Just copy it and paste into your browser -------------------------------------------------- From: "O. E. Jones" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 11:17 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] TNWEAKLE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 173 > I can't get this URL to the Martin Library to work. The problem may be > that the URL is in two lines, and the part on the second line is not in > hypertext format. If you can redo that URL about the Lockeridge encounter > I would love to read about this incident. > > --- On Thu, 9/2/10, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: TNWEAKLE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 173 > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 2:01 AM > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Lockridge Mill (Garry Brown) > 2. Lockridge's Mill and Dresden-Mayfield Rd (Garry Brown) > 3. Lockridge's Mill and Dresden-Mayfield Rd (pj) > 4. Lockridge's Mill and Dresden-Mayfield Rd (pj) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:44:52 -0600 > From: "Garry Brown" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lockridge Mill > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > This article is online at > http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/departments/special_collectio > ns/dullrich/lock/index.html > > > Garry S Brown > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Richard Saunders > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 2:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lockridge Mill > > Dieter Ulrich published a very good historical study of the spat in "They > Met at Lockridge's Mill," West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, 51 > (1997): 1-20. You can request a copy through any interlibrary loan > service. > > Richard. > [email protected] + 731-881-7094 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:19:25 -0600 > From: "Garry Brown" <[email protected]> > Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lockridge's Mill and Dresden-Mayfield Rd > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > HELP from all you amateur historians. > > > > I have just read again the Dieter Ullrich account of the Civil War > engagement at Lockridge's Mill recommended by Richard Saunders. It is a > very good read for anyone interested in local history. It is not only an > excellent account of the engagement but it also presents the divisions of > loyalty among the local population very well. BUT, the author seems to > think the road across the Obion River at Lockridge Mill was the > Dresden-Mayfield Road. I am almost, but not quite, totally certain that > is > wrong. It is difficult to prove these things beyond a shadow of doubt. > But > I believe the Dresden-Mayfield Road has always been the route that today > follows TN 118 from Dukedom to Dresden. This road crosses the Obion about > 4 > miles downstream from Lockridge's Mill today and may have been a little > further west earlier. I believe the Road across the river at Lockridge > Mill > may have been known as the Paducah Road in the 1830's but I am not certain > of this. > > > > Are there any opinions out there? > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:31:05 -0500 > From: "pj" <[email protected]> > Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lockridge's Mill and Dresden-Mayfield Rd > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Garry, Ralph and I both think that the Dresden-Mayfield Road is Hwy 89 > that > comes out of Dresden to Palmersville to Sedalia, Ky on to Mayfield....we > think Hwy 381 or 383 when you hit the Kentucky state line....... > >> HELP from all you amateur historians. >> >> >> >> I have just read again the Dieter Ullrich account of the Civil War >> engagement at Lockridge's Mill recommended by Richard Saunders. It is a >> very good read for anyone interested in local history. It is not only an >> excellent account of the engagement but it also presents the divisions of >> loyalty among the local population very well. BUT, the author seems to >> think the road across the Obion River at Lockridge Mill was the >> Dresden-Mayfield Road. I am almost, but not quite, totally certain that >> is >> wrong. It is difficult to prove these things beyond a shadow of doubt. >> But >> I believe the Dresden-Mayfield Road has always been the route that today >> follows TN 118 from Dukedom to Dresden. This road crosses the Obion >> about >> 4 >> miles downstream from Lockridge's Mill today and may have been a little >> further west earlier. I believe the Road across the river at Lockridge >> Mill >> may have been known as the Paducah Road in the 1830's but I am not >> certain >> of this. >> >> >> >> Are there any opinions out there? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:55:50 -0500 > From: "pj" <[email protected]> > Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lockridge's Mill and Dresden-Mayfield Rd > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I stand corrected....... > > >> Nope. Never was. That road wasn't even built until 1933 or so. The >> Mayfield Rd is labeled on the 1836 map of Weakley Co. That is the first >> known map of the county I think. It lies entirely west of the Meridian >> line. And runs from Dresden to Dukedom Prior to 1933 Old Boydsville Rd >> was >> the route from Dresden to the area you are talking about. It ran across >> Sprout's Levee. You can't trust the 1880 map on the County Web site; it >> shows Lockridge Mill on Sprout's and everyone knows that is wrong. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pj [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:31 PM >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Lockridge's Mill and Dresden-Mayfield Rd >> >> Garry, Ralph and I both think that the Dresden-Mayfield Road is Hwy 89 >> that >> comes out of Dresden to Palmersville to Sedalia, Ky on to Mayfield....we >> think Hwy 381 or 383 when you hit the Kentucky state line....... >> >>> HELP from all you amateur historians. >>> >>> >>> >>> I have just read again the Dieter Ullrich account of the Civil War >>> engagement at Lockridge's Mill recommended by Richard Saunders. It is a >>> very good read for anyone interested in local history. It is not only >>> an >>> excellent account of the engagement but it also presents the divisions >>> of >>> loyalty among the local population very well. BUT, the author seems to >>> think the road across the Obion River at Lockridge Mill was the >>> Dresden-Mayfield Road. I am almost, but not quite, totally certain that >>> is >>> wrong. It is difficult to prove these things beyond a shadow of doubt. >>> But >>> I believe the Dresden-Mayfield Road has always been the route that today >>> follows TN 118 from Dukedom to Dresden. This road crosses the Obion >>> about >> >>> 4 >>> miles downstream from Lockridge's Mill today and may have been a little >>> further west earlier. I believe the Road across the river at Lockridge >>> Mill >>> may have been known as the Paducah Road in the 1830's but I am not >>> certain >>> of this. >>> >>> >>> >>> Are there any opinions out there? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the TNWEAKLE list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the TNWEAKLE mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of TNWEAKLE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 173 > **************************************** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message