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Captain Daniel Ellis
by: Sam Ashton
Early life
Born December 30, 1827.
Norteastern Tennessee.
Elemntary education.
Wagonmaker.
Farmer.
Married Martha May
Family life
Had 7 children
Had low income
Pre Civil War
Served in Tennessee Volunteer infantry during the Mexican War.
Got a stomach virus that sent him home.
East Tennessee was strongly divided but favored to the Union.
Old Red Fox
Bridge Burner.
Living in Exile.
Became a pilot.
Recruited for Union Army
Gave information on Conferderate activities
Kept a secure mail line.
Civil War
Brutal battles in moutains
20 expeditions
8000 miles
4000 fugitives
Joined Union Army as a Captain
Led raids in NC mountains
Left Army in 1865
Post Civil War
Petitioned U.S. Congress.
1867 published his war memoirs.
U.S. house of representatives.
Life was thratened for years.
Died January 6, 1908
Sources
http://www.nku.edu/~ellisa/danielellis/biography.html
http://www.nku.edu/~ellisa/danielellis2/gene-daniel.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ellis_%28Unionist%29
http://desloges.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I6947&tree=deloach