAVEBEATTY,— FERG1 SONS AI>\ ERSARY. him to his retreat in the mou o which no man ever him. Then, when he was strong enough, he would lead his hench-men against Champ and slay all who did not escape. He did notconfine his hostility to Champ Ferguson. There were not related ofBeatty so many stories illustrative of his personal courage as ofFerguson. I beard of the latter, on one occasion, having gone intoa room where two of his hitter enemies lay before the fire, bothstrong men and armed, and throwing himself upon them, he killedboth, after a hard struggle, with a knife. Beatty possessed a cunningand subtlety which Ferguson, in a great manner, lacked. Both of themen are known to have spared life on some rare occasions. Champcaused a Union man to be released, sayin : that he did not b lieve himto be a bushwhacker. Subsequently, after a fit of silence, Fergu-son said: T have a good notion to go back and hunt that man. Iam afraid I have done wr
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