Hurst's Wurst: Colonel Fielding Hurst and the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry U.S.A.

by Kevin D. McCann

Not every brave son of the South fought against Northern aggression during the Civil War. Some took a different stand and defended the Stars and Stripes rather than take up the Stars and Bars. It meant placing their lives and those of their families in peril and withstanding verbal and physical persecution from their friends and neighbors. Fielding Hurst raised a regiment of fellow Southern Unionists called the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry with men from Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, McNairy, Perry, Wayne, and Weakley counties. It was described by one Confederate soldier as an ignorant posse of men led by vicious and unprincipled leaders who were the scourge and terror of the lower Eastern Counties of West Tennessee, and were as thoroughly detested and hated as any band of marauders who ever disgraced the name of soldiers. Hurst s Wurst describes their activities both official and unofficial and discusses the positive and negative aspects of their service during the Civil War.

164 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2007

About the author

Kevin D. McCann is the author of six books on such interesting and controversial figures as Ken Boyer, Adam Huntsman, and Fielding Hurst and subjects ranging from his family's history to the history of professional baseball in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee.

He was born in Jackson, Tennessee in 1970 and attended public and private schools in Jackson and Madison County. He graduated from high school at Jackson Christian School in 1988 and attained a Bachelor of Science degree in History from Union University in 1993. He relocated to Middle Tennessee where he now lives with his wife Cindy and two children in Dickson.

Kevin has been interested in the history of his home region since he was a child. His interest was nurtured by his grandmother, Elizabeth (Plunk) McCann, and a strong sense of family heritage from both she and his great-grandmother Flossie (Sheets) Plunk, who lived to be 104 years old.

Baseball is one of Kevin's passions, especially the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kitty League. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He is a chair emeritis of its Minor League Committee and president of the Grantland Rice-Fred Russell Tennessee chapter based in Nashville. He was also the editor of the Minor League Committee newsletter entitled "Beating the Bushes."

Visit his website at www.kevindmccann.com"