The hills of Kentucky and Tennessee saw some of the bloodiest battles the Civil War had to offer. Since Kentucky became a state that neither side could fully claim and yet both battled hard to do so, it was here the term was coined "Brother Against Brother". While David Pursley, the youngest son of William fought for the Union as the Pursley's did not believe in slavery, his sister's son was a spy for the Confederacy and was said to be in the Company of Robert Cobb Kennedy when he tried to burn down New York. While Samuel Carter Stout was a lieuteneant in the 9th Ky. and promoted by the Governor to Captain of the Militia, his brother-in-law Jasper fought for the Confederacy, and ended up with the unit from Texas that would eventually become the Texas Rangers. The capitol of the Confederacy lay in Bowling Green for a while, and Adair, Barren and Metcalfe Counties remained in the North. Then the Confederacy advanced north of the Green River and moved headquarters to Greensburg, which left all 3 in Rebel territory. In the following pages, you will be able to get a feel for the men who made up the armies and their utter distrust of each other from letters written and preserved, along with the true documented account, of Camp Joe Underwood, the Union's recruiting Station for Co. E, 9th Kentucky Infantry based out of Columbia, in Barren County, Kentucky.