I have ignored poor Uncle Fielding’s website of late to work on my autism sites, but I did see this a few week ago and wanted to comment on it. I would LOVE to visit the Hurst Mansion Haunted House, but I have learned not to get my hopes up with anything related to this […]
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Filed under: Ghost Hunters, Haunted, Ghosts, Ghost of Fielding Hurst, Col. Fielding Hurst, Hurst Mansion, Purdy
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
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
(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
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
These are some pictures taken on a trip to Purdy, TN to visit the Hurst Mansion some years ago. At this time, the property was owned by the county and they were investigating turning it into a museum. Those plans fell through and a new owner owns the property. Apparently, this owner […]
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Filed under: Ghost Hunters, Haunted, Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, Ghosts, Ghost of Fielding Hurst, Purdy, Col. Fielding Hurst, Hurst Mansion, TN
From the FIGUERS FAMILY PAPERS (.pdf), I would love to read the actual memoir letter itself containing the mention of Col. Hurst, but can’t find it. If you have it, send it or a link to me please. Also, Cheairs’ Rippavilla mansion has held up a little better than Fielding’s “mansion”. […]
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Filed under: Civil War in Tennessee, Civil War, Col. Fielding Hurst
Col. Hurst in the Official Record of the War:
March 24,1864 - Col. Hurst gets some marching orders; “Hang upon and harass” Forrest. “Forage upon secession sympathizers.”
HDQRS. CAVALRY DIVISION, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Memphis, Tenn., March 24, 1864.
Col. FIELDING HURST,
Cmdg. Sixth Tennessee Cavalry:
COL.: Information having been received that Forrest with a considerable force of cavalry, […]
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Filed under: B.H. Grierson, Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, Guerilla Warfare, Official Record, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Timeline, Col. Fielding Hurst
Col. Hurst in the Official Record of the War:
March 24,1863 - Mason Brayman Field Report
Skirmish at Pocahontas
BOLIVAR, March 24, 1863
Brig.-Gen. SULLIVAN:
Col. [Fielding] Hurst, with 100 West Tennessee Cavalry, is fighting about 400 at Pocahontas, and has sent for help. I send all I have, and have telegraphed to La Grange and Grand Junction to […]
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Filed under: Skirmish at Pocahontas, Official Record, Col. Fielding Hurst, Uncategorized
Col. Hurst in the Official Record of the War:
March 22,1864 - Nathan Bedford Forrest Field Report
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE WEST TENN., AND NORTH MISS., In the Field, March 22, 1864.
Brig.-Gen. BUCKLAND or COMDG. OFFICER U. S. FORCES, Memphis, Tenn
GENERAL.: I have the honor to transmit the inclosed report, prepared from a thorough investigation […]
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Filed under: '$5139.25', Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, Burning of Jackson, Official Record, Col. Fielding Hurst, Nathan Bedford Forrest, TN
Despair for the children
who lie now in bed.
The widow, the aged
the soldier who bled.
For out of the "Nation"
comes a sickness and curse -
God save us all
From the demon called Hurst.
Like vandals of old
through our land they did ride
With Hunger and Death
always close by their side.
Came Terror, his herald -
but the wailing comes first . . .
We know he is coming,
That demon called Hurst.
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