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Bryson's
[Union] Tennessee
Cavalry
Cherokee County, N.C.,
Oct. 27, 1863.
Bryson's Tennessee Cavalry.
According to the reports of Confederate Gen. C. L. Stevenson,
Gen. Burnside sent Capt. Goldman Bryson, with his company of
cavalry belonging to the Tennessee national
guard, to get in
the Confederate rear.
Stevenson says he sent Gen. Vaughn, with a detachment of
mounted men, to intercept him, and that in
a skirmish near
Murphy, N. C., Bryson was killed, 17 of his company captured,
and the rest dispersed.
The Federal reports make no mention of the affair.
Source: The Union Army, Vol. 5, p. 272
Recommended Reading: War
at Every Door: Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee, 1860-1869. Description: One
of the most divided regions of the Confederacy, East Tennessee was the site of fierce Unionist resistance to secession, Confederate
rule, and the Southern war effort. It was also the scene of unrelenting 'irregular,' or guerrilla, warfare between Union and
Confederate supporters, a conflict that permanently altered the region's political, economic, and social landscape. In this
study, Noel Fisher examines the military and political struggle for control of East Tennessee from the secession crisis through
the early years of Reconstruction, focusing particularly on the military and political significance of the region's irregular
activity. Continued...
Fisher portrays in grim detail the brutality and ruthlessness employed not only by partisan bands but also
by Confederate and Union troops under constant threat of guerrilla attack and government officials frustrated by unstinting
dissent. He demonstrates that, generally, guerrillas were neither the romantic, daring figures of Civil War legend nor mere
thieves and murderers, but rather were ordinary men and women who fought to live under a government of their choice and to
drive out those who did not share their views.
Bryson's Tennessee Cavalry
Civil War History of Brysons East Tennessee, Bryson Union Cavalry Summary, Bryson’s Federal Cavalry Volunteer Company
of Raiders, Western North Carolina Bushwhackers
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