Col. Fielding Hurst - I love my country and am too proud of her flag to ever disgrace it

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 […]