Hi Bobby Prosser: I read somewhere during my KING-CLOUD research, that there were a lot of people in Lincoln Co. TN and in Madison Co. AL areas, that were not in favor of leaving the union. I read where a vote was taken in AL regarding separation from the union and joining the CSA. North Alabama apparently voted to remain in the union, but were out voted by the cotton plantation owners in south Alabama. In addition, I have read about young men in the same family often joining both the Union and CSA forces. My great grandfather John E. Cloud of Madison Co. AL was imprisoned in Nashville, TN as a suspected Confederate spy, near the end of the war. He died in prison just prior to the end of the war. You can read some of the details in my book titled From Wagons To Space Ships. The book is available on microfilm from LDS family history centers and in a few cases, by interlibrary loan. None of the books are available for sale. Tom King, Sr. > >
Tom: Good to hear from you on the list. There was more division in our area than I realized. The prison camps were most inhumane. Our civil liberties of this day would probably have been laughed at from both sides of the conflict. I just read of one story of a Confederate Soldier of the rank of Captain, having a leg amputated and being sent to the Illinois prison within a day or so of the amputation and the medical needs were so primitive. I imagine the pain was almost unbearable, but he lived through it and returned to Bedford County. This happened in The Stones River Battle and of course Shelbyville is within close proximity of Murfreesboro. Upon getting hit and while he was still in the Confederate Camp, he requested of his mother to send his slave if he cared to come. The slave came and provided care for him. The Confederate Hospital was taken over by the Union and this was when he was sent to the prison camp. The slave went on to join the Union Army and became a Sergeant. After the conflict the former slave returned to the plantation and went to work for the Confederate veteran. They are buried side beside in a Bedford County Cemetery. Bobby Prosser prossergenealogy@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <TomKingAZ@aol.com> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:08 PM Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] Re:Your comments regarding civil war attitudes. > Hi Bobby Prosser: > > I read somewhere during my KING-CLOUD research, that there were a lot of > people in Lincoln Co. TN and in Madison Co. AL areas, that were not in favor of > leaving the union. I read where a vote was taken in AL regarding separation from > the union and joining the CSA. North Alabama apparently voted to remain in > the union, but were out voted by the cotton plantation owners in south Alabama. > In addition, I have read about young men in the same family often joining both > the Union and CSA forces. > > My great grandfather John E. Cloud of Madison Co. AL was imprisoned in > Nashville, TN as a suspected Confederate spy, near the end of the war. He died in > prison just prior to the end of the war. You can read some of the details in my > book titled From Wagons To Space Ships. The book is available on microfilm > from LDS family history centers and in a few cases, by interlibrary loan. None of > the books are available for sale. > > Tom King, Sr. > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >