History of the First regiment of Tennessee volunteer cavalry in the great war of the rebellion, with the armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, under Generals Morgan, Rosecrans, Thomas, Stanley and Wilson1862-1865 . the Union menwho had remained at home up to this time began to dropout of sight. Pilots or guides, as they were called, were ingreat demand to take these loyal men beyond the lines. Thesecret means of escape to the L^nion lines was termed TheUnderground Railroad, and the secret method of communi-cation, The Grape-vine Telegraph. In the meantime the East Tennessee & Virginia railroadwas
History of the First regiment of Tennessee volunteer cavalry in the great war of the rebellion, with the armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, under Generals Morgan, Rosecrans, Thomas, Stanley and Wilson1862-1865 . the Union menwho had remained at home up to this time began to dropout of sight. Pilots or guides, as they were called, were ingreat demand to take these loyal men beyond the lines. Thesecret means of escape to the L^nion lines was termed TheUnderground Railroad, and the secret method of communi-cation, The Grape-vine Telegraph. In the meantime the East Tennessee & Virginia railroadwas kept busy transporting troops from the South to Vir-ginia. This was witnessed by the loyal people with a strongfeeling of dissatisfaction, and in order to put a stop to it theyplanned the destruction of the bridges. In the attempt todestroy the bridge at Strawberry Plains there was a consid-erable fight between the guard and the Union men, in whichboth sides had men wounded. These outbreaks created great excitement and alarm,and were committed, not in the spirit of wanton destruction,but of real war upon an enemy and for the sole purpose ofinterrupting the military communications of the Gulf States. ( \ COLONEL KOBEKT JOHNSON TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY. 17 with Richmond and of enabling the Union army to enterEast Tennessee. Martial law was declared in Knoxville and Union peo-ples houses were arbitrarily entered night and day by thesoldiers, who demanded their arms and ammunition. Thisattempt to disarm the people was denounced, as they doubtedthe right to take away their arms, as they were looked uponas a household necessity. Shortly after the election on the 8th of June a mass-meeting of the Union people was called to meet at Straw-berry Plains, seventeen miles northeast of Knoxville, to con-demn the action of Governor Harris in declaring the Stateout of the Union, contrary to the voice of its qualified meeting was largely attended and was held in a grove ashort di
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