Rogersville

Belle Island, Richmond, Virginia, November twenty-second, eighteen sixty-three.

I was captured near Rogersville, East Tennessee, on the sixth of this month while acting as brigade quartermaster sergeant.

The brigade was divided, two regiments twenty miles away, while brigade headquarters with Seventh Ohio and First Tennessee Mounted Infantry were at Rogersville.

The brigade quartermaster had a large quantity of clothing on hand, which we were about to issue to the brigade as soon as possible.

The rebel citizens got up a dance at one of the public houses in the village and invited all the Union officers.

End of Dedication and Introduction Part One of Andersonville Diary by John L.

Ransom This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Part One The Capture A rebel ruse to gobble up Union troops A complete surprise Careless officers Heroic defense Beginning of a long imprisonment Bell Island, Richmond, Virginia, November 22, 1863 I was captured near Rogersville, East Tennessee, on the 6th of this month, while acting as brigade quartermaster sergeant.

The brigade was divided, two regiments twenty miles away, while brigade headquarters with 7th Ohio and 1st Tennessee mounted infantry were at Rogersville.

The brigade quartermaster had a large quantity of clothing on hand, which we were about to issue to the brigade as soon as possible.

The rebel citizens got up a dance at one of the public houses in the village and invited all the Union officers.

But temperatures, tolerable.

Landon, say that word like someone from Rogersville.

Tolerable?

Tolerable.

And again, uh, maybe a week after Saturday it'll change back, but, like, this is a huge opportunity for Tennessee, you know, in a, in a winnable game, I think, at home with the loudest stadium in the country to go out and make a statement.

So, you know, a- and you know what, Andy? Like, you and I were talking about this game in Rogersville and Walmart parking lots and what...

You know those metal trash cans that they put fires in at the, at the barbecues? You know, like-

You, you're gonna piss off all Twitter now.

They have suburbs.

[laughs]

We were talking about this in the middle of the summer about going to Rogersville.

Yes, yes.

End of Dedication and Introduction Part 1 of Andersonville Diary by John L.

Ransom This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Part 1 The Capture A rebel ruse to gobble up Union troops A complete surprise Careless officers Heroic defense Beginning of a long imprisonment Bell Island, Richmond, Virginia, November 22, 1863 I was captured near Rogersville, East Tennessee, on the 6th of this month, while acting as brigade quartermaster sergeant.

The brigade was divided, two regiments twenty miles away, while brigade headquarters with 7th Ohio and 1st Tennessee mounted infantry were at Rogersville.

The brigade quartermaster had a large quantity of clothing on hand, which we were about to issue to the brigade as soon as possible.

The rebel citizens got up a dance at one of the public houses in the village and invited all the Union officers.

This solitary family of the Crocketts followed down the northwestern banks of the Hawkins River for many a weary mile until they came to a spot which struck their fancy as a suitable place to build their cabin.

In subsequent years, a small village called Rogersville was gradually reared upon this spot, and the territory immediately around was organized into what is now known as Hawkins County.

But then, for leagues in every direction, the solemn forest stood in all its grandeur.

Here Mr. Crockett, alone and unaided save by his wife and children, constructed a little shanty, which could have been but little more than a hunter's camp.