Alice J. Thompson is the daughter of Elijah Thompson, for whom Thompson's Station, TN, is named.
During the Battle (aka Engagement) of Thompson's Station during the US Civil War, on March 5, 1863, Alice was hiding in the basement of the Banks/Darby home with many other ladies, children, and servants, while the battle raged outside the high window of the basement.
Excerpt from Hold Us Not Boastful - The Story of Thompson's Station and Its People, by Sue Barton Oden:
"For six hours a savage battle raged from the Confederate lines to the Union lines, which were entrenched on the cedar-covered hill on the northwest end of Homestead Manor, home of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Darby.
"Earlier in the day, Dr. Elijah Thompson and his wife had gone to attend a sick neighbor, leaving their younger children in the care of their seventeen-year-old daughter, Alice. Soon a Confederate soldier came to the home and asked all to leave as trouble would be expected shortly in the area.
"Alice sent the maid with the children to a more distant place for safety. She would follow as soon as she attended to some things she thought very necessary. However, before reaching her destination, she was forced to seek shelter in the basement of Homestead Manor. At the time the home was owned by Lieut. Thomas Banks, who was fighting in the battle.
"As the Confederate color-bearer passed the basement window, from which Alice was watching the fighting, he was shot down. Alice sprang from the cellar, caught up the flag and waved it over her head. Colonel Samuel G. Earle, of the Third Arkansas Regiment, saw her and shouted, "Boys a woman has your flag". Upon seeing this heroic action from one of their women, the Rebels raised a great battle cry and drove the Yankees back. While Alice held the flag, a bombshell fell within a few feet, throwing dirt all over her. Fortunately, the shell did not explode. One of the soldiers pushed her back into the cellar."
Alice later married David Dungan and bore four children, two of whom died with her in 1870, suspectedly during a yellow fever epidemic. One daughter, Lucine Dungan, is named in the probate of Josiah Thompson; another, Susan Ann "Annie" Dungan, moved with her father to Little Rock, AR, and later married Dr. Cola Peete.
During the Battle (aka Engagement) of Thompson's Station during the US Civil War, on March 5, 1863, Alice was hiding in the basement of the Banks/Darby home with many other ladies, children, and servants, while the battle raged outside the high window of the basement.
Excerpt from Hold Us Not Boastful - The Story of Thompson's Station and Its People, by Sue Barton Oden:
"For six hours a savage battle raged from the Confederate lines to the Union lines, which were entrenched on the cedar-covered hill on the northwest end of Homestead Manor, home of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Darby.
"Earlier in the day, Dr. Elijah Thompson and his wife had gone to attend a sick neighbor, leaving their younger children in the care of their seventeen-year-old daughter, Alice. Soon a Confederate soldier came to the home and asked all to leave as trouble would be expected shortly in the area.
"Alice sent the maid with the children to a more distant place for safety. She would follow as soon as she attended to some things she thought very necessary. However, before reaching her destination, she was forced to seek shelter in the basement of Homestead Manor. At the time the home was owned by Lieut. Thomas Banks, who was fighting in the battle.
"As the Confederate color-bearer passed the basement window, from which Alice was watching the fighting, he was shot down. Alice sprang from the cellar, caught up the flag and waved it over her head. Colonel Samuel G. Earle, of the Third Arkansas Regiment, saw her and shouted, "Boys a woman has your flag". Upon seeing this heroic action from one of their women, the Rebels raised a great battle cry and drove the Yankees back. While Alice held the flag, a bombshell fell within a few feet, throwing dirt all over her. Fortunately, the shell did not explode. One of the soldiers pushed her back into the cellar."
Alice later married David Dungan and bore four children, two of whom died with her in 1870, suspectedly during a yellow fever epidemic. One daughter, Lucine Dungan, is named in the probate of Josiah Thompson; another, Susan Ann "Annie" Dungan, moved with her father to Little Rock, AR, and later married Dr. Cola Peete.
