Here is a paragraph from a book Civil War Letters by Hattie Caldwell Davis. It is a nice little book. She did good. The paragraph is about Champ Ferguson. The information was written by William Williams Stringfield, . He wrote::I stopped in Wytheville VA to see my mother and sisters on October 6 1864. A Kentucky partisan ranger or guerrilla chief with fifteen to twenty armed men, visited the hospital which was Emory & Henry College before the war, where they murdered several wounded Federal Officers who were being cared for there. The Champ Ferguson Affair Champ Ferguson, who was the leader of guerrillas left guards at the bottom and top of each flight of stairs so he would not be interrupted. I had on my officer's uniform but no arms. I had considerable difficulty in passing the guards. All sorts of threats were hurled at me and a gun stuck in my face, but thanks to Providence I did not get shot. I confronted Ferguson myself, ordering him to stop his murdering work. He looked like a tiger at bay, then abruptly turned on his heel and rushed down the stairs. I had no arms and could not arrest him. That night he guarded the hospital. Next morning we sent a train load of wounded from the hospital. After the war Professor Langley and I were summoned to Nashville Tennessee to testify against Ferguson. He was hanged. I bought the book at the Smokey Mountain gift shop a few years ago... Milly WARD Piros My Mind is like Lightning.....One Brilliant flash and pooooooooofffffffff It's gone