Thomas Heathcrly

Thomas Heathcrly was 17 when Confederate forces captured him while he was recruiting men for Union service in Carter County, Tennessee. He was held in the Elizabethton jail with several other men. According to a veteran's reminiscence published in The National Tribune in 1893, he was taken out of the jail and shot.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A veteran's reminiscence published decades later says Confederate forces took a prisoner out of the Elizabethton jail and shot him, without giving a date or naming who ordered it.

Reported by: a veteran's reminiscence published decades later.

News report

• The National Tribune, February 23, 1893, page 2 The National Tribune, February 23, 1893