Editing Brownsville, Tennessee (section)

=== Civil War ===
The Haywood Blues were organized in Brownsville in spring 1861, consisting of approximately 100 men and captained by G.C. Porter. This company was mustered into service in May 1861 and was assigned as Company A of the [[6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment|6th Tennessee Infantry]].<ref name=":16" /> This regiment, and likewise Company A, fought in the battles of [[Battle of Shiloh|Shiloh]], [[Battle of Perryville|Perryville]], [[Battle of Stones River|Stones River]], [[Battle of Chickamauga|Chickamauga]], [[Battle of Franklin|Franklin]], [[Battle of Nashville|Nashville]], and took part in the [[Atlanta campaign]].<ref name=":16" /> They were surrendered to United States forces in North Carolina.

The Haywood Rifles were also organized in Brownsville in spring 1861. The company consisted of around 100 men with Robert S. Russell served as captain. In May 1861 they were assigned their position as Company B of the [[9th Tennessee Infantry Regiment|9th Tennessee Infantry]].<ref name=":16" />

Company L of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry of the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]] was organized in Brownsville in April 1862. Upon organization, James Allen Taylor served as captain, Alex Duckworth served as first lieutenant, and Frank Pugh served as third lieutenant.The unit consisted of roughly another 65 non-commissioned officers and privates.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Civil War Rosters from Haywood County, TN |url=http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/haywood/milcivcoL.html |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=genealogytrails.com}}</ref> The company remained in Brownsville until May 12, 1862 when they were ordered to report to [[Fort Pillow State Historic Park|Fort Pillow]], staying there until the fort's fall and then were ordered to report to Colonel [[William Hicks Jackson]]. In the fall of 1862, Taylor resigned as captain citing ill health and thus Duckworth was made captain in spring 1863. They continued under this regiment until the end of the war when it was surrendered by [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] in May 1865.<ref name=":10" /> Brownsville and Haywood County produced many other companies to the secessionist army, including two to the 7th Cavalry, two to the 14th Cavalry, three to the 15th Cavalry, and four to the 9th Infantry.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Haywood County Tennessee Civil War Units Formed - Research OnLine |url=https://www.researchonline.net/tncw/county/haywood.htm |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.researchonline.net}}</ref>

Following President [[Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln's]] [[Emancipation Proclamation]], a known 112 African Americans of Brownsville and Haywood County joined the [[Union Army]] across 20 different regiments, primarily the [[3rd Regiment Heavy Artillery U.S. Colored Troops|3rd Regiment Heavy Artillery USCT]] and the 4th Regiment Heavy Artillery USCT.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fighting for Freedom Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=194093 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> In addition, the area also produced one dedicated unit for the Union Army, a company for the [[13th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Union)|13th Cavalry]].<ref name=":11" /> Another company of about 60 men was raised for the Union in Haywood County by Captain J.L. Poston. The majority of these men were killed during the [[Battle of Fort Pillow|Fort Pillow massacre]].<ref name=":16" /> Despite the formation of these units and numerous prominent Unionists in the area at the time,<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=War – 1812 to 1865 – Haywood County TNGenWeb |url=https://tngenweb.org/haywood/war-1812-to-1865/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> a monument dedicated solely to the Confederate dead was erected in 1909. There have since been calls to see the monuments removal, but no action has been taken by the county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haywood County Confederate Monument, a War Memorial |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=194094 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>

Numerous notable Brownsville residents fought in the conflict

* Alsey Hugh Bradford, member of the school board and son of the above mentioned Hiram Bradford, was a colonel in the 31st Tennessee Infantry for the Confederacy<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=McKenzie |first=Robert Tracy |title=One South Or Many?: Plantation Belt and Upcountry in Civil War-Era Tennessee |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2002 |isbn=9780521526111}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite book |title=History of Haywood County Tennessee |publisher=Brownsville-Haywood County Historical Society |year=1989 |pages=1-234}}</ref>
* Hiram Bradford, was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army<ref name=":12" />
* William Lafayette Duckworth, physician and Methodist minister, was a colonel in his brother's 7th Tennessee Cavalry<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":15" />
* Charles Eader, brother of Jonathan Eader, was killed in the Battle of Gettysburg while fighting for the Union<ref name=":9" />
* Jonathan Eader, owner of the Eader House and one of the founders of the Wesleyan Female College, was a member of the above mentioned Duckworth's Cavalry<ref name=":9" />
* Isaac Felsenthal, brother of Jacob Felsenthal, was killed at the Battle of Shiloh while serving in Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":15" />
* Moses Felsenthal, brother of Jacob Felsenthal and the above Isaac Felsenthal, was a taken prisoner as a member of Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry<ref name=":15" />
* Joseph Felsenthal, brother of Jacob, Isaac, and Moses Felsenthal, was a member of Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":15" />
* [[Benjamin J. Lea]], later [[Tennessee Attorney General|Attorney General of Tennessee]], was a colonel in the Confederacy's [[52nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment|52nd Tennessee Infantry]]<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Haywood County's C.S.A. Colonels Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=194154 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>
* George C. Porter, state senator, was a colonel in the Confederacy's [[6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment|6th Tennessee Infantry]]<ref name=":13" />
* [[Robert V. Richardson]], Brownsville attorney, was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army<ref name=":13" />