fremantle's next stop was at mobile, alabama, which he reached on 25 may after an eventful journey by train, in which a railway engineer shot a passenger. after inspecting the defences of the city with general dabney h. maury, fremantle briefly visited montgomery, the former capital of the confederate states, before arriving in chattanooga, tennessee, on 28 may. here, fremantle met yet more prominent figures, including generals william j. hardee and leonidas polk, and clement vallandigham, the leader of the copperheads. later, fremantle also encountered braxton bragg, who supplied the englishman with letters of introduction and passes, allowing him to travel to shelbyville, which he reached the following day. fremantle remained here until 5 june, inspecting troops in the company of general hardee, his fellow englishman colonel george st. leger grenfell and the irish-born general patrick cleburne. he also witnessed the baptism of general bragg, and a small skirmish between federal and confederate forces outside the town, before leaving for charleston the following day.