The youngest, except for me, was Allen and he fought for the South. Simon and William took up arms for the North. My oldest brother Leonard was a member of the Richmond Convention that voted for secession. They were all involved in the political wranglings and my two brothers with Northern sympathies actually led the charge in our state legislature to break West Virginia off from Virginia. Two of my brothers took sides with the North and two with the South. As you know, this great conflict split families right in two and ours was one so divided. John S Hall: I'm the youngest of five brothers (we had a sister who went on to marry a McGregor) in the northwest region of the State of Virginia but which is no West Virginia. It's a remarkable story about a remarkable man.Įnnyman: Is it true you were found in a delirium on the side of the road after the Battle of Murfreesboro? Which side were you fighting for and how did you come to be there? I thought it might be entertaining and informative to tell his story by means of an imaginary interview today. She then explained that great uncle John Hall, who had been overcome with fever during the battle of Murfreesboro in the Civil War, was taken to the Nashville hospital where he would spend five months, either in recovery or transition to the grave. She asked about the flooding, and then asked if I had seen the hospital there, which I took as a strange question unrelated to anything. His name came up because the day before I had been in Nashville, flying home from a business trip. John was the youngest son of the venerable Halls of Highland, West Virginia, born in 1845. Saturday morning I was talking with my mom about Great Uncle John S.
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