Reunion of the Coleman Scouts, 1866
Members of the legendary group of heroes known as "Coleman's Scouts", the eyes and ears of the Army of Tennessee, assemble secretly in Nashville in 1866 for their one and only reunion. Pictured above, seated from left to right, are W. M. Roberts, Sam Roberts, Capt. Henry B. Shaw (alias Coleman), J. M. Shute, and George D. Hughes. Standing, also from left to right, are W. H. Porch, John G. Davis, Robert F. Cotton. Present only in spirit were their many comrades who perished during the late war, including the martyred Sam Davis and Dewitt Smith Jobe. Less than a year after this photograph was taken both Henry B. Shaw and John G. Davis (Sam Davis' older half~brother) would also be gone, killed in the February, 1867 explosion of the steamer "David White" on the Mississippi River.
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