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Note: h less than 100 men." I also remember Lieutenant Revis' hot reply, "I'd fight them if they had 1,000 men." They met in battle about a half mile or mile from our house and I could hear the firing. In about one hour Mr. Jim Hill, a brother of Capt. W.R. Hill, whom I later married, came up with Uncle Jonathan Scott across the front of his saddle. Uncle Jonathan was dead. Uncle Jonathan had ridden a big yellow horse that he had trained to run when he saw a blue uniform. They had escaped so many Yankee forays after harrassing the Yanks that his horse became excited when he saw blue, just as a bull does when he sees red. ...when they went into battle his horse stampeded and ran right into the Yankee ranks with Uncle Jonathan aboard, and of course he was killed. After he fired all the shots from his pistol he used it for a club."
Note: From the Autobiography of Amanda Meredith: "I remember hearing Grandfather say, "Jim, there must be at least 500 Yankees camped at the foot of the mountain on the Lowrey farm. You can't fight them wit
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