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Re: US flags captured by Tennessee Confederates

Greg, the 25th Tenn took on the 37th Kentucky (Mounted Infantry) at the battle of Glasgow, Kentucky. I am at a public library and it will not let me paste and cut. But look up the 25th Tennesse and their history and they will show the battle of Glasgow, Kentucky.

I just found a website that will confirm this battle. "On October 6th, 1863 the 25th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A, attacked Fort Williams with 120 men commanded by Col. John M. Hughes. Hughes was ordered to Kentucky to collect deserters and enforce the Confederate conscription act, that is the draft of Confederate soldiers in Kentucky, which was techinically a part of the Confederacy."

"The Fort was garrisoned by the 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, U.S.A., commanded by Major Samuel Martin. The regiment numbered some 420 men. Fifty men were camped in the Courth House square and 30 men were out on patrol. The men on the square were hit at dawn and then Col. Hughes attacked the fort. He reported, "We killed 9, wounded 26 and captured 226, together with quartermaster's stores in the amount of $250,000.00. My loss was 1 killed and 4 wounded."

Here is the website: http://www.trailsrus.com/morgan/glasgow.html

Should say "Trails-R-US-John Hunt Morgan". Then it will say "8A-Attack on Fort Williams".

Have a good day,

Shawn Prouty

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