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Fielding Hurst to W.H.
Morgan, 15 September 1864 Hdqtrs 6th Reg
Ten. Cav Vol
Memphis Sept 15th 1864 Maj W.H. Morgan
A A Genl Sir I desire to present to you a
statement of my losses caused by and during the present rebellion
and ask you for Such relief as you may think me entitled to under
existing Orders In the winter of 61 & 2 when I
was a citizen I was arrested and imprisoned by the rebel authorities
citizens auiding and abeting them who went in force and carried from
my premises Seventeen head of Stock, horses & mules nine of
which were from brood manes worth from two to four hundred dollars
each about one thousand bushels corn hay fodder & oats and eight
or ten thousand pounds of bacon for all the above the citizens
contributed to me thirty hundred dollars for peace money which I
accepted as Satisfaction for the part they took in this affair The
next Serious loss was in Oct 62 when the wagon train of the 16th A.C.
was moving from corinth to Lagrange they foraged on my farm for
three days & using and destroyed three to five hundred bushels
of corn and all kinds of foriage to the value of One thousand
dollars pressed and carried off with them Seven head of horses and
mules one wagon & Steer team Killing and carrying off fifty or
Sixty head of pork hogs all my fowls sheep and much other valuable
property for all of which I never received pay nor was even a recpt
or Voucher I being in the Service of the U States at the
time again in the fall or winter of 62 a number of
Federal troops foraged on me for three or four hundred bushels of
corn & hay fodder Sheep and cattle of great Value
again in 63 mostly in may and June the Rebels Robbed me of twenty
one valuable valuable horses and mules and Some foriage and family
Supplies again in the fall and winter of 63 Col. Mizners
command while at Purdy on the way to Jackson after Col Forrest
Killed and used forty to fifty Pork hogs belonging to my wife and
family at Purdy In February 64 the confederates
Kidnapped and Carried to Miss[issippi] twenty africans who had been
my property and whom I designed liberating and providing and Sold
and converted them into cash thereby raising funds to fight for the
rebellion and against the Govmt and the Same time carried away a
large quantity of provision and divided it out amongst my Rebel
neighbors Since that time they have taken five or six head horses
and mules Summing all up in conclusion the Slaves
above alluded to were the proceeds of my own labor they have been
converted into cash to assist the rebellion I think I am
clearly entitled to the amount of Sales or should be allowed the
means of coercing their restoration Southern Soldiers
have committed many outrages not here enummerated during the
rebellion I am an old man worn out in the
Service of my country having been in the field over two years and
Eight months never have had a leave of absence Since I entered the
Service I only ask to be made whole by the parties guilty and the
necessary aid be extended to me to enable me to make the proper
proof in the case hoping to hear from you Soon I
am Genl your Obt Servt
Fielding Hurst
Col 6th Ten Cav Vol Source:
Fielding Hurst Military Service Records
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