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Edward Isaac Golladay
38th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Colonel
U.S. Congressman
Edward was 5' 10" in height and had black hair. His eyes were
described as "dark, piercing black eyes."
He was in favor of maintaining the Union in 1860 and he was
elected as a presidential elector for the Union party.
In September, 1861, Edward enlisted in the 38th Tennessee Infantry Regiment,
CSA as a
private and was then elected to the rank of Captain. In October, 1861 he became a
Lieutenant-Colonel.
William Gannaway Brownlow was a newspaperman in east Tennessee and was a strong
pro-Union advocate. After Tennessee seceded, Brownlow was arrested for his
oratory and writings against the Confederate government. He was later released and sent outside
the South, as he had requested. In March, 1865, Brownlow succeeded Andrew
Johnson as governor of Tennessee. He wrote of an encounter with Edward as
follows:
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Saturday, Dec. 14, 1861
"Three officers visited me today.
Lieutenant-Colonel Golladay stated to me
that, whilst he was not informed as to what they would do with me, he
was in favor of sending me to Nashville, boarding me at a hotel, giving
me the privileges of the city until the war was over, but confining me
to its limits. I told him that his mode of punishment was not severe,
but that I preferred his Government should carry out its stipulations
with me and send me beyond their limits."
- from Sketches of the Rise,
Progress, and Decline of Secession:
With a Narrative of Personal Adventures among the Rebels
(page 316)
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The Official Records of the War of The Rebellion has two
mentions of Edward as shown below:
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"I sent to Richmond Lieut.
Col. E.I. Golladay, one of my
best-informed and discreet officers, to represent to
you more fully the true condition of my command. His
suggestions may perhaps be of service in shaping the proper
policy proper to pursue in the region of the country of
which I have spoken."
- from letter written December 13, 1861
by CSA Brigadier-General William H. Carroll to Confederate
Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin
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The Alabama 5th Infantry Battalion in the Army of the
Mississippi was commanded by Edward, and was called Golladay's Battalion. This
unit was short lived between March-April 1862 before it consolidated with
another regiment.
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"Lieutenant-Colonel Golladay has orders to march
tonight with Alabama Battalion to aid you."
- from letter written March 16, 1862 by Henry Craft
(Acting Assistant Adjutant-General) to Colonel R.F. Looney in Eastport
with orders to take a position at Yellow Creek
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The battles that Edward fought in are noted as follows::
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"He participated in the engagements at Hartville,
Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, Chickasaw, Monterey, and Corinth. In November
1863, he was captured in Wilson County and sent to General Lovell H.
Rousseau, commanding at Nashville; gave his parole, and a bond not to
engage in further hostilities; was released and remained within Federal
lines. He resumed his law practice both in Lebanon and Nashville."
- from Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans, 1888 |
Further clarification of Edward is described in a letter written by Alvan
C. Gillem.
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"In that County we were received with great
enthusiasm the poor people bringing their few bundles of oats as a gift
- I have ordered everything paid for except in case of disloyalty & in
some instances I have fed notoriously disloyal men almost out of house
and home, by way of furnishing them a contrast with their loyal
neighbors. Most of the disloyal men of note have protections*. I hope
they have benefited by them, among the number Col.
Golliday late of the Confederate army." *
Since December, 1862, the citizen who took an oath of allegiance and
executed a bond "for the faithful observance of peace" could receive a
"Guarantee of Protection," entitling him to "the full enjoyment of his
property," with foraging officers required to exercise "all possible
care" and to give receipts subject to subsequent payment for all
property taken.
- from The Papers of Andrew Johnson, Volume 7,
1864-1865, Leroy P. Graf, Editor |
Edward was elected to the Forty-second Congress ( 04 March
1871- 03 March 1873) as a Democrat. It would appear, however, that his loyalty
remained with Southern rights.
Buried at: Cedar Grove Cemetery in Lebanon,
Tennessee
This page last updated on May 29, 2008
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