A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March 1770, by soldiers of the XXIXth regiment, which, with the XIVth regiment, were then quartered thereWith some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophePrinted by order of the town of Boston . over the state of Kentucky. Pos-sibly this is attributable to their record iluring the CivilWar. When the war broke out. there was no .sectionulieie the call to arms was more earnestly aiiswereilthan in her borders. It is true that the .sentiment ofIvstills people were somewhat divid
A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March 1770, by soldiers of the XXIXth regiment, which, with the XIVth regiment, were then quartered thereWith some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophePrinted by order of the town of Boston . over the state of Kentucky. Pos-sibly this is attributable to their record iluring the CivilWar. When the war broke out. there was no .sectionulieie the call to arms was more earnestly aiiswereilthan in her borders. It is true that the .sentiment ofIvstills people were somewhat dividetl. and as n conse-((uenee. she supplied valiant soldiers for both sides,.lohn Morgan bail several volunteers, and they were asbrave a lot of men as ever drew the sword. For theIeileral army. Col. II. C. Lilly organized a regiment ofcavalry, called the 1 lib. There were numerous siUtter-ing regiments that received volnnteiTs from this for true merit ami noble detsls there was no regi-ment in the entire army who ]Mrfornie<l their dtities sosiicecssfiilly ami who endured more bnrdships than didthe noble Old Kighth Kentucky. Infantry Voluntet^rs. This regiment was organiziil by Col. Sidney who at that time was jiroprietor of the beautiful History of Irvineand Estill County, Kentucky. ESTILL SPRi; >uiiiiiiri ivMii-1 till Estill Tie wms also a law-\iT III prdiiiHiiuiMJ aliiliiy ami a man or magnificentpersonal app(uirance. In August, 1861, upon numerousoccasions he addressed the citizens of Estill, Madisonand adjoining counties, principally held upon the occnr-ivnec III drills, that were participated in by the Home(liiarils. He s]M)ke of the necessity of better organiza-tion to protect ourselves from being run over by theliehels. On the 14th of September a battalion of halfa score of companies of Home Guards met at Texas,Madison County, Kentucky. The loyal citizens werethere with baskets that teemed with good things to John C. Wil
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