In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing Julia Ann Marcum who fought a confederate solider at the age of 16 and lost and EYE and a FINGER & lived to tell the tale! Come along on this wild wild of American bravery and one families faith against all odds! ~ Christina 
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Timestamps: 
0:00 - Intro 
0:36 - Early Life 
1:49 - Union Loyalist + TN leaves the union 
6:45 - Why Hiram Marcum chose to assists union loyalists 
9:00 - The Incident - Julia loses an eye & a finger!
15:36 - Julia is almost killed again
17:24 - Marcum family finally leaves TN
18:30 - Life after the war 
19:18 - Julia is granted a civil war pension 
20:40 - Julia is honored + Outro 

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Sources: 
Julia Marcum Road Marker
Julia Ann Marcum Birth 7 Nov 1844 Scott County, Tennessee, USA Death 9 May 1936 (aged 91) Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA Burial Highland Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA  Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #15900761
Per KY Death certificate: The daughter of Hiram C Marcum and Permelia Huff. Died of pneumonia. Gender: Female Race: White Age: 91 Birth Date: 7 Nov 1844 Birth Place: Scott, Tennessee Death Date: 9 May 1936 Death Place: Whitley, Kentucky, USA Father: Hiram C Marcum Mother: Permelia Huff
https://www.ihoneida.com/2021/03/09/the-story-of-scott-countys-civil-war-heroine-julia-marcum/
The story of Scott County’s Civil War heroine, Julia Marcum, by Independent Herald, 9 Mar 2021. https://www.ihoneida.com/2021/03/09/the-story-of-scott-countys-civil-war-heroine-julia-marcum/
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https://www.weku.org/podcast/think-history/2022-12-07/julia-ann-marcum
https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/736?tour=51&index=10
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Marcum-902
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~honeycutt/history/juliaannmarcum.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15900761/julia-ann-marcum
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Isham Green Harris - Former Governor of Tennessee
https://lsupress.org/books/detail/isham-g-harris-of-tennessee/ 
https://www.nga.org/governor/isham-green-harris/ 
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 2. New York: James T. White & Company.
Past Governors of Tennessee
Philips, Margaret I. The Governors of Tennessee. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 2001.
Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 4. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.
White, Robert H. Messages of the Governors of Tennessee, 1857-1869. Nashville: The Tennessee Historical Commission, Vol. 5, 1952.
Letter in regards to succession: 
https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll18/id/2413/rec/3 

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