That is correct, Joyce. That is what was "published" about my ancestor. But that is NOT what REALLY happened. He was sick and missed his "muster out" date...so he returned home...to Wayne County....There "confederate gorilla's" captured him and took him to the McClammery (?) farm. There they "killed" him and "indecently" buried him in a shallow grave, putting up a "picket" around him. His mother, Elizabeth Bennett Darnell and friends went to retrieve him but the confederate's would not let her in. Later, upon hearing of another encroachment of arms, the confederates fled, which allowed my g g great grandmother to go in an collect her son's remains and bury him decently. G G Great Grandmother had to go to court and prove her relation to her son...in doing so...all is a matter of court record. N -----Original Message----- From: tnwayne-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnwayne-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce Luna Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:33 PM To: tnwayne@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] Query Exactly, is a bushwacker a person that lays in the bushes and robs people as they passby? that is what I sounds like to me. joyce Nena Wright <nena_w@att.net> wrote: Hi again! Say.....in the Wayne County Historian Vol 7, No 1 - March 1994 page 19....J. W. Darnell At the top of the page: "of who "J. W. Darnell, bushwhacker" was can now be laid to rest. Recommended reading: "The Buggar Saga," For more about the 2nd TN Mtd Inf and tales of the local area during the Civil War era." Can anyone give me any idea where to find this book? Amazon, nor Barnes and Noble nor several others I've tried has it. Nena ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Nena and Joyce, Your discussion of Jordan Darnell is interesting. My good friend Billy Darnell wrote the 1994 article in the Wayne County Historian that was mentioned. Bill passed away about 3 or 4 years ago. I too had relatives that were in the 2nd Mounted. A little research shows that several members of the 2nd were killed by guerillas during the war. I think the term bushwhackers or guerrillas can refer to either side depending on which side you are on. Bert Hays (CSA) appears to have gotten credit for most of the bushwhacking that went on in Hardin and Wayne Co. Others accused Branson Davis (2nd Mounted) of the same atrocities. The Confederate sympathizers didn't like Capt. Risden DeFord of the 6th Cavalry, who according to Wade Pruitt in "Buggar Saga," made life miserable for the southern side in the Hardin Co. area. There was a J. W. Darnell in the 5th Tennessee Infantry CSA early on. I don't know if this could be Jordan Darnell. I know we discussed that possibility several years ago. Some early recruits who joined the Confederate Army (sometimes against their will) later joined units like the 2nd Mounted which was formed in 1863 and stationed at Clifton. I think "Buggar Saga" is out of print. The last copy I bought was from the book store in the Cox Creek Mall at Florence. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nena Wright" <nena_w@att.net> To: <tnwayne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] Joyce > That is correct, Joyce. > > That is what was "published" about my ancestor. But that is NOT what > REALLY > happened. > > He was sick and missed his "muster out" date...so he returned home...to > Wayne County....There "confederate gorilla's" captured him and took him to > the McClammery (?) farm. There they "killed" him and "indecently" buried > him in a shallow grave, putting up a "picket" around him. His mother, > Elizabeth Bennett Darnell and friends went to retrieve him but the > confederate's would not let her in. > > Later, upon hearing of another encroachment of arms, the confederates > fled, > which allowed my g g great grandmother to go in an collect her son's > remains > and bury him decently. > > G G Great Grandmother had to go to court and prove her relation to her > son...in doing so...all is a matter of court record. > > N > > -----Original Message----- > From: tnwayne-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnwayne-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Joyce Luna > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:33 PM > To: tnwayne@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] Query > > Exactly, is a bushwacker a person that lays in the bushes and robs people > as > they passby? that is what I sounds like to me. > joyce > > Nena Wright <nena_w@att.net> wrote: > Hi again! > > Say.....in the Wayne County Historian Vol 7, No 1 - March 1994 page > 19....J. > W. Darnell > > At the top of the page: > > "of who "J. W. Darnell, bushwhacker" was can now be laid to rest. > Recommended reading: "The Buggar Saga," For more about the 2nd TN Mtd Inf > and tales of the local area during the Civil War era." > > Can anyone give me any idea where to find this book? Amazon, nor Barnes > and > Noble nor several others I've tried has it. > > Nena > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! > Search. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1210 - Release Date: 1/5/2008 > 11:46 AM >