Lt. William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield of the 45th under Capt. John Buchanan The 45th Battalion Virginia Infantry was raised by Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Beckley, mainly with men from the Virginia State Line, under the previous command of General John Buchanan Floyd, in late 1861. Floyd’s early measures at Bowling Green,

Camp Brownlow, Piketon, Kentucky 1862 The JSR Letters are from the collection of Josh Branham and transcribed by Josh Branham Letter 1 Camp Brownlow, KetuckySunday afternoon, February 9th [1862] Brother Enoch, Although I have not received any answer to my last letter, yet I attribute it to irregularity of the

General John B. Floyd’s 119 Unionist Prisoners Captured During the Raid of the Virginia State Line Up in the Big Sandy Valley in December of 1862 Sources and Works Consulted: The Richmond Daily Enquirer, Dec. 29, 1862. (Published between 1804 and 1877.) Typescript of a letter dated Aug. 7, 1863,