The One-Eyed Teen-aged Heroine | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HEROINE - JULIA ANN MARCUM

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing Julia Ann Marcum who fought a confederate solider at the age of 16 and lost and EYE and a FINGER & lived to tell the tale! Come along on this wild wild of American bravery and one families faith against all odds! ~ Christina Enjoy my content? Buy me a coffee =) here: https://bmc.link/historyhearsay * WATCH the episode here: https://youtu.be/VbL6aH43t1ATimestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Early Life 1:49 - Union Loyalist + TN leaves the union 6:45 - Why Hiram Marcum chose to assists union loyalists 9:00 - The Incident - Julia loses an eye & a finger!15:36 - Julia is almost killed again17:24 - Marcum family finally leaves TN18:30 - Life after the war 19:18 - Julia is granted a civil war pension 20:40 - Julia is honored + Outro **THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY,  always do your own research when searching for the truth =) **Sources: Julia Marcum Road MarkerJulia Ann Marcum Birth 7 Nov 1844 Scott County, Tennessee, USA Death 9 May 1936 (aged 91) Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA Burial Highland Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA  Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #15900761Per KY Death certificate: The daughter of Hiram C Marcum and Permelia Huff. Died of pneumonia. Gender: Female Race: White Age: 91 Birth Date: 7 Nov 1844 Birth Place: Scott, Tennessee Death Date: 9 May 1936 Death Place: Whitley, Kentucky, USA Father: Hiram C Marcum Mother: Permelia Huffhttps://www.ihoneida.com/2021/03/09/the-story-of-scott-countys-civil-war-heroine-julia-marcum/The story of Scott County’s Civil War heroine, Julia Marcum, by Independent Herald, 9 Mar 2021. https://www.ihoneida.com/2021/03/09/the-story-of-scott-countys-civil-war-heroine-julia-marcum/https://snaccooperative.org/view/3034769https://www.weku.org/podcast/think-history/2022-12-07/julia-ann-marcumhttps://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/736?tour=51&index=10https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Marcum-902http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~honeycutt/history/juliaannmarcum.htmlhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15900761/julia-ann-marcumhttps://www.indherald.com/2021/03/09/the-story-of-scott-countys-civil-war-heroine-julia-marcum/Isham Green Harris - Former Governor of Tennesseehttps://lsupress.org/books/detail/isham-g-harris-of-tennessee/ https://www.nga.org/governor/isham-green-harris/ Biographical Directory of the U.S. CongressThe National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 2. New York: James T. White & Company.Past Governors of TennesseePhilips, Margaret I. The Governors of Tennessee. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 2001.Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 4. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.White, Robert H. Messages of the Governors of Tennessee, 1857-1869. Nashville: The Tennessee Historical Commission, Vol. 5, 1952.Letter in regards to succession: https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll18/id/2413/rec/3 ** Business inquires OR story suggestions:  [email protected] **Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.Support the show