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The '''Battle of Avondale''' was actually a very brief skirmish between Union officers of [[Wilson's army]] and a local guard in the spring of [[1865]] at the home of [[Jefferson County]] [[Jefferson County Sheriff|Sheriff]] [[Abner Killough]] as it was reported in an 1885 story in the ''[[Weekly Iron Age]]''. | The '''Battle of Avondale''' was actually a very brief skirmish between Union officers of [[Wilson's army]] and a local guard in the spring of [[1865]] at the home of [[Jefferson County]] [[Jefferson County Sheriff|Sheriff]] [[Abner Killough]] as it was reported in an 1885 story in the ''[[Weekly Iron Age]]''. | ||
The Killoughs had a home with a veranda perched on top of the hill next to an apple orchard in what is now [[Avondale Park]]. Mrs Killough, home alone, was knitting on her porch when a group of U. S. Army officers who had been camped on the ridge of [[Red Mountain]] stopped by to pass the time. They were laughing and singing when a unit of the home guard led by Captain [[James Truss]] of [[St Clair County]], a | The Killoughs had a home with a veranda perched on top of the hill next to an apple orchard in what is now [[Avondale Park]]. Mrs Killough, home alone, was knitting on her porch when a group of U. S. Army officers who had been camped on the ridge of [[Red Mountain]] stopped by to pass the time. They were laughing and singing when a unit of the home guard led by Captain [[James Truss]] of [[St Clair County]], a veteran of the [[10th Alabama Infantry]], saw them gathered around the house. | ||
The guardsmen took aim and fired to disperse what they took for looters. Mrs Killough was the only casualty, suffering the passage of a lead ball through her body. The Yankees retreated to the ridge and were not pursued. Mrs Killough recovered from her wounds and later moved with her husband to a new home near [[Montevallo]]. | The guardsmen took aim and fired to disperse what they took for looters. Mrs Killough was the only casualty, suffering the passage of a lead ball through her body. The Yankees retreated to the ridge and were not pursued. Mrs Killough recovered from her wounds and later moved with her husband to a new home near [[Montevallo]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:47, 27 August 2007
The Battle of Avondale was actually a very brief skirmish between Union officers of Wilson's army and a local guard in the spring of 1865 at the home of Jefferson County Sheriff Abner Killough as it was reported in an 1885 story in the Weekly Iron Age.
The Killoughs had a home with a veranda perched on top of the hill next to an apple orchard in what is now Avondale Park. Mrs Killough, home alone, was knitting on her porch when a group of U. S. Army officers who had been camped on the ridge of Red Mountain stopped by to pass the time. They were laughing and singing when a unit of the home guard led by Captain James Truss of St Clair County, a veteran of the 10th Alabama Infantry, saw them gathered around the house.
The guardsmen took aim and fired to disperse what they took for looters. Mrs Killough was the only casualty, suffering the passage of a lead ball through her body. The Yankees retreated to the ridge and were not pursued. Mrs Killough recovered from her wounds and later moved with her husband to a new home near Montevallo.
References
- "Battle of Avondale, 1865" (September 3, 1885) Weekly Iron Age.