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Christopher Alexander "Alex" Haun (September 14, 1821 – December 11, 1861) was a potter from Greene County, Tennessee, regarded as one of the most notable and skilled of the antebellum period.[1][2][3][4] During the American Civil War, he was executed by the Confederate States of America for participation in the East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy. Haun was one of many examples in 19th century Tennessee of what were later referred to as family potters, rural potters who ran businesses, often part-time as a supplement to farming and with the aid of their families, supplying practical vessels for local use.[5] Stephen T. Rogers of the Tennessee Historical Commission writes that Haun "produced some of the most beautiful and finely crafted lead-glazed earthenware in Tennessee".[2] Haun and a number of potters lived in a part of Greene County referred to as Pottertown, using local clay found near Lick Creek. Pottertown was a staunchly Unionist enclave in a Confederate State.[1][3] Union supporter Reverend William Blount Carter launched a plan, with the approval of President Abraham Lincoln, to destroy Tennessee bridges in order to disrupt the Confederate railroad system. Haun and other local potters were recruited to destroy the bridge over Lick Creek. On November 8, 1861, after being sworn into Company F of the 2nd Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, they proceeded to the bridge and destroyed it. There they captured Confederate sentries and released them after they swore an oath to the union. The Confederate soldiers, however, informed the authorities and Haun and four others were captured. Haun and three of the others were hanged at the Knoxville, Tennessee jail on December 11.[1][3] Before he died, he wrote to his wife regarding the disposition of his pottery business and concluded:
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1611 | title=Christopher Alexander Haun (1821-1861) | work=Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture | date=January 4, 2010 | accessdate=December 18, 2012 | author=Hickman, Sarah Elizabeth}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://www.civilwarshades.org/walking-a-fine-line/christopher-haun/ | title=Christopher Haun | work=Shades of Grey and Blue | accessdate=December 18, 2012 | author=Rogers, Stephen T.}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=Donahue Bible|editor=Carroll Van West|title=A history of Tennessee arts: creating traditions, expanding horizons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzjrAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=18 December 2012|date=30 September 2004|publisher=University of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-1-57233-239-3|page=218|chapter=Christopher Alexander Haun}} 4. ^{{cite book|author1=Stephen T. Rogers|author2=Samuel D. Smith|editor1=Benjamin Hubbard Caldwell |editor2=Robert H. Hicks |editor3=Mark Scala|title=Art of Tennessee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM3pAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=18 December 2012|date=23 October 2003|publisher=Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, Tenn.) distributed by The University of Tennessee Press for the Frist Center for the Visual Arts|pages=110–111|chapter=Pottery}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|author=Stephen T. Rogers |editor=Carroll Van West|title=A history of Tennessee arts: creating traditions, expanding horizons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzjrAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=18 December 2012|date=30 September 2004|publisher=University of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-1-57233-239-3|pages=215–227|chapter=Jugs, Jars, Bowls, and Churns: Tennessee's Ceramic Crafts and Potters}} External links
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