Louisville Daily Journal, November 24, 1862

Contributed by Sandra Hurt-Norris.

Joshua Burdett, a lawyer of Lancaster, KY, was shot on the evening of the 17th inst. by
his brother-in-law, Capt. James Smith, of Col. Hoskins’ Twelth KY Regiment.
Capt. Smith was home on furlough. A bad feeling had existed between Burdett and Smith
for a long time. A ball entered Burdett’s neck between his jugular vein and the windpipe.
It was thought for a time, that he was shot dead, but he partially recovered, and at
last accounts, a hope was entertained that he might recover.