Alice J. Thompson is the daughter of Elijah Thompson, for whom Thompson's Station, TN, is named.
During the Battle (aka Engagement) of Thompson's Station during the US Civil War, on March 5, 1863, Alice was hiding in the basement of the Banks/Darby home with many other ladies, children, and servants, while the battle raged outside the high window of the basement.
Excerpt from Hold Us Not Boastful - The Story of Thompson's Station and Its People, by Sue Barton Oden:
"For six hours a savage battle raged from the Confederate lines to the Union lines, which were entrenched on the cedar-covered hill on the northwest end of Homestead Manor, home of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Darby.
"Earlier in the day, Dr. Elijah Thompson and his wife had gone to attend a sick neighbor, leaving their younger children in the care of their seventeen-year-old daughter, Alice. Soon a Confederate soldier came to the home and asked all to leave as trouble would be expected shortly in the area.
"Alice sent the maid with the children to a more distant place for safety. She would follow as soon as she attended to some things she thought very necessary. However, before reaching her destination, she was forced to seek shelter in the basement of Homestead Manor. At the time the home was owned by Lieut. Thomas Banks, who was fighting in the battle.
"As the Confederate color-bearer passed the basement window, from which Alice was watching the fighting, he was shot down. Alice sprang from the cellar, caught up the flag and waved it over her head. Colonel Samuel G. Earle, of the Third Arkansas Regiment, saw her and shouted, "Boys a woman has your flag". Upon seeing this heroic action from one of their women, the Rebels raised a great battle cry and drove the Yankees back. While Alice held the flag, a bombshell fell within a few feet, throwing dirt all over her. Fortunately, the shell did not explode. One of the soldiers pushed her back into the cellar."
Alice later married David Dungan and bore four children, two of whom died with her in 1870, suspectedly during a yellow fever epidemic. One daughter, Lucine Dungan, is named in the probate of Josiah Thompson; another, Susan Ann "Annie" Dungan, moved with her father to Little Rock, AR, and later married Dr. Cola Peete.
During the Battle (aka Engagement) of Thompson's Station during the US Civil War, on March 5, 1863, Alice was hiding in the basement of the Banks/Darby home with many other ladies, children, and servants, while the battle raged outside the high window of the basement.
Excerpt from Hold Us Not Boastful - The Story of Thompson's Station and Its People, by Sue Barton Oden:
"For six hours a savage battle raged from the Confederate lines to the Union lines, which were entrenched on the cedar-covered hill on the northwest end of Homestead Manor, home of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Darby.
"Earlier in the day, Dr. Elijah Thompson and his wife had gone to attend a sick neighbor, leaving their younger children in the care of their seventeen-year-old daughter, Alice. Soon a Confederate soldier came to the home and asked all to leave as trouble would be expected shortly in the area.
"Alice sent the maid with the children to a more distant place for safety. She would follow as soon as she attended to some things she thought very necessary. However, before reaching her destination, she was forced to seek shelter in the basement of Homestead Manor. At the time the home was owned by Lieut. Thomas Banks, who was fighting in the battle.
"As the Confederate color-bearer passed the basement window, from which Alice was watching the fighting, he was shot down. Alice sprang from the cellar, caught up the flag and waved it over her head. Colonel Samuel G. Earle, of the Third Arkansas Regiment, saw her and shouted, "Boys a woman has your flag". Upon seeing this heroic action from one of their women, the Rebels raised a great battle cry and drove the Yankees back. While Alice held the flag, a bombshell fell within a few feet, throwing dirt all over her. Fortunately, the shell did not explode. One of the soldiers pushed her back into the cellar."
Alice later married David Dungan and bore four children, two of whom died with her in 1870, suspectedly during a yellow fever epidemic. One daughter, Lucine Dungan, is named in the probate of Josiah Thompson; another, Susan Ann "Annie" Dungan, moved with her father to Little Rock, AR, and later married Dr. Cola Peete.
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