You all did very well. I was very proud of all of the bands for doing such a marvelous job in that heat.

It is really a beautiful spot to be. We were there when the leaves were turning in October. I bet the summer months are just as beautiful.

@@Kytnliving yes it is

And is it public

I don't think that there is any fishing at this particular spot but there is fishing on the river. This spot is a natural swimming pool.

Yes, it is open to the public.

I grew up spending my summers at Mo-town. Swimming in Cherokee Lake and going school shopping with Mom. I still come there every single year to spend time with my family at Bean's Station and Rogersville. I am hoping to be able to record more history of the area this year. Last year we recorded Longstreet's Museum, Mahalia's Cabin, and Crockett's Tavern. I agree with you that they were very small skirmishes. Most of the battles I cover along the Knoxville campaign and the Big Sandy Expedition are. But that doesn't mean that they were not important to recognize and part of a bigger picture though.

@@Kytnliving well holla sometime. Perhaps I may be of assistance.

@@Oldhistory thank you very much. We are planning on coming back to Mo-town during the week before Labor Day. I have a family reunion that weekend but want to film before all the family comes in ;)

Huh I will have to catch that book. Sounds like it is a good one.

For some reason, my own response to this video disappeared. Hum Anyway, thank you so very much. Today ends the Commonwealth of Kentucky Case against the Hargis Faction. Next week begins the defense which is about 1 video and then the judge's orders, which were shocking to say the least.

Thank you very much. Floyd Frazier's case is very infamous in Letcher County. His victim is our Lady in White story Ellen Flannery.

Yes. It has always been my hope when covering the sorted history of the Appalachian Mountains that people gain a better understanding of who we are as Appalachian Americans as well as our rich history and learn the lessons and do better in our future. Several events have changed America forever, and a lot of them come from the history of the Appalachians. After all, if we do not learn the lessons of those that have gone before us, we are doomed to repeat them.

:D I like that. I am also from a feuding family. My family stood accused of the Pound Gap Massacre also known as Killing Rock which actually took up more newspaper space nationally than the Hatfield and McCoy feud. So I try to treat all sides fairly. Because mine wasn't for 132 years.

Thank you so very much. There is a whole lot to the Killing Rock Story. Each time we think...oh we will end it there...we just can't. We either find something...or someone will bring up a question and we find out more about it. No wonder there are people who could not and would not let this story go for over 130 years.

No worries I love the people who visit my page. I really could not find out very much information about Draughn, but then again, every day new information becomes available. Just like the Book that I ran through that was written by Claibe Jones himself. Someone sent me a digital copy of it. I had no idea it existed before then. So most of this feud is told from the eye of Jones and the newspapers. But if we do get new information we do try to update them. Just like Killing Rock. The reason it is not completed yet after 12 years is because we keep finding new information and updating.

I went to school with some people from the Caudill family. Trust me, they would hunt me down if I got that one wrong lol.

Thank you so very much. Most sources stop at the end of Fort Sanders. But there were 5 days before Sherman made it to Knoxville. My question was what happened in those 5 days? I am hoping to get to wrap up the Battle for Knoxville next week but we shall see how it goes as there is a battle I will be covering.

My children are related to the Combs family from Vicco through their Great Grandmother Nellie Combs Mullins who passed away in 1997. I also have a Cousin who is half Combs from the area as well. A lot of great people from there.

It was a horrible mine accident for sure. I remember when it happened, I was only in 3rd grade then, but I remember it affected everyone in the surrounding communities.

It is a very quaint little town. There are a lot of great people there.

I lived in dyer for years and still have family there and in the towns around it.

@@1979STIX Oh wow! I love this little town. We moved here in 2015. And it has been the longest I have ever stayed still in one place. The people here are what make this town so awesome.

It is still a very popular knife. The one we used belongs to my son. He collects Appalachian tools.

I am also thankful that we no longer have them a well.

She was always one of my heroins growing up

There is no overnight camping there but I do recommend it for a peaceful place to visit during the daylight hours.

Thank you so very much for watching this.

Thank you so very much. We are not going to combine these videos. But we will put the Battle for Knoxville in its own playlist when the last one is finished.

Oh wow. Being related to 5 Appalachian Outlaws myself I can understand how people feel when their families are featured. We hope that we did him justice. I try to treat each one as if he were my own uncle or brother. Always tell the truth, but with compassion and some sort of understanding that they were complex characters. They were not just bad men, but very loved and someone's family member.

@@Kytnliving I’m glad someone has taken the time to research and record his story in this format! It’s a wonderful resource for family history and something I can share with my children. Great work!

@@shaunamoser3965 thank you so very much. I never know how people will react when I do these stories. It is a huge relief that you enjoy it.

