Knoxville, November 10, 1861
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| General Zollicoffer |
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| Sir, |
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Information has been received that Mr. Hodgson, a member of the
legislature, has been making a treasonable speech over in Sevier
County. He is also suspected as having a knowledge, if not an
instigator, of the burning of the bridges. He was here yesterday
morning, and we would have arrested him, but he made his escape, and
may probably try to get through your lines somewhere. He ought to be
arrested. Five of the incendiaries who burned the Lick Creek Bridge
have been arrested. I have sent up after them. The bridge at Union
has been destroyed; one at Charleston; two on the Western and
Atlantic Road below Chattanooga. |
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Regretting as much as any one this calamity, I feel that I did all
that I could to prevent it, and I am glad that it is no worse. I had
a company at Lick Creek, but the incendiaries deceived them, and
getting possession of their guns, took them prisoners and
accomplished their cuds. I send you a Register, from which you will
see some of the measures I have taken for the present as being
necessary under the circumstances. |
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shall I do with the prisoners? |
| I am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant |
| W. B. Wood |
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