There was a plan that President Lincoln approved to burn railroad bridges through East Tennessee, followed by Federal troops coming in and securing the area. The troops never came, except to hold Cumberland Gap for a time, still many East Tennesseans were loyal to the Union.
My Vets are:
CALLAWAY BYRGE UNION 7TH TN. MTD. INF. (my 3x gr grandfather.)
HIS BROTHERS:
MICHAEL BYRGE UNION 7TH TN. MTD. INF.
PRESTON BYRGE UNION 7TH TN. MTD. INF.DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ATHENS, TN. SPRING 1865
ROBERT BYRGE UNION 7TH TN. MTD. INF.
SAMUEL BYRGE UNION 1ST TN. INF. DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY CUMBERLAND FORD, KY. 10 MAY 1862.
CALLOWAY'S COUSIN:
WILLIAM BYRGE UNION 1ST TN. INF./12TH KY.REGT. VOL.
DANIEL CUPP UNION 1ST TN. INF.
(my 3x gr grandfather.)
HIS BROTHER:
ABRAHAM CUPP UNION 1ST TN. INF.
NOTE:DANIEL'S BROTHER CHARLES CUPP WAS KILLED BY CONFEDERATES WHEN HE REFUSED TO SELL THEM HORSES.
JAMES W. NEWPORT UNION E. TN. GUARDS
(my 4x gr grandfather.)
HIS BROTHER:
RICHARD HICKS NEWPORT UNION SOLDIER--DIED AT ANDERSONVILLE PRISON.
JAMES W. NEWPORT'S SON:
FIELDEN NEWPORT UNION ARMY, WOUNDED IN THE WAR.
AARON M. WALDEN UNION NAT. GD. E. TN.
(my 1st cousin 4x removed.)
BENJAMINE F. WALDEN UNION NAT. GD. E. TN.
(my 1st cousin 4x removed.)
