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Jonathan D. Hale papers relating to Champ Ferguson
Manuscripts
Collection contains eight items dated 1865 to 1866 relating to Jonathan D. Hale's attempt to recoup his losses from the 1862 destruction of his Tennessee property by Confederate guerillas led by Champ Ferguson, and to Ferguson's 1865 war crimes trial. Material includes two inventory descriptions of Hale's property destroyed and other outcomes of Ferguson's raid, one of which includes details of neighbors who were also victimized (both approximately 1865); one plea and answer of Hale to a bill of complaint filed by J.W. McHenry regarding a military assessment of Hale's property damage, which mentions guerilla activities of Ferguson and others, approximately 1865; four letters concerning Hale's claims against Ferguson and his cohorts, 1865 to 1866; and a narrative in the hand of Hale titled "History of a Saw Log" that describes the cutting of a giant poplar tree and was probably recorded while collecting oral testimony against Ferguson, dated April 16, 1865. Most items are in pen; some have penciled additions.
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Jonathan D. Hale papers
Manuscripts
The voluminous correspondence, notebooks, affidavits, eyewitness testimonies, and published pamphlets of the family of Jonathan D. Hale contain a wealth of previously unknown information about the Civil War in Tennessee and Kentucky, including the organization of Unionist communities; women's contributions to the war effort; guerrilla warfare; the fate of Unionists' slaves; Reconstruction in East Tennessee and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan; and complicated and bitter politics of veterans' affairs in the wake of the Civil War. The letters, orders, reports, and communications written during Hale's services with General George H. Thomas (1816–1870) is a unique resource for historians of Civil War civilian scouts and guides, a topic that remains largely unexplored. The papers of Jonathan Davis Hale and Pheroba Ann Chilton Hale chiefly contain correspondence between husband and wife, 1850s-1890s, concentrated 1861-1870. Includes 88 letters from Pheroba to Jonathan, 1862-1865; 12 letters from Pheroba to Jonathan, 1869-1870, detailing problems at the Mill after Jonathan fled the Klan; 62 letters from Jonathan to Pheroba; Jonathan's notebook, 1864-1872; 40 pages of memoranda and correspondence of Hale, 1862-1865, as General Thomas' Chief Scout; another Hale notebook containing signed testimonial statements and other commentary from those injured, charging as guerrillas, Champ Ferguson, Galen Elliott and Henry Sublett, 1865; plus other war related material including unrecorded pamphlets, etc, 1872-1892. There are also letters by General William S. Rosecrans as well as the Ku Klux Klan (threatening Hale's life for his role in Champ Ferguson's death). Other subjects include: Ulysses S. Grant, scouts and spies in the Civil War, etc.
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Hall, A. J. Letter to J. D. (Jonathan D.) Hale
Manuscripts
With: Hall, A. J. letter to J. D. (Jonathan D.) Hale. Note re: piano stolen by Champ Ferguson.
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Hale, J. D. (Jonathan D.). Statement re: Champ Ferguson
Manuscripts
Written on the last page of a petition by Joseph Ramsey, Will Gilbreath and W. A. Black.
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Hale, J. D. (Jonathan D.). Statement
Manuscripts
The voluminous correspondence, notebooks, affidavits, eyewitness testimonies, and published pamphlets of the family of Jonathan D. Hale contain a wealth of previously unknown information about the Civil War in Tennessee and Kentucky, including the organization of Unionist communities; womens contributions to the war effort; guerrilla warfare; the fate of Unionists' slaves; Reconstruction in East Tennessee and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan; and complicated and bitter politics of veterans' affairs in the wake of the Civil War. The letters, orders, reports, and communications written during Hale's services with General George H. Thomas (1816-1870) is a unique resource for historians of Civil War civilian scouts and guides, a topic that remains largely unexplored.
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Hale, J. D. (Jonathan D.). Petition
Manuscripts
The voluminous correspondence, notebooks, affidavits, eyewitness testimonies, and published pamphlets of the family of Jonathan D. Hale contain a wealth of previously unknown information about the Civil War in Tennessee and Kentucky, including the organization of Unionist communities; womens contributions to the war effort; guerrilla warfare; the fate of Unionists' slaves; Reconstruction in East Tennessee and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan; and complicated and bitter politics of veterans' affairs in the wake of the Civil War. The letters, orders, reports, and communications written during Hale's services with General George H. Thomas (1816-1870) is a unique resource for historians of Civil War civilian scouts and guides, a topic that remains largely unexplored.
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