ancestor, Don Pedro Farragut, had been distinguished under King James I, of Arragon, in the wars against the Moors. George Farragut was born on the island of Minorca, September 29, 1755, which island had come under the dominion of Great Britain, and he thus became a British subject. He emigrated to America in March, 1776, and subsequently became one of the Tennessee pioneers, and was commissioned as Major of the Cavalry Regiment of Washington District, by Governor Blount, November 3, 1790, and subsequently became an intimate friend of Gen. Andrew Jackson. David Farragut entered the United States Navy as a midshipman when only nine years old. He gained distinction in the war of 1812, and subsequently, in a cruise under Commodore Porter, against the pirates. In 1855, he was commissioned captain in the navy. Virginia. When the Civil War broke out, he was residing in Norfolk, He took the part of the Union, and became the most famous of the commanders in the Federal navy. December 21, 1864, he was appointed Vice-Admiral. July 25, 1866, he was appointed to the newly created office of Admiral. August 14, 1870.2 He died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 429. Federal Army Leaders. The officers from Tennessee of high rank in the United States Army were: MAJOR GENERALS BY BREVET- Samuel P. Carter, Alvan C. Gillem, Joseph A. Cooper. These officers held the regular rank of Brigadier General. In addition to these were the following: BRIGADIER GENERALS - Andrew Johnson, William B. Campbell, James G. Spears. BRIGADIER GENERALS BY BREVET - James P. Brownlow, George Spalding, William J. Smith. 430. The Confederate Leaders. The officers from Tennessee of high rank were: LIEUTENANT GENERALS Bedford Forrest. Alexander P. Stewart and Nathan MAJOR GENERALS - Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, John Porter McCown, Daniel S. Donelson, Cadmus M. Wilcox, William Brimage Bate, Bushrod R. Johnson, John Calvin Brown, W. Y. C. Humes. 2 American Historical Magazine, Vol. II, p. 229; National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. II. p. 97; Life of Admiral Farragut, by Capt. A. T. Mahan, U. S. Navy. [NOTE TO TEACHERS.— The long list of Brigadier Generals includes some of the most honored names in Tennessee. It is given below for reference, and is placed in the text in preference to an appendix. The pupils should not be required to memorize the list.] John Adams.3 Samuel R. Anderson. Alexander W. Campbell. John W. Frazer. George W. Gordon. BRIGADIER GENERALS. Robert Hatton.* James E. Rains." Thomas Benton Smith. IN Memory of 431. The Confederate Privates.- History has not room on her page to record the names of the great body of soldiers. It has, however, recorded that their heroism has never been surpassed in the annals of warfare, and it names a few, who, like Forrest, rose from the ranks to high command, and a few others, who, like Sam Davis, displayed qualities which touched the world with sympathy and admiration. A few steps from the home of his boyhood, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, rest the remains of the gallant youth, whose tombstone bears the simple inscription here represented, but whose prouder epitaph is written on the brightest page of history. Condemned as a spy, offered liberty and rewards if he would betray the friend who furnished him information, he replied, "If I had a thousand lives, I would give them all before I would betray a friend." Calmly, without fear, without excitement, the noble boy met his fate. No friend was near to sustain his resolution, or to bear testimony to his heroism. The enemies who surrounded him were touched with pity and admiration, and have given the generous testi Aged 21 Yrs 1 Month & 21 Days He laid down his life For his Country A Truer Soldier, & purer Patriot, a braver man,never Lived. He suggered death on the gibbet, rather than betray his friends and Country mony which places his name high on the roll of fame, as the hero of honor and duty, and the type of the Confederate soldier." 432. Tennesseans in the Confederate Navy.- The most illustrious Tennessean in the Confederate navy was the world-renowned Matthew Fontaine Maury. A native of Virginia, he removed while yet a child to Tennessee. When nineteen years of age, he entered the navy from Tennessee. His reputation was gained before the war, and he was recognized as the greatest of naval scientists. At the beginning of the war, Commodore Maury resigned, and entered the Confederate navy, where his services were employed more in scientific construction than in battle. The following Tennesseans were graduates of the United States Naval Academy, served in the United States navy previous to the war, and subsequently became distinguished in the Confederate service: Lieutenants George W. Gift, John W. Dunnington, W. P. A. Campbell, Thomas Kennedy Porter, A. D. Wharton, George A. Howard, W. W. Carnes, Dabney Minor Scales. In addition to these, two other Tennesseans gained distinction as naval officers - Lieutenants Henry Melvil Doak and John F. Wheless. CHAPTER XLI. RECONSTRUCTION. 433. Steps to Organize Civil Government.-After the retreat of Hood's army, the most sanguine Confederate was convinced that Tennessee would never again be permanently occupied by Confederate troops, and many citizens of Confederate sympathy felt it to be their duty to coöperate in the restoration of civil government. Nothing now prevented Governor Johnson from resuming his measures of reconstruction. The Union convention, whose meeting had been postponed, reässembled January 9, 1865, at Nashville. This was a peculiar convention, originating from a party organization, and without any definite basis of representation. It proceeded, however, under the exigencies of the situation, to assume the work of reörganization. 434. The Constitutional Amendments. The convention proposed two amendments to the Constitution of the State; the first, abolishing 'American Historical Magazine, Vol. IV, pp. 195-207, July, 1899. slavery, and the second, prohibiting the General Assembly from making laws recognizing the right of property in man. The schedule proposed repealed Section 31 of the Constitution, the Ordinance of Secession, and the League with the Confederate States, declared void all acts of the Harris government since May 6, 1861, ratified the acts of Governor Johnson, provided for an election February 22d, at which the people should vote on the ratification of the proposed amendments and schedule, and another election March 4th, for the choice of a Governor and General Assembly. A resolution was adopted, requiring all who voted on the amendments to take the "iron-clad oath." The elections were held. The amendments were ratified, and W. G. Brownlow was elected Governor. 435. Governor Brownlow.- March 4th, the day of the election, Governor Johnson was inaugurated as Vice-President of the United States, and there was an interregnum in Tennessee. The Legislature assembled on the first Monday in April, and unanimously ratified the thirteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution. Governor Brownlow was inaugurated April 5th, and Tennessee was again under civil government. The paroled Confederate soldiers now returned home, and, if allowed to vote, would soon be the controlling factor in the State government. Gov. W. G. BROWNLOW. 436. The Factions of the Union Party.- The Confederate soldiers, dejected and disfranchised, showed at first but little disposition to mingle in politics. Governor Brownlow and the Radical majority in the Legislature, however, seemed to apprehend danger from them. A series of enactments speedily followed, which were strongly opposed by the Conservative wing of the Union party, and which led to sentiments of animosity more bitter than the feelings engendered by the war. Happily, these feelings have passed away. Mutual confidence and Not par kindly sentiment have taken the place of anger and distrust. ticipating in the passions of that day, we can not, if we would, omit the recital of this painful period of our history. Reason and justice pointed out, in 1865, the true lesson which experience demonstrated later - that conciliation was the logical and necessary result. Had the parties of that day been able to look into the future as clearly as we can look back |