Samuel "Champ" Ferguson was a notorious Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War. He claimed to have killed over 100 Union soldiers and pro-Union civilians. He was arrested, tried, and executed for war crimes by the U.S. military after the war.
Champ Ferguson in 1865
Ferguson circa 1850s
Champ Ferguson nemesis "Tinker Dave" Beatty & Dr. Jonathan Hale. Hale was the Chief of Scouts for the Union Army of the Cumberland under Generals Rosecrans and George Thomas.
Ferguson surrounded by his guards
Guerrilla warfare in the American Civil War
Guerrilla warfare was waged during the American Civil War (1861–1865) by both sides of the conflict, but most notoriously by the Confederacy. It gathered in intensity as the war dragged.
“Morgan's Raiders enter Washington, Ohio,” illustration for Harper's Weekly, 1863.
James H. Lane USA
Colonel James Montgomery USA
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