John Bell Brownlow Letter
This collection consists of a letter from John Bell Brownlow to an unidentified correspondent in Nashville, Tennessee. In it, Brownlow expresses his opinion of notorious Confederate guerrilla Champ Ferguson, offers his friend information documenting Ferguson's trial, and condemns the supposedly cultured Confederate sympathizers who petitioned the President to release this monster.
Dates
- 1866 June 3
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists of a letter from John Bell Brownlow to an unidentified correspondent in Nashville, Tennessee. In it, Brownlow expresses his opinion of notorious Confederate guerrilla Champ Ferguson, offers his friend information documenting Ferguson's trial, and condemns Confederate sympathizers who asked the president to release Ferguson, who he calls a "monster."
Biographical/Historical Note
John Bell Brownlow was born to William Gannaway Parson Brownlow, an ardent East Tennessee Unionist and editor of the Knoxville Whig, and Eliza O'Brien Brownlow in Elizabethton, Tennessee on October 19, 1839. He graduated from Emory and Henry College in Virginia and then served a long internship at his father's newspaper. During the Civil War, Brownlow commanded the Union's 9th Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry. After the war, he served as a special agent for the United States Treasury Department (1865-1866) and then worked for the United States Post Office. In 1904, Brownlow and his son, William G. Brownlow II, started Knoxville's first real estate firm, J. B. & W. G. Brownlow Co. John Bell Brownlow died in 1922.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single letter.
Acquisition Note
The Special Collections Library purchased this letter in January of 2006.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository