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The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 14 (search)
The Kentucky troops. --The Lynchburg Republican says of the Kentucky troops which arrived in that city Thursday morning, that the average height of the members is five feet nine and a half inches, while no man in the regiment weighs less than one hundred and fifty pounds. They are under the command of Col. Blanton Duncan, and the following officers: Adjutant D. J. Symmes; Surgeon, Dr. Alex. Forsythe; and Captains Jo. Desha, of Harrison county; Ed. Crossland, of Hickman county; John D. Pope, of Louisville; M. Laparelle, of Louisville, and — Harney, of Louisville. They are all dressed in the blue Kentucky hunting shirt, and a finer body of men the world has never produced. On Thursday night they left Lynchburg for Harper's Ferry.
The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Shipments of provisions. (search)
will march with pick and shovel on the Rail- splitters. In fact, the war spirit is thoroughly infused into every man, woman and child in this county, and only a little Yankee blood-letting will abate the epidemic. The Kentucky Regiment, Col. Duncan, 800 strong, and a detachment of the Alabama Regiment, Col. Battle, with 200 men, passed through here to-day. The remainder of their men will be down to-morrow. Col. Duncan treated our citizens, who had assembled in large numbers to greet hiugh here to-day. The remainder of their men will be down to-morrow. Col. Duncan treated our citizens, who had assembled in large numbers to greet him, with a speech.--He regretted the position of his State, which had but six thousand stand of arms, but was instructed, if Virginia would furnish the guns, to say that old Kentucky would furnish the men; and those under his control, though occupying a central position at one time, were now determined to give these Black Republicans --. Ruth.