I recently found some correspondence which is extremely interesting. Some of the transcription is difficult but I thought this might be of interest. The first is a letter address to Pro Mar. Office, Glasgow, KY and dated Sept. 12th 1864. Lt. Col Farleigh, Louisville, KY. V. H. Jones, a citizen prisoner from this place, and now on parole, was arrested, I supposed, by order of the Pro. Mar. Gen. of this dist. based upon a report made by me to Capt. A. G. Hobson, Pro Mar. 3rd Dist. Since Jones' release, I have had some conversation with him and find from papers in his hands that he has taken the oath of allegiance, a fact that I did not Know before, as there as no record of it in our office; he having taken said oath in Louisville, KY at the same time entering into bond in the sum of $2000, for his future behavior. The assistance he rendered McDaniel (alluded to in my letter to Capt. Hobson) was previous to that time. In regard to the Sentiments expressed in Mr. Jones Sheet (also mentioned in same letter) I thought at the time they were objectionable and think so yet, but from the testimony of men whom I Know to be loyal and entitled to credit and belief, I am forced to the conviction that I was mistaken in regard to the true meaning of Mr. Jones. I made a memorandum at the time Said speech was delivered (but cannot now find it in which I tried to use Jones' exact language. Letter of testimony in behalf of V. H. Jones: The undersigned citizens of Glasgow & Barren County, Ky. unconditional union men State that V. H. Jones of Barren County Ky. is a peceable [sic] law abiding citizen that since he took the oath of allegiance in April 1863, we have not known, nor we [ink smear] that he has said, or done anything in violation of the said oat. We petition that said Jones be released from our prison & suffered to return to his family. That he is a reliable man. Dated August 17th 1874 and signed by: E. Morris, Z. R. Huggins, Marshall Harlow, Thos. J. Gorin, Sam Jordan (Assistant Assessor ___ for Barren Co, J. M. Payne, James Jordan, H? W. Royalty. Next week - V. H. Jones letter re his speech. Sandi Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's site: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky