Tishomingo Dogtrot Log Cabin

Backcountry Notes ^ | August 22, 2010 | Jay Henderson

[jay1949]

Tishomingo County is a scenic slice of the Backcountry nestled in the Appalachian foothills of far northeast Mississippi. The Butler Dogtrot cabin was built near The Natchez Trace circa 1870 and survives as a fine example of this rustic architecture.

[Grammy]

You should check out the Battle of Franklin. Over 60,000 soldiers fought, over 8,500 casualties, including 5 confederate generals, all in a 1.5 x 2 mile area. All in all, a disaster for the south, and a battle that is often overlooked in the history books.

[WKB]

Mississippi ping - 3

We lived in several of these dog trot houses when I was a boy.
We moved so much and often every time a pick up truck pulled up in the yard the chickens laid down and crossed their legs.

[vetvetdoug]

I live in Corinth, old Tishomingo County now Alcorn, in NE Mississippi. The Battle of Iuka and Davis Bridge had some of the most intensive fighting during the entire Civil War. The 11th Ohio Battery at Iuka suffered the second highest casualty rate of any battery during the entire Civil War; all at Iuka within an hour. Other batteries suffered close to the same number the whole war. The Sands Battery also lost over 80 horses and all six guns during the battle but the guns were recaptured later in the engagement. General Little of the Confederacy was killed at Iuka also. The site where the Sands Battery made their stand is now a nice big hotel on the corner of HW 72 and Ms 25. The Battle of Davis Bridge (Hatchie Bridge) saw General E.O.C. Ord shot off his horse as the Confederate Army was retreating from Corinth, October 5th, 1862. There were engagements in NE Mississippi about every 15 miles. The Battle of Middleburg that September was the largest Cavalry battle during the CW other than Brandy Station and its about 15 miles from Davis Bridge.

[Verginius Rufus]

The man who gave the talk I heard recently was from the National Park Service and based in Corinth, I believe (else somewhere nearby). Gave a very good talk.

I had a distant cousin who did a lot of genealogical research who was from Mississippi. Unfortunately he died shortly before I became interested in that so I never had any contact with him. His grandfather, I think it was, died in Corinth early in 1862--so his death was not connected to any of the battles.

[prisoner6]

Thanks for the posts! They are VERY enjoyable!

[dixiechick2000]

“We moved so much and often every time a pick up truck pulled up in the yard the chickens laid down and crossed their legs.”

LOL! You’re so funny! ;o)

That was a wonderful article! Thank you so much for the post and ping!

[caver]

I learn something new every time you post!

[wardaddy]

Were there Union supporters in this corner of Mississippi during the War?

NeoYankees here will try to tell you that the Jones County criminal gang was a full fledged regiment....just wait....they will be here soon as they get through with their orgy on the Buchanan thread.

[wardaddy]

My ancestors in Sullivans Hollow in Smith County tween Mt Olive and Mize used to have a log cabin standing from 1790s...the oldest continually lived in structure in the state.

A dogtrot...open air with two distinct sides.

I had fried peach pie their in 1980 with my 4X grandpa pappy Tom Sullivan’s great grandson Shep Sullivan and his wife. They by then had running water and an add on bathroom and power...but no AC. I hope it is still there. I think it is.

The annual reunion of Tom’s 1000s of descendents is last Sunday of September....I may drag some of my lads down.

[wardaddy]

yep...i can get a fair panorama of Battle of Franklin center and eastern lines from my front porch.

I was just gazing at that last night thinking about it....weather a bit drier and cooler...a break from 4 months of tropical weather

Winstead and Breezy hills block my view to the west but that saddle between them and Lewisburg pike gives me a broad span of view from the Federal guns on the eastern flank overlooking the Harpeth all the over to town center and where the gin woulda been.

and that knoll about 500 yards in front of Carter House where that goofy Federal commander put that brigade out front to run for their lives...can't recall name right this second.

Franklin was a bloodbath....the death rattle...Hood had to have been high and crazy to do it. He could have waited and let them retreat back to Nashville the next morning and prepared for an assault on Nashville but he was still furious over Spring Hill...his fault too..sleeping. Or he coulda let Forrest have the division he wanted to flank them to the west and drive them into the Harpeth rolled up....possible given their weak western flank. Instead he just attacked a fortified position head on and wasted 1000s and 1000s of lives and his best generals.

One of wars bloodiest and least victorious victories I know of. By the way...it was Cox's brilliance for the Yankees not that fellow who got a pistol named after hisself. A mere colonel drew a lot of southern blood that evening due to Hood's irrational endeavor.

/rant

[wardaddy]

Pappy Tom Sullivan cabin near Mize...somebody has added on since my day...the siding stuff...and the trot is closed in looks like...this is giving me more incentive to attend...sure wish I still had older kin to share with...strange when you are now the elder

http://www.mize.town.ms.gov/history.html

[Yudan]

I’ve read an account of the exchange between J.B. Hood and N.B. Forrest in the immediate few minutes after the plans for the Battles of Williamson County were laid out to Hood’s General Staff.

Hood had lost a leg at Chickamauga, and many think he was under the influence of whiskey and laudnum at the time of the plan. Apparently Forrest said to him something along the lines of “Sir, if you were a whole man, I’d kill you now where you stand.”

[jay1949]

Thanks — so do I

[jay1949]

You’re welcome — I enjoy doing them

[jay1949]

You are most welcome

[BnBlFlag]

“My mother’s side of the family built a dog trot cabin in east Texas in the 1820’s.”

Similiar story to my paternal Grandmother’s family. The Durhams and McGills of Cherokee County in East Texas. Their dog trot cabin still exists and the last time I saw it it was still in good shape. The dog trot breezeway is now an enclosed hall though. The porches are still there and glass windows were installed many years ago. It looks a lot like the one pictured in the article but is in much better condition. Its on top of a high hill with great views.
When I was a youngster, the “old folks” used to have a big family reunion there every fall. (Talk about good ‘ol Southern country cookin’, yum yum!). But as they died off, the tradition finally died out. Too bad.

[SuziQ]

SirKit has a picture of his maternal Great Grandmother standing on the porch of a dogtrot cabin. It was probably taken in the very early 1900s. His Mama’s people, as well as my Daddy’s people were from the woods of MS. Sullivan’s Hollow sounds VERY familiar, for the Smith family, and my Daddy’s people, the Brown family, was from the Richton, then Rolling Fork area.

[vetvetdoug]

Franklin is the definition of Pyrrhic victory.

[Grammy]

It sounds like your view is very near to that of Tod Carter when he saw his home for the first time in 3 years. He only made it there to die.... as I recall from the tour, he was mortally wounded in the garden, and his family found him after the battle and brought him to the house, where he died several days later.

I took Jr G to the Carter house after the re-burial of the civil war soldier last Oct. The funeral was wonderful and moving, the tour of the Carter house was probably too graphic for a 10 year old.

[wardaddy]

my two oldest boys went to the Carter House/Franklin camp this summer...they loved it.

Tod was mortally wounded to the west out near Battle ave and West Carters Creek near Smith's brigade

fascinating story

amazing how we drive thru all this every day isn't it?

even my kids are learning where everything took place...they always knew the spot at Shy’s Hill where we used to live in town (Music City) and a very young Colonel Shy was bayoneted to the tree by errant sadistic Federals

i walked my American Bully just now at the path at Winstead

the Winstead plantation is another cool story...he left his estate to his slaves

never gonna hear about that from the NAACP are ya?

I grew up on Mississippi battlefields as a lad and we all dug up stuff from time to time so I've been living this forever...I bet where I live now has some history since one CSA Corps moved up and down this lane that day and not to mention all the skirmishes for 4 years...Williamson county saw a lot of minor action too

history rant/off