Busy on company papers. Helped Davis. Still very cold. Got
June to take Jennie to Maj. N. Rode my Spike. No trouble.
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Note—The “Jennie” referred to was Jennie Green, a
bright and comely mulatto slave girl of fifteen, who was owned by Dr. Peck who
lived near Knoxville, Tenn., and who begged Major Tenney to rescue her from slavery.
Accordingly he arranged with one of his assistants, Ed. June, the night of the Regiment's
departure for the North, to take the Major's extra horse, "Spike,"
and bring her to A. B. N.'s headquarters. This was skilfully done, and Jennie
was safely brought to Ohio. She was given schooling, and thereafter lived with the
Nettleton family until she was married in 1876. She was in all respects an
admirable character. — (A. B. N., June,
1911.)
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman
Harris Tenney, p. 104
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