Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 1. An account of Ferguson\u27s military trial for murders committed during the Civil War by him and his band of outlaws, held at Nashville, Tennessee. Transcript compiled from official records by Frank R. McGlasson, U.S. Army surgeon

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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts1-2-2008Ferguson, Champ, 1821-1865 (MSS 1)Manuscripts & Folklife ArchivesWestern Kentucky University, mssfa@wku.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aidPart of the United States History CommonsThis Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSS Finding Aids by anauthorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact connie.foster@wku.edu.Recommended CitationFolklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Ferguson, Champ, 1821-1865 (MSS 1)" (2008). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 301.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3011  MSS 1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University  Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Kentucky Library & Museum Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092  Descriptive Inventory  MSS 1  FERGUSON, Champ, 1821-1865  2 boxes.  11 folders.  7 items.  Originals and photocopies.  1956.7.1   BIOGRAPHY    Champ Ferguson was born November 29, 1821, on a branch of Spring Creek in Clinton County, Kentucky, to William and Zilphia (Huff) Ferguson.  His education was limited.  He became a farmer and owned a few tracts of land in Clinton County, Kentucky.  In 1844 he married Eliza Smith who died three years later; in 1848 he married Martha Owens, a native of Clinton County, and they had a daughter, Ann, born in 1849.  Caught up in the Civil War border tension between Kentucky and Tennessee, Ferguson participated in guerrilla warfare.  His band of guerillas claimed respectability by riding with General John Hunt Morgan, where Ferguson first started as a scout in 1862.  Ferguson spent most of the war commanding, with the commissioned rank of captain, an independent guerilla company.  Federal authorities declared Ferguson an outlaw in Kentucky and threatened him with summary execution if captured.  After the war Ferguson returned home to his family in White County, Tennessee, but unlike many of the guerilla leaders he was not given amnesty.  On May 23, 1865 Ferguson surrendered under verbal promise of parole.  He was arrested at his home on May 26, 1865 and charged with fifty-three counts of murder.  The military trial, held in Nashville, Tennessee, lasted from July to October 1865.  Ferguson was sentenced to be hanged; he was denied the opportunity to provide a defense on his behalf, and the sentence was carried out on October 20, 1865.  Ferguson’s body was turned over to his wife and daughter, who fulfilled his last request which was to be buried at his home in White County, Tennessee, on a branch of Calfkiller Creek.   COLLECTION NOTES   Original transcription from the trial of Champ Ferguson held in Nashville, Tennessee in 1865.  Transcription was compiled from official records by Dr. Frank R. McGlasson, U.S. Army surgeon. 2  MSS 1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University   Due to their physical condition, all originals and a typescript have been removed and placed in safe storage; they are available upon request (Box 1).  Identical copies of the typescript are available for patron use (Box 2).   SHELF LIST  BOX 1 IN VAULT     July-Oct. 1865   7 items  Folder 1 Inventory  Folder 2 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  July 1-20, 1865   1 item   Ferguson, Book A (original, 56p.,   and photocopy of typescript, 40p.)  Folder 3 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  July 20-24, 1865   1 item   Ferguson, Book I (original, 48p.,   and photocopy of typescript, 35p.)  Folder 4 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  July 25-28, 1865   1 item   Ferguson, Book II (original, 56p.,   and photocopy of typescript, 42p.)  Folder 5 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  July 29-August 2, 1865  1 item   Ferguson, Book III (original, 51p.   and photocopy of typescript, 36p.)  Folder 6 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  August 3-7, 1865   1 item   Ferguson, Book IV (original, 45p.,   and typescript, 38p.)  Folder 7 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  August 6-26, 1865   1 item   Ferguson, Book V (original, 91p.   and typescript, 118p.)  Folder 8 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  October 3, 1865   1 item   Ferguson, Conclusion (original,   22p. and photocopy of typescript,    10p.)   BOX 2       July-October 1865   3 items  Folder 1 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  July 1-24, 1865   1 item   Ferguson (photocopy of typescript,   p. 1-76) 3  MSS 1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University  Folder 2 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  July 25-August 7, 1865  1 item   Ferguson (photocopy of typescript,   p. 77-192)  Folder 3 Proceedings of the trial of Champ  August 8-October 3, 1865  1 item   Ferguson (photocopy of typescript,   p. 193-321)        BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  MSS FERGUSON, Champ, 1821-1865       1865 1     An account of Ferguson’s military trial for  murders committed during the Civil War by him  and his band of outlaws, held at Nashville,   Tennessee.  Transcript compiled from official   records by Frank R. McGlasson, U.S. Army surgeon.   2 boxes. 11 folders.  7 items.  Holographic  transcript and typescript.   1956.7.1     SUBJECT ANALYTICS  African Americans – Civil War – Treatment of African Americans – Civil War – Virginia – Saltville, Battle of, 1864 Civil War – Campaigns, battles and military actions Civil War – Campaigns, battles and military actions – Tennessee Civil War – Campaigns, battles and military actions – Virginia Civil War – Confederate troops, 1861-1865 Civil War – Guerrilla activities – Adair County, 1863 Civil War – Guerrilla activities – Clinton County, 1863 Civil War – Guerrilla activities – Cumberland County, 1862 Civil War – Guerrilla activities – Russell County, 1863 Civil War – Judges Civil War – Trials – Murder Clinton County – Civil War – Guerrilla activities, 1863 Confederate States of America – Army – Guerrilla activities, 1861-1865 Guerrillas and guerrilla warfare – Civil War – Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 Judges – Civil War McGlasson, Frank R. – Relating to Trials – Murder – Civil War Tennessee – Civil War – Fentress County – Guerrillas, 1862 Tennessee – Civil War – White County – Guerrillas, 1864 Virginia – Civil War – Saltville, Battle of, 1864           Jeffrey   06/27/2011 

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