The Memoir of Nathaniel Frances Cheairs IV - Col. Hurst Granted Reprieve to Fellow Mason
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”. It was a tad nicer too.
The memoir, 1861-1865, of Cheairs details events from February 1861 through his war experiences and his return home to Maury County after the war. A major himself, Cheairs often was in a unique position to observe personally the actions and comments of his military superiors and enemies. At times, he quoted conversations at length, giving rare insight into both the reasoning and personalities of the men involved. It was Cheairs who was ordered by Colonel John C. Brown to deliver the surrender message of General S. B. Buckner to General Grant at Fort Donelson, and it was he who escorted Grant to Buckner’s headquarters. In Fort Warren Prison, Cheairs was selected “caterer” for the captured Confederate officers, who were very well treated by prison officials. Exchanged in 1862, Cheairs joined Nathan Bedford Forest and Joseph E. Johnston, with the duty of buying cattle and supplies for the army. Captured by Fielding Hurst on one of these expeditions, Cheair obtained reprieve from the death penalty by appealing to Hurst as a Mason.
Filed under: Civil War in Tennessee, Civil War, Col. Fielding Hurst
Тут впрямь балаган, какой то…
Also, Cheairs’ Rippavilla mansion has held up a little better than Fielding’s “mansion”. […….
Ну это ты точно зря….
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…..