MORRISTOWN, Tenn., city and county seat of Hamblen County, 42 miles northeast of Knoxville, on the Southern and the Knoxville and Bristol railroads. It has manufactures of flour, wagons, agricultural implements, furni ture, mantels, hosiery, brooms, concrete blocks, leather, medicines, hardwood tops and panels, canvas gloves, harness, monuments, lumber, etc. It is also a large poultry and stock market, and the zinc, iron and lead mines and marble quarries in the vicinity add to the importance of its industrial interests. Its annual shipments are valued over $3,000,000. It is the largest poultry shipping point in the South. It is the seat of the Morristown Normal and Industrial College for negroes. During the Civil War Morristown was the scene of two engagements. On 10 Dec. 1863 Colonel Garrard's Union cavalry brigade attacked Gen. W. E. Jones' cavalry brigade in works here, and drove it out of them and from the town. Four days later
Col. W. J. Palmer, commanding the Anderson (Pa.) cavalry, had a skirmish near the town with a part of General Martin's cavalry brigade of five regiments, and withdrew leaving Martin in possession of the place. On 28 Oct. 1864 the town was held by Gen. John C. Vaughn's brigade of Confederate cavalry. Vaughn was attacked that day by Gen. A. C. Gillem, with a brigade of Union Tennessee cav alry. Vaughn was falling back to a more favorable position, when Gillem charged his right and centre and stampeded the entire brigade, which fell back in disorder to Russell ville. Gillem took 224 prisoners, including 19 officers,. four guns and caissons, part of the ammunition train, and about 300 stand of small arms. The Union loss was eight killed and 18 wounded. Pop. 7,000.