Posted on May 29th, 2008 by admin
I came across this 3/29/1864 letter below from Col. Hurst to B.H. Grierson concerning Hurst’s own accusations of atrocities being committed by the other side, specifically Nathan Bedford Forrest. I want to come back to this letter for other reasons later, but wanted to post a quick thought on one particular sentence in […]
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Filed under: B.H. Grierson, Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, Guerilla Warfare, Burning of Jackson, That Demon Called Hurst, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Official Record, Col. Fielding Hurst
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by admin
Col. Hurst in the Official Record of the War:
March 29,1864 - Col. Hurst complaining out Forrest atrocities.
White’s Station, May 29, 1864
Brig. Gen. B.H. Grierson,
Memphis, Tenn.
Dear Sir: Allow me to trouble you with some facts of great interest to me and my friends, and to which I desire to call your serious […]
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Filed under: Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, B.H. Grierson, Guerilla Warfare, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Official Record, Col. Fielding Hurst
Posted on May 26th, 2008 by admin
I would love to talk to the family of Julius Hurst. Does anyone have any idea how I could contact them? If so, drop me an email. I know Julius was thinking of writing a book on Col. Hurst, but it didn’t happen before his passing. I would love to know […]
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by admin
(Hurst Mansion shrouded in ghostly fog. Tennessee Hauntings )
I am not a ghost hunter, but seem to have an appreciation of Purdy in common with ghost hunters. Even I was impressed with the ghostly fog, assuming Cheech and Chong were not standing just out of frame.
Tennessee Hauntings has some great, new, current pictures (at […]
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Filed under: Ghost Hunters, Haunted, Civil War in Tennessee, Ghosts, Ghost of Fielding Hurst, Purdy, Col. Fielding Hurst, Hurst Mansion, TN
Posted on May 19th, 2008 by admin
In reading a blog post on the old Purdy cemetery this morning, I wondered how Major Benjamin Wright’s monument was holding up. It was 2004 when I took the picture below of it and I seriously doubt that I will ever, ever, never, ever visit that cemetery again to check on it.
Also, I notice that […]
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Filed under: Old Purdy Cemetery, Early Settlers of McNairy Co., Purdy
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by admin
The title of this post sounds like a bad Harry Potter novel. I just love running across posts like the following. It just goes to show how whacked out some of the stories about Col. Hurst have become in the time since his passing. Lots of these stories involve Fielding being murdered […]
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Filed under: Ghost Hunters, Ghosts, Haunted, Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, Ghost of Fielding Hurst, That Demon Called Hurst, TN, Purdy, Col. Fielding Hurst, Hurst Mansion, Hurst Nation
