Confederate Guerrilla

Confederate Guerrilla is a Tennessee historical marker in Cannon County.

Cannon Co, Interstate Hwy 146 & Half Acre Road

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Hiram T. "Pomp" Kersey was a celebrated leader of Confederate irregulars that protected Confederate families in the Short Mountain area. Before leading the partisans, he served in Co. A, 16th TN Vol. Inf., CSA. On 24 July 1864, in retaliation to a raid the previous night, he and seven other secessionists were surprised in their sleep. Unionist led by William Hathaway shot and killed them. 1.5 miles southeast from this marker. Kersey's body was publicly displayed in Liberty, and his remains were later buried in the Melton Cemetery adjacent to this marker.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Mc Minnville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Confederate Guerrilla

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