Harpers Guerrilla Band
1862? to 1865-05-09
Partisan Rangers under the command of Captain Ellis Harper during the Civil War. The group was formed under orders from General John Hunt Morgan after Harper escaped from a Union Army prison following his capture after the Battle of Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862. Made up largely of individuals from Sumner and Robertson counties in northern Tennessee, the group raided Union camps and towns in occupied Tennessee and Kentucky on the railroad between Louisville and Nashville. Disbanded on May 9, 1865 when Harper and other men surrendered and were paroled near Gallatin, Tennessee.
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