Re: West Tennessee Unionists -6th TN Cavalry US..
When soldiers on both sides were stationed near their homes in an area of divided sympathy, soldiers and citizens alike retaliated viciously against the wrongs perceived to have been committed by the citizens and soldiers of the other side. Unionists had hair raising stories of atrocities by Confederates, as well. Forrest and his men were as hated as Hurst--by a different group of southerners.