5, Overton Hospital's call for for food assistance for Confederate soldiers
Wanted for the Sick.—The following is a list of articles much wanted for the comfort of the sick at the Overton Hospital. It is made out by one of the ladies of this city who is kindly devoting herself to the assistance of those who are suffering there. Any of them sent to the hospital will be faithfully devoted to the use of the brave fellows languishing there, and assist to restore them to the active service of their country: Poultry of all kinds, fresh meats of all kinds, game, sweet milk, butter milk, fresh butter, eggs, spring vegetables, turnip greens especially; gritz [sic], sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, lard, corn meal, pickles and catsups, preserves, can fruits; jellies, domestic wines, cordials, sponge and ginger cake, custards, baked and boiled; calf's foot jelly and blanc mange; any delicacies proper for invalids and convalescents; pepper, all kinds of herbs, especially sage; soap, suet, beeswax, rags of all descriptions, linen, cotton, white and colored, old shirts and pillow slips, half worn shirts, drawers and socks, towels, spreads, new or old, vials for medicines, etc.
Memphis Daily Appeal, April 5, 1862
5, "Found a few stragglers in Palmyra; killed two or three; burned the town; not a house left; a very bad hole; best to get rid of it and teach the rebels a lesson." Sack of Palmyra by U. S. N.
SMITHLAND [KY], April 3, 1863
Just received telegram from Captain Hurd. Was engaged at Palmyra. Mr. Foutty badly wounded. Rebels in force there with battery. His machinery slightly disabled. I leave in ten minutes for Palmyra with all the boats. Will whip them out. I have not time now to complete my written report; will send it soon as possible.
Please hurry up our other boats. We need them now. Plenty fun in other river [sic], as I understand no troops to be convoyed Tennessee just now. I believe General Rosecrans has concluded not to send any
LeRoy Fitch,
SMITHLAND [KY], April 6, 1863
Captain Fitch [and] I found the enemy in force at Palmyra last evening. Foutty is seriously wounded. My machinery is crippled. Come up with the Lexington as soon as possible.
J.S. Hurd
LeRoy Fitch
SMITHLAND [KY], [April] 6, 1863
Have returned from Harpeth Shoals; river all clear just now. Enemy left Palmyra for Beatstown [Betsy Town] [sic] Landing; got their batteries in position, heard of our approach, and left in haste for Charlotte. Found a few stragglers in Palmyra; killed two or three; burned the town; not a house left; a very bad hole; best to get rid of it and teach the rebels a lesson. Landed a Beatstown [Betsy Town] [sic] with infantry and cavalry from Clarksville; pursued the rebels 6 miles back; it was not prudent to follow them farther. Sent the fleet on up to Nashville under convoy of Brilliant, Robb, and Silver Lake. Remained at Beatstown [Betsy Town] [sic] Landing with gunboats Lexington, Springfield, and one transport till infantry returned near 10 p. m.....
LeRoy Fitch, Lieutenant-Commander
Navy OR, Ser. 1, Vol. 24, pp. 74-75.
CLARKSVILLE, April 4, 1863--12 m.
Brig.-Gen. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff:
....Report of cannon in direction of Palmyra is now heard. Think the gunboats are coming up....
WM. P. BOONE, Cmdg. Post.
NASHVILLE, April 4, 1863.
Brig. Gen. JAMES A. GARFIELD, Chief of Staff:
The boats fired into at the Iron Pike Shoals were fired at by two 6-pounders and about 200 rounds of musketry, 60 yards distance.
ROBT. B. MITCHELL, Brig.-Gen.
OR, Ser. I, Vol. 23, pt. II, p. 208.
Excerpt from the November 25, 1863 Report or LCDR LeRoy Fitch regarding operations in the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers, August 23, 1862-October 21, 1863, relative to the sack of Palmyra, April 6, 1863:
As soon as I reached Smithland and had coaled, I received a dispatch from Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Hurd, saying the fleet under convoy had been attacked by batteries at Palmyra, and that his vessel, the St. Clair, was disabled.
I got underway immediately and moved up, arriving at Palmyra the afternoon of the 6th of April.[1]
I landed opposite and sent a detachment on shore, in charge of Acting Master [James] Fitzpatrick, with orders to burn every house in the place, and not to allow the men under his command to remove or pillage a single article.
The order was carried out fully.
Just after the boats landed several stragglers broke out of their concealments and ran; he fired on them, killing one and wounding another.
I was opposed to the wanton destruction of property, but in this instance I deemed it justifiable, for it was one of the worst secession places on the river, and unarmed transports had been fired into from door and windows of the houses.
I would here remark that the summary manner in which the people of Palmyra were dealt with had a very good effect, for I do not think there has been a steamer molested on the river since.
The [rebel] battery at Palmyra was withdrawn on my approach, and moved up to Harpeth Shoals, so I followed on up after it, taking with me cavalry and infantry from Clarksville, to get in the enemy's rear, if possible; but, again the battery was removed, this time to the interior where it remained.
Navy OR, Ser. I, Vol. 23, pp. 316-317.
5, "A DISORDERLY HOUSE AND AN UNFORTUNATE HOSTAGE."
Jane, a [illegible] colored African female was up before his Honor, yesterday morning, to answer to the charge of keeping a noisy domicile. Jane lives in a notoriously bad neighborhood on Beal street. She takes in washing, and it so happened, that certain parties of conflicting color, and conflicting sex, met at her residence the other evening to patronize her, but so far forgot their errand as to engage in a noisy jollification which drew an officer to the spot who spotted Jane and returned for her the next morning, when she very suddenly found herself before his Honor, and was found guilty by his Honor of allowing the peace to be disturbed by certain ones upon her premises, and the premises in the case being substantiated, she was find an X exactly.
Memphis Bulletin, April 5, 1864.
5, 1865, Confederate evacuation of and Federal occupation and fortification of Taylorsville, Johnnson county[2]
No circumstantial reports filed.
Excerpt from the Report of Brigadier-General Davis Tilson, U. S. Army, commanding Fourth Division, Department of the Cumberland, of Operations March 22-May 16, 1865.
GEN.: In compliance with instructions from Maj.-Gen. Stoneman, who directed me when no longer able to communicate with him to report to the major-general commanding the department, I have the honor to state that my command reached and encamped at the mouth of Roan Creek, Tenn., on morning of the 4th instant. On the 5th one battalion First U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, 420 men, and the Fourth Tennessee Infantry, 544 men, under command of Maj. Gray, First U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, moved to Taylorsville, Tenn. Maj. Gray encamped the battalion of his regiment and two companies of the Fourth Tennessee Infantry at the cross-roads two miles southeast of the town, and Maj. with the remainder of his regiment encamped at Taylorsville, which had been hastily evacuated a few hours before our arrival by the enemy, 250 strong, under Col. Prentice, C. S. Army.
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At all the points mentioned I examined the ground, located gave particular instructions for building rough but formidable field-works, and directed the commanding officer to gather in as large a supply as practicable of subsistence and forage. At Taylorsville advantage was taken of the court-house and other buildings for defensive purposes. This camp is also being rapidly entrenched.
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DAVIS TILSON, Brigadier-General Commanding Division
OR, Ser. I, Vol. 49, pt. I, p. 337.
[1] There appears to be no way to definitely ascertain the exact date for the trouble at Palmyra.
[2] Taylorsville was renamed Mountain City in 1886.
James B. Jones, Jr.
Public Historian
Tennessee Historical Commission
2941 Lebanon Road
Nashville, TN 37214
(615)-532-1550 x115
(615)-532-1549 FAX
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