Edgar, I agree with you. Some of "Buggar Saga" doesn't appear to be exactly correct. For instance, Bert Hays got credit for killing just about everyone who was killed in the south part of Hardin County-- even some of his neighbors who were also loyal to the Confederacy. After the war, he continued to live in the same community where some of these killings took place. According to his g/granddaughter, he was bushwhacked behind the Cantrell House near where Tennessee State Highway 69 crosses Holland Creek. Someone had a grudge, probably rightly so, but, I will bet It wasn't a Rebel. I would like to hear from anyone who is interested in the, mostly unofficial, Civil War activities that occurred in and around Hardin County in the 1860's. David Edgar D. Byler, III wrote: > Recently the subject of the book "Buggar Saga" by Wade Pruitt appeared upon > the pages of these lists. While I cannot be cited as an authority on the > Civil War and "bushwacker" activities in the Wayne and Hardin County areas, > I can certainly speak my peace about the book "Buggar Saga". > > Please, researchers, don't use this book as a source. Rather use it as a > guide post to steer you toward verifiable sources. The late Maurice Pruitt > of Chattanooga, writing under the name Wade Pruitt, did not compile the > final version of the book "Buggar Saga". That was done by the late Jill K. > Garrett and the late Polly C. Warren of Columbia, TN. They took Maurice's > notes and sketches and put them into the version you read today. Maurice, > regretfully, did not live to see his "baby" in its final form and was not > able to make much needed corrections and comments to some of his "stories". > I do not fault Jill and Polly for this. They took what was available, > edited it and published it. But it would perhaps have been better had > Maurice had time to edit the final version. Better for historians and > better for genealogists. And I would certainly have felt better not being > misquoted several times in the book! > > Not everything in print is gospel! Remember that and you are already on the > road to becoming a better historian and a better genealogist > > Edgar > Edgar D. Byler, III > edby3@netease.net > Editor, Wayne County Historian > Wayne County, Tennessee, USA > Wayne County Web Page: http://www.netease.net/wayne > .