I have been to Montgomery Alan and I do agree that they aren't jumping off the page. I am just wondering if there may have been some leeway, or even falsehood in some of their paperwork. Not a lot, just a few. I would also think that if those who were there as body servants, wagon drivers or any other capacity and the lead began flying in their direction, it may have been mighty tempting to grab a gun and fire some back.
Pam