For whomever requested the lookup for DAVIS & LAUGHLIN, >From "Shiloh Remembered": p. 27 --- DAVIS "The Bert HAYS Story On the list of most notorious guerillas compiled in the National Archives appears the name of W.B. (Bert) HAYS. He is listed by Union Authorities as the No. 1 guerilla during the Civil War years. HAYS was the son of Wallis HAYS, a planter of good means who moved into Hardin County before the war. His brother was Lawson HAYS, a deputy U.S. Marshall in Savannah in 1860. Bert and Lawson HAYS were members of the 1st Cavalry Regiment. When Gen. Joe Wheeler was pursued across the Duck River in June 1863, the unit was thrown in to stop the advance of Gen. Gordon Granger. The fight allowed Wheeler to escape but in the process the regiment was destroyed with 292 prisoners being captured. The remainder was consolidated into the 51st Tenn. Infantry. Bert HAYS became a captain and led his company in battle at Brice's Crossroads. Then followed a puzzle! HAYS' outfit disappeared. It is not clear whether the unit went on private scouting or whether it went into desertion. During the last year of the war, HAYS was known to be operating in the vicinity of Waterloo, Ala., an area which was noted for spying and all kinds of guerilla activities. Capt. S.P. Emerson, Co. B, 6th Kentucky, was known to be in the area. He had been associated with Gen. John Hunt Morgan during much of the war. Emerson was said to have worked with HAYS. Rewards were being offered to Confederate soldiers who would desert and join the Union Army. HAYS and Emerson caught Will DAVIS at Ransomtown near Wayne County. He was on his way to give up and claim the reward. They punched his eyes out and hung him to a tree then sent word to the Union officers that DAVIS was read to "turn over" and for them to come and pick him up. p. 30 -- LAUGHLIN (this para. included in a posting earlier today, 1/19/99) "August 28, 1908 -- 6th Tennessee Cavalry, 6th Annual Meeting at the Laughlin Springs where the regiment was encamped and organized in August 1862......The following is a list of veterans both home and visiting: Company A: J.J. Swain, W.A. LAUGHLIN, E.W. Hester, J.L. Robinson, W.J.N. Rose, J.W. Hester, H.C. Moore, H.V. Flower, J.R. WILSON, S.W. Fish." Regards, Julie Preston anpreston@msn.com -----Original Message----- From: rrc3pr@199.218.201.6 <rrc3pr@199.218.201.6> To: Julie Preston <anpreston@email.msn.com> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:32 PM Subject: "Shiloh Remembered" Lookups Offered >Davis, Will -- 27 >Laughlin, W.A. -- 30 > >