The Kentucky troops

The Lynchburg Republican says of the Kentucky troops which arrived in that city Thursday morning, that the average height of the members is five feet nine and a half inches, while no man in the regiment weighs less than one hundred and fifty pounds. They are under the command of Col. Blanton Duncan, and the following officers: Adjutant D. J. Symmes; Surgeon, Dr. Alex. Forsythe; and Captains Jo. Desha, of Harrison county; Ed. Crossland, of Hickman county; John D. Pope, of Louisville; M. Laparelle, of Louisville, and — Harney, of Louisville. They are all dressed in the blue Kentucky hunting shirt, and a finer body of men the world has never produced. On Thursday night they left Lynchburg for Harper's Ferry.

The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA.) 04 May 1861