COLONEL FIELDING HURST

His Union troops (mostly Hursts or their relatives)
spread a reign of terror through Confederate West
Tennessee. Some Hursts were Confederates and so the
violence was internecine, as it was with my Breedens
in Missouri, though Col. Hurst was outstandingly
notorious.  



COLONEL FIELDING HURST

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. 

From the "CONFEDERATE VETERAN"
(an old magazine for Confederate Veterans).

"The "Nation" is a reference to the local name for 
the area controlled by the Hurst families in Tennessee.