I went by the documents and the newspaper reports of the time. A lot of the court records got destroyed because of the Perry County Courthouse fire. I know that there have been a couple of books written about him, and the next time I am home I plan on checking out a couple of them. I like to think of the outlaws as complex men who had to adjust to the time they were living in.

Thank you kindly! I really think that Poe did more to win these battles than Burnside did. After all, the saying the best offense is a awesome defense rang very true in this part of history.

I am sure that there are records of his service. I was able to find this page that tells more history of the Logan Wildcats if that helps any. At the time that I made this set of videos, there was really not a lot of information out about Anse. But that is how it is...more time...more information. loganwv.us/logan-wildcats/#:~:text=The%20Logan%20County%20Wildcats%20were%20a%20company%20of,dozens%20of%20Unions%20soldiers%20including%20Pvt.%20Harmon%20McCoy.

@@Kytnliving Much appreciated.

Thank you so much. I think this one will be my last paper for a bit. I have a surprise for everyone after this edition of the Mountain Eagle. But I have more of these so they won't completely go away.

As I come across these names I try to find out more about them. Who they were, and how they fit into the story. I tried looking up C.X. Bowling and couldn't find out much about him. I even tried different male C names. Charles is the most popular "C" name in the mountains. With the J. names it is usually James or Jason. But anyway, I couldn't find out who he was. I even tried the find a grave website and he was not listed there. So all I can say is he was possibly related to him but I can't for say for sure how.

Thank you, I will have to look that one up. And thank you for coming to our site. I think of Captain Strong like so many Appalachian men. Leave them and their family alone and they pretty much leave you alone. The Civil War changed so many of them. It would be very hard to see your next door neighbor as your mortal enemy and as soon as someone calls truce to try to see him as your neighbor again. A lot of people had that issue and therefore we got the feuds.

Well for the year, the coal mines were just starting to build the cities of McRoberts and Jenkins. I find these fun to do because it is always interesting to me what they report and find newsworthy.

Do you know about which area in Letcher County they lived in? If so, it would be a little more helpful to find her grave if it is still marked. Some of them from that time now have unmarked graves. It would be a place to start anyway. If you also know her maiden name I would suggest joining the Letcher County Genealogy Page on Facebook. A lot of people have found cousins and where they came from on that page.

@Kytnliving My great great grandmother's name was Mariah Brashears (with an S on the end as opposed to those without the S, and there is a reason for that but I won't go into that here). There is actually a hard back book in the Library of Congress on the Brashears family. I've seen it and read the pertinent parts concerning those from whom I am directly descended. Anyway, since Letcher County took up a lot of real estate, and other counties were carved out of it, it may prove to be a nightmare to find where the Joseph C. Newland family lived. I grew up in Hindman, Knott County. It was once called Macpherson.. The Amburgey Cemetery has several Newland headstones. Some stones there are unreadable. The problem is, I can't find a death certificate in Kentucky for Mariah B. Newland. Thanks for your suggestion, though.

@@BSW19 at one time, Knott County was part of Letcher County and Perry County and I think a piece of Floyd and/or Pike County. It is one of those I really haven't looked into very much yet. Letcher County was carved out of Pike, Perry, and Floyd County. Depending on how far back you go with the genealogy you might find the records according to the area as it was called in the time frame that the person lived in. For instance, we have records going all the way back that puts some of my people in Pike County even though today it is Letcher County. Marshall's Branch was a later addition to Letcher county because of John Wesley Wright.

Believe it or not, those are still in use. He mainly uses them for tractor shows and for parades now, because they are so purdy.

i still use equipment from the 60's and earlier on my farm in canada.

@@TahoesNTurbos Oh wow! I love it when the older machines are still being used. I have a washing machine that was made in 1950. Other than changing the belt on it every blue moon, I still use it for all my laundry. Just because something is old doesn't mean it needs to be replaced.

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After we finish with the murder trial concerning the death of Town Marshal James Cockrill, we will be going to the Martin Tolliver Logan feud of Rowan County. We started in Rowan County with the feuds we thought that we would end to complete a circle. There were so many feuds that we couldn't possibly cover all of them. But you can boil them all down to coal, land, money, politics, and the Civil War.

I have looked into the Turner feuds...there are several of them. But they were not covered as much as the others were. That is like the Potter Adams Mullins feud. You can find references to it but not many details of what went on.

Thank you so very much for watching. This is part of our Coal Strike Series. We also have coal disasters, coal train accidents, and much more. And we do invite you to check them out to learn more. We also have a lot of Appalachian history that is not coal related, so feel free to check them out as well. There is a saying in Harlan County "You are either for the coal mines or you are for the people". It is our goal to show all sides of the issue about all of the stories that we tell. It is up to you, our viewer to make up your own mind on how you feel about them. All we can do is tell the truth about them.

