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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 155 (search)
Doc. 152.-capture of Major McCann. Report of Captain Clifford. Nashville, Tenn., August 28, 1863. Captain Wm. C. Russell, A. A. General: Captain: I have the honor to submit the following report of the expedition to Weems's Springs, Tennessee. In compliance with your instructions from Headquarters, District of the Cuth into four platoons, each under command of a commissioned officer, and every man being in readiness, I ordered the charge, which resulted in the capture of Major Dick McCann and fourteen others, together with twenty-seven horses, their arms and equipments. The notorious guerrilla chief was captured by private Martin W. Culp, of Weems's Springs until noon, when I started for Franklin, Tennessee, where I arrived with my command soon after dark on the nineteenth instant. Here I turned Major Dick McCann and prisoners over to the Provost-Marshal, and rested my men and horses until the afternoon of the twenty-second instant, when I, with my company, departed f
The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
for Lieutenant in Rice's company, Confederate service. I am now watching the destruction of all of Uncle Sam's property. We captured Col. Boone and his whole command this morning. The Colonel is a clever man, but not very particular in choosing his company. As an old friend, I advise you and Andy to leave the city, or you will be compelled to take up quarters in Tuscaloosa. Respectfully, yours, J. R. McCann, Captain of Cheatham Rifles. [answer.] Nashville, August 12. Dear Dick McCann: I am truly glad to hear from you. Did not know you were so near — great victory, no blood spilt. Your eloquent Union speeches for Douglas made a deep impression on me. I can't change. Andy's health is fine, and so is mine. Don't put off your coming home. Why do so when so near? When you come we will extend to you the hospitalities of the city in a warm reception. If you will wait, I'll be in Gallatin to-morrow. Don't go before I see you. Your family are all well. I didn'
The Daily Dispatch: April 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], Dick M'Cann's last Exploit (search)
Dick M'Cann's last Exploit --The Winchester Bulletin, of April 3d thus records the doings of Dick McCann, Dick has a long score against the vandals, and if he don't pay it off we have mistaken the man: Major Dick McCann's Tennessee squadrMajor Dick McCann's Tennessee squadron of cavalry has again been at work. A few days since the Major (the Yankees call him "Dick Turpin") took one hundred of his men and penetrated Rosecrans's lines to Antioch, about nine miles from Nashville. When within a quarter of a mile of Antithe Major and his brave men. A few miles above the trains stopped and the Yankees got out and formed alone of battle, but McCann and his men were gone, having suffered to the extent of one man wounded, for the Yankees fired one volley at them as theyhis side of Antioch, the Yankees took off forty dead men and forty wounded. So says Mrs. F.--who saw them. On his return McCann captured three wagons which he burned, bringing off the teams and two negroes as booty. He can stare the Yankees if any
The Daily Dispatch: April 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Congressional summary. (search)
More Captures near Nashville — the "Horse Marines" at work. Chattanooga, April 14. --Major Dick McCann has captured another train on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. He has also destroyed a long wagon train. Two more gunboats and three transports on the Cumberland river have been destroyed by Wheeler's command.
The Daily Dispatch: September 11, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Middle Tennessee. (search)
From Middle Tennessee. --A citizen of Davidson county, Tenn., who left there within the last ten days, reports (to the Huntsville Confederate) 2,500 Yankee infantry at Columbia. He states that the bold partisan, Dick McCann, with fifteen men, was captured in Hickman county, by a Yankee force sent out from Nashville. He had sixteen men, and only one escaped to tell the tale.
The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1863., [Electronic resource], 100 dollars reward. (search)
The capture of Major McCann. --The Nashville Union, (Yankee, of course,) has an account of the capture of Major Dick McCann, the famous Major Dick McCann, the famous Tennessee "guerilla," at Weams's Springs, near that city. The capture was made by two companies of Federal cavalry, and this is the way it was done: McCann's men were laying siege to a hearty breakfast, their horses were in the stables, they themselves unconscious of the presere now cut off by Captain Clifford's force, which had then come up. McCann himself seeing his moment of preparation for a fight had passed, reaping through the dense forest. On approaching Captain Mackey, McCann endeavored to conceal his rank — a star on his left breast — and onthat in his prisoner he recognized the off-described features of Dick McCann, and said, "You can come no game on me; you are Dick McCann." HeDick McCann." He replied, "Yes, sir, I am Major J. R. McCann, and I am your prisoner." He and his men were lodged in jail in this town on Wednesday night and