John Crawford Vaughn Civil War

John Crawford Vaughn
Civil War Biography
Submitted by Jill Stafford

Taken from "Historical Times Illustrated Encylopedia of the Civil War;

Patricia I. Faust, Editor

Vaughn, John Crawford CSA b. Roane Cty., Tenn, 24 Feb.

1824. Vaugh fought in the Mexican Wr as a captain in the

5th Tennessee and during the 1850s was a merchant. While

visiting Charleston, S.C., Apr 1861, he witnessed the reduction

of Fort Sumter. After returning home, he recruited a regiment

in East Tennessee, a strong Union area, and 6 June mustered

into Confederate service as colonel of the 3rd Tennessee.

Vaughn and his regiment were ordered to Virginia, where they

served under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Harpers Ferry and

at First Bull Run. In spring 1862, Vaughn transferred to his

native state. On 22 Sept. he received his promotion to

brigadier general and the command of a brigade with which

he participated in the Vicksburg Campaign and surrendered

4 July 1863.

Following his exchange, he commanded a cavalry brigade to
eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. His troopers
fought at Piedmont, Va., 5 June 1864, opposing the advance
of Maj. Gen. David Hunter's Union army. In July his brigade participated in Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's rain on Washington,
D.C. During the 1864 Shenandoah Valey Campaign, Vaughn
suffered a wound near Martinsburg, W. Va., which temporarily incapacitated him. When he recovered, he replaced Brig. Gen
John Hunt Morgan, who had been killed, as commander of Confederate forces in East Tennessee. After the surrender of Confederate forces in Virginia, he joined Johnston in North
Carolina. His brigade formed part of the escort as President
Jefferson Davis fled. Vaughn was paroled at Washington,
Georgia.

During the postwar years, the Confederate general lived
alternately in his native state in and Georgia. He served one
term as presiding officer of the Tennessee senate, dying on
his Georgia plantation near Thomasville, 10 Sept, 1875.

Any questions, suggestions, corrections, and/or additional

information, contact me at:

Linda_Welden@vaughan-vaughn.org

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