We were accompanied by General Ledbetter the engineer, and we were six hours visiting the forts.
"Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863"
Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle
Ledbetter, a man born and educated in the State of Maine, going down to Mobile and marrying a lot of negroes through another woman-the worst man, the biggest coward, and the blackest-hearted villain that ever made a track in East Tennessee-this man tied the knots with his own hands, and directed that the victims should be left hanging for four days and nights right over the iron track of the railroad, and ordered the engineers to run their trains slowly by the spot in order that the secessionists on board might feast their eyes upon the ghastly spectacle.
"Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot"
William Gannaway Brownlow
Ledbetter, as the weather was somewhat warm and the corpses were becoming somewhat offensive, ordered them to be cut down at the expiration of some thirty-six hours, but it was for the convenience of his secession friends purely, and not from any other motive.
"Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot"
William Gannaway Brownlow
