Champ Ferguson's Independent Kentucky and Tennessee Cavalry,
CSA
" I was a Southern Man at the start. I am yet,and will die a Rebel.
I believe I was right in all I did. I dont think I have done anything
wrong at
anytime.
I committed my deeds in a cool and deliberate manner. I have killed a
good
many men, of course; I dont deny that, but I never killed a man whom I
did not
know was seeking my life. It is false that I never took prisoners. I
took a
great many and after keeping them awhile paroled them....
I had always heard that the Federals would not take me prisoner, but
would
shoot me down, wherever found. That is what made me kill more than I
would
otherwise have done. They never got a man that belonged to my company or
Bledsoe's company but that they killed him, and of course they might
expect
that I would not miss doing the same thing with their men.
I repeat that I die a Rebel out and out, and my last request is that my
body
be removed to White County, Tennessee, and be buried in good Rebel
soil...."
Champ Ferguson
His last statement to the press
on the morning of his execution
October 20, 1865
~ CONTENTS ~
History of Ferguson's Independent Cavalry
Roster of Ferguson's Independent Kentucky and Tennessee Cavalry, CSA
Unionist Guerillas of the Upper Cumberland
Maps of the Upper Cumberland Region
Reenacting Ferguson's Independent Co. & Killen's Homeguards
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