Thanks for the info, Betty Jane! Do I need to forward this to Ellen, or did you copy it to her? Pat S Betty Jane Hylton wrote: > > In the March 26, 2000 issue of the Johnson City Press, there is an article > about a memorial planned for the Limestone Battle. Tony Valentine, 693 > Centerfield Dr., Maumee, OH 43537 or e-mail at [email protected] is > spearheading a project to have a marker placed near the Old Gillespie House > at the intersection of Old State Route 34 and Davy Crockett Rd. He is asking > for donations toward the cost which will be $1,325. > > Kim and Randall Sluss, who live between the Gillespie House and the railroad > bridge at 106 Davy Crockett Rd., Limestone are creating a park for the > marker. > > The text will read: "At a bridge here on September 8, 1863, the 100th > Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, engaged more than 1,000 of General Alfred > E. Jackson's men in a short skirmish. Out of ammunition and surrounded, the > 100th was forced to surrender. Union casualties were 6 dead, numerous > wounded, and over 250 captured. Of this number, 85 died in Confederate > prisons. Confederate losses ere not reported." > > The History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988 by the Watauga Association > of Genealogists -- the Battle of Limestone Station was "a complete tactical > victory for the South" and "a strategic one as well." > > Betty Jane > > -- > Betty Jane Hylton > Co-coordinator, Washington County, TN TNGenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin > Editor, Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin > > ---------- > >From: Pat Sabin <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [TNWASHIN] Civil War Battle? > >Date: Wed, Apr 5, 2000, 10:22 PM > > > > > Hi, Ya'll, > > > > I am forwarding a letter from a non-subscriber. If anyone knows the > > answer, please reply directly to Ellen, but I'd appreciate your copying > > to the list. I'm curious, too! Thanks! Pat > > > > ******** > > I read with interest the information on the Jonesborough, TN website. > > James Gallaher (Sr.), a great grandfather of my husband, moved > > following the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania to property along > > the Nolichucky River. Two years ago, when my husband and I visited > > the Davy Crocket Park out of Jonesborough, we were told that area > > along the Nolichucky River had once been Gallaher property. > > > > I asked the lady at the park's visitor center/museum if a Civil War > > battle/skirmish had taken place near there at a place then called > > Limestone Station. She thought there had been but didn't know the > > details. A great grandmother of mine had two brothers (Elisha and > > John Prescott) who with about 270 other Union soldiers were overpowered > > there Sept. 8, 1863 by some 2100 Confederates, taken prisoner, and > > sent to Belle Isle Prison in Richmond, Virginia. > > > > Please let me know if/where I can obtain documentation about this > > battle. Your assistance will be much appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > Ellen Brown > > [email protected] > > > >