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State of
Tennessee
County of
Washington } s.s.
On this 4th day of
November 1868 personally appeared before me V.S. Malaney, Clerk of the County
Court of the County above named, Nathaniel Pickering a resident citizen of the
County of Greene and State of Tennessee well known to me to be a respectable
person and entitled to credit, who being by one duly sworn according to law on
oath makes the following statement. To Wit: that he was late 2nd Sargent in
Company F commanded by Captain Bowers, of 3rd Regiment Tennessee Mounted
Infantry of hundred days volunteer soldiers in the military service of the
United States regularly organized and mustered, and that Vincent Thompson in
the month of January 1865, temporally volunteered in the said company, and on
the morning of the 22nd day of January 1865, near a place called Chimney Top
mountain in the county of Greene and state of Tennessee, our said company was
attacked, by the rebels, about one fourth of a mile from the residence of this
witness, and continued till near sun down of the same day, the rebels being
reinforced during the day till they out numbered our company of men more than
ten to one of us, when our little band was over powered and compelled to
surrender Captain Bowers fell very seriously wounded and the above named
Vincent Thompson fell mortally wounded and died within 2 or 3 hours. He fell a
few feet of witness when he was shot-- |
