Letter from Samuel Hurst to his son William

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky March 15, 1864

Dear William:

     I finally got my family, household goods and livestock all moved down here and now we are getting very well satisfied. They had to leave Evoline (a slave) at Chambers' as she had the measles. They will send her down later. The children now have the measles; but they are on the mend.
     Henry with John Gose, Charles Little, Dock Trimble, Sanders Halsey, Sam Taulbee, William Wells' son, Marion Vaughn, Arch Childers, a man by the name of Igo and two other men went to Stillwater and guarded my wagons, to James Gibbs'. I met them there and took charge and brought everything on here without their aid.
     Henry and his men have had a lot of action since I last wrote you. Some days back Green Sexton, with ten men, mostly from Holly Creek, caught up with Henry at Miles Kash's on Black Water. Henry had five men with him at the time, also two prisoners. They all took refuge in Kash's home. Sexton demanded that they surrender, which they refused to do. While they were arguing Henry shot through the partly open door and wounded Sexton in the arm. At the same time Marion Vaughn shot a man by the name of Shepherd through the abdomen. The firing then began in earnest. The Rebels riddled the house with bullets; but the only one of our crowd who was hit was one of the prisoners, who was shot in the thigh. John Gose with five men had gone to William Bowlings, about two miles away to burn his house. They set the house on fire and while it was burning they heard the shooting and rushed back to Kash's. When the Rebels saw them coming they ran to the woods and made their escape. Henry and Gose with eight other men soon gave chase; but the Rebels scattered and got away. They searched for them that night and all next day till...

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