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

Kevin D. McCann (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 096712512X | ISBN-13: 978-0967125121 | Publication Date: September 27, 2007 | Edition: 4th

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.

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About the Author

Kevin D. McCann is a native West Tennessean whose ancestors fought in the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in History from Union University and has written several books with an emphasis on Jackson and West Tennessee history.

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: McCann Publishing; 4th edition (September 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096712512X
• ISBN-13: 978-0967125121
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Kevin D. McCann writes about what interests him most: the history of West Tennessee. A native of Jackson, Tennessee, he grew up wanting to see a book with his name on the shelf of his local library. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in History from Union University and is a member of the Tennessee Historical Society, West Tennessee Historical Society, and Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Kevin lives in Dickson, Tennessee.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting unit, but somewhat limited information, December 13, 2008

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This review is from: Hurst's Wurst: Colonel Fielding Hurst and the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry U.S.A. (Paperback)

The strength of this book is that it focuses on an interesting and little studied unit. Tennessee Unionist regiments in general haven't been the focus of a lot of regimental histories, and West Tennessee units are even less studied than those from East Tennessee.
Not surprisingly, information seems to be somewhat limited on the 6th TN. There just isn't a lot of detail on the regiment and many of its actions. I suspect this is mostly due to a lack of available accounts rather than any failure of the author regarding research. This is a good account of the regiment's actions, but one is left wanting more information. Still, some hitherto little studied actions in West Tennessee receive what attention they can. For what appears to be a self published books, the editing and production values are pretty good, although some errors creep in. With the above in mind, this is a worthwhile history of an obscure unit, necessarily limited in its detail.