I know Mr. Davis thinks he can do a great many things other men would hesitate to attempt. For instance, he tried to do what God failed to do. He tried to make a soldier of Braxton Bragg. - General Joseph E. Johnston

The Lexington Star Newspaper can report that several more towns in the state of Kentucky have been burnt. The attackers are reported to be Richard's Raiders led by the infamous Richard Pearson, the man who burnt Lousville to the ground. They have burnt Frankfort as well as Florence just outside of Cincinnati. Many rail depots have also been destroyed and entire train cars full of dead Union wounded and soldiers. Tons of destroyed ammunition as well as supplies have been destroyed alongside the rail lines;artillery pieces and weapons have also been found too. Pearson and his men's whereabouts are still unknown.

I, Richard Pearson,have stated several times that he didn't know that there were wounded Union men on the train, and had he known before his attack took place than he would not have gone through with it. None the less, it's the Unions fault for transporting sick and dying men and boys alongside artillery pieces, weapons and ammunition.