SPEARS, James Gallant

Affiliation:  Union

Born: March 29 1816, Bledsoe Cty TN

Died: July 22 1869, Bledsoe Cty TN

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, court clerk

War Service: :1861 helped raise the 1st Tennessee - Lt. Col., Wild cat Mountain, Mill Springs, March 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Cumberland Gap, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/Center Wing at Stone's River, Knoxville, court martialled and dismissed August 1864 for his anti-emancipation sentiments.

Post War: Spears returned to his farm in Bledsoe County, and began rebuilding his fortune. His health, which had suffered during the war, continued to decline.