I thought I was being careful about that. I even capitalize the entire word in my script to make sure I pronounce it correctly. It might be my accent that makes the word sound like Calvary instead of Cavalry. But trust me...I am saying Cavalry even if it doesn't sound like it. I have to put that one on my practice word list. I have a growing list of words that my accent twists around. But thank you for the heads up about that one.

Thank you very much. History always surprises me. It is far better than any movie script out there I think. I think something happened to Wheeler that made him leave the area completely. I looked everywhere and could not find out what took place though. Maybe one of his diaries or letters will show up one day and give us an answer about it.

@@Kytnliving I sure hope so 🤞🤞

Thank you very much. There are a total of four of these walks around the Big Cypress Tree State Park. Then we have one video with the signs giving everyone the history of the area. We hope you continue to enjoy these videos.

Union

I think I might be getting more into them after the Battle of Kingston and Fort Sanders. Some of those companies were not at Knoxville proper until after those battles had taken place. I know Wheeler comes against a Union brigade of Union infantry and a regiment of mounted infantry at Kingston. They were under the direction of Colonel Robert K. Byrd's forces which included Colonel Samuel R. Mott's Federal infantry brigade (White's division), four regiments strong, plus the 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry and Captain Andrew M. Wood's Elgin Illinois Battery. After the battle of Kingston, Wheeler leaves to join General Bragg, and the Union Forces become part of the defenses of Knoxville.

I'm trying to find all of them. I'm digging like you would not believe. I thank you though for pointing these out. If you know who directed the 1st Kentucky Calvary Company E it would help me a lot to find them. Because I have been looking for them. And I wonder if they are not hidden within one of the General's brigades or regiments. That happens sometimes and I don't find them until later on through another battle. Which is frustrating when trying to research all of these out.

@@Kytnliving I forgot his name but he's buried in Oakland City,Indiana

I found them! They were under the direction of Colonel Frank Wolford. Wolford is mentioned several times in these battles. So from now on, I will mention the 1st Kentucky Cavalry Company E with him.

Thank you for watching our channel. It means a whole lot. Our true history is being lost to the sands of time. Thankfully, there are a few of us out here trying to preserve it for future generations. Not everyone agrees with us, but all we can do is go by the newspaper reports and the documentation we can find. More and more comes out every day and we are thankful for that.

@@Kytnliving the pleasure is all mine. I appreciate what y’all do.

I am currently looking up Johnny the Witch. I hope to have his biography out soon. I have cried many nights over Greenberry Harris. My son was his age when we first started this. His death was the one that has affected me the most out of this whole thing. It has now been a 12-year journey for us and we are hoping to close the case very soon.

Thank you so much for watching our channel. We deeply appreciate it. It is our love letter to the people of the Appalachian Mountains. It will always be our home.

@@Kytnliving 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤

I am so glad you liked it. There were several "Wars" going on in Kentucky and Tennessee at that time. The Black Patch Tobacco Wars was one of them. May we also suggest the Mammoth Cave Wars which is also interesting and happened around the same time frame as this one did.

@@Kytnliving I'll definitely be looking that up and reading about it. Thank you for the recommendation.

@@romoboy64You are very welcome. We also did a video about it but I also encourage everyone to do independent research as well. That is why I put sources in the description boxes as a starting place for them.

Hum I didn't have them in there I take it. I went with the information that was available to me at the time. I try to include all companies and we do apologize if we left one out. It is never our intention to do that as we try to be as accurate as we possibly can. Thank you for the correction. We deeply appreciate it.

@@Kytnliving your good.

Thank you so very much.

Oh it will get crazier from here. We have found all kinds of goodies all through this. A lot of it we didn't know and the accused are our family. Doctor Taylor is my husband's GGG grandfather and the Fleming Brothers and Henry Adams are my GGG uncles. We both were always told that Doc and the others were guilty. And everything we did started out on that premise. Now we are almost finished with everything we have (heads up barrel roll and loop-de-loops are still ahead) when this is done we ask you the 13th juror...was justice done.

Thank you so very much. My allergies are acting up so I think I sound a tad horse and my pace is slower. Just feeling a tad under the weather. But I am really enjoying these battles. And finding more maps now. Next week will be mainly Burnside getting supply lines set up under Longstreet's nose...which is hilarious and I think we will get more into the battles of Wheeler and his attempts at sneak arounds.

@@Kytnliving Y'all always sound great! I hope y'all feel better 🙏

@@kevinramsey3490 awe thank you very much. It will pass in a couple of days when the trees go out of bloom here. It is not as bad this year so maybe it will pass quicker.