40 s&w & the hatfield mc coy feud

[cfllwsgn]

i have 80+ once fired 40 s&w brass. i totally do not need this. if anyone else wants it simply so state, and post the date first blood was drawn in this famous feud. correct answer and the brass is yours. postage is on me!

[mrcvs]

07 January 1865

Asa Harmon McCoy was murdered on January 7, 1865. Jim Vance, the uncle of Devil Anse Hatfield, despised Harmon because he had joined the Union Army during the American Civil War. Harmon was discharged from the Army early because of a broken leg. He returned home to a warning from Vance that Harmon could expect a visit from Devil Anse's Wildcats. Frightened by gunshots as he drew water from his well, Harmon hid in a nearby cave, supplied with food and necessities each day by his slave, Pete; but the Wildcats followed Pete's tracks in the snow, discovered Harmon and shot him fatally.

[adowns]

A few years ago I taught a new new student who had moved here from West Virginia. Her last name was McCoy. I asked her if she knew about the Hatfields. Her reply....

"Yeah, we hate 'em. They stole our pig."