John Crawford Vaughan
Feb. 21, 1824 - Sept. 10, 1875
Born in a house which stood here. Captain in the 5th Tenn. Inf., Mexican War; organizer and first commander of the 3rd Tenn. Inf., CSA, whose first action was the first Battle of Manassas. Promoted brigadier general, he was captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863; on exchange commanded the cavalry brigade which in 1865 escorted President Jefferson Davis on his flight from Richmond. Speaker of the Tennessee Senate in 1871. He died near Thomasville, Ga., and is buried there.
Marker is at the intersection of Warren Street and Tellico Street North, on the right when traveling west on Warren Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
