Telfair County GaArchives News.....THE SOLDIER THAT SHOT GENERAL KEARNEY November 5, 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Clyde Watson clyde.nell@gmail.com December 5, 2008, 5:44 pm Savannah Morning News November 5, 1887 THE SOLDIER THAT SHOT GENERAL KEARNEY 5 NOVEMBER 1887 John McCrimmon, a private in the Forty-ninth Georgia regiment of Confederate troops died a few days ago at his home in Telfair county. Private McCrimmon , was the soldier who fired upon and killed Gen. Kearney, of the Federal Army while that officer was riding into the Confederate lines through mistake one night in Virginia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/telfair/newspapers/thesoldi2756nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb