. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A. [electronic resource]: including a narrative of the bridge burning, the Carter County rebellion, and the loyalty, heroism and suffering of the Union men and women of Carter and Johnson counties, Tennessee, during the Civil War : also a sketch of the adventures of Captain Daniel Ellis, the Union pilot, and the names of hundreds of brave men and women of these counties who performed brave deeds and noble acts of heroism for country and humanity . w •J bo CO. Q J a In /-N M o a i -J M p. O en Oh ou TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER CAVAL
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. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A. [electronic resource]: including a narrative of the bridge burning, the Carter County rebellion, and the loyalty, heroism and suffering of the Union men and women of Carter and Johnson counties, Tennessee, during the Civil War : also a sketch of the adventures of Captain Daniel Ellis, the Union pilot, and the names of hundreds of brave men and women of these counties who performed brave deeds and noble acts of heroism for country and humanity . w •J bo CO. Q J a In /-N M o a i -J M p. O en Oh ou TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY. 273 MAJOR ROBERT H. M. DONNELLY R. H. M. Donnelly was born in Lee county, Va., Jan-uary 2,. 1835, and was the fifth child of William andSarah McQueen Donnelly. His father died in 1842, andhis mother died in 1876. Robert lived with his motheruntil he was of age. After learning the carpenters tradehe went to Johnson county, Tenn., where he was marriedto Miss Eliza J. Allen, near Taylorsville, April 6, i860.When the Civil War broke out he at once took an ac-tive part on the side of the Union. He made severalefforts to get to the Federal army before he succeeded indoing so. In these efforts he suffered the usual dangers,hardships and privations we have described in otherplaces. He finally left home in the latter part of August,1863. In company with R. H. Luttrell, Richard H. Wil-son and others he left Taylorsville in the night andcrossed the Iron Mountain, on top of which he fell inwith about 80 other Union men fleeing t