William D. [Capt. Bill] Hughes was from Boston, Nelson County, and brothers James Henry and William Spalding were from Howard's Mill [Howardstown], also in Nelson. The latter two were my relatives. I wrote a piece about a year ago about James Henry Spalding for the Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable. I think Sol [Solon F.] Thompson, from Raywick, may also have been involved, and also, I think John Linton, who was from New Haven. James Henry Spalding had actually been a 1st lieutenant in Co F, 37th Ky. Mtd. Inf. and did not join the guerrillas until after his Union service. His brother, Bill Spalding, to my knowledge was never in the Confederate army. Sol Thompson, along with his brothers had been in one of Morgan's cavalry regiments.

It was near Manton, Washington County, that Marion and the rest killed Lt. Charles E. Spalding.

James Henry Spalding was court-martialed, convicted of being a guerrilla and sentenced to death. His sentence was later mitigated to five years in the Frankfort Penitentiary but was commuted before he ever went there. William Spalding was merely forced to go north of the Ohio River until the end of the war. Sol Thompson was on the scaffold with the rope around his neck when his sentence was mitigated. He had been a teacher in Hodgenville just prior to the war. He came back to Marion County for a visit in 1920, from his home out west. I have dates of death for the Spalding brothers. They were sons of Michael Spalding [1802-1860], and Nancy Willett. Sol Thompson's father was James K. Thompson, of Raywick. Bill Hughes lived with his grandparents after his mother died somewhere between Wilson's Creek and the town of Boston. You may contact me directly at stevenw105@comcast.net