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“The Old Red Fox”

“The Old Red Fox” is a Tennessee historical marker in Carter County.

Carter Co., TN 67, on north bank of Doe River, north of village of Valley Forge

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At Valley Forge, Dan Ellis usually assembled for Federal regiments whom he guided over obscure mountain trails to Kentucky, while East Tennessee was under Confederate control. Born 1827, and a veteran of the Mexican War, he was subsequently Captain of Co. "A," 13th Tennessee Cavalry, USA. He died in 1907 and is buried in the family cemetery 14th District.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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