December 16, 2017
SHY’S HILL RECEIVES VISIT FROM ITS NAMESAKE’S DESCENDANTS
At the 153rd anniversary of the battle on Dec. 16, 2017, one of Col. William Shy’s descendants made a special visit – her first ever –to the Hill which, due to the conspicuous courage and ultimate death of her 26-year-old ancestor, was renamed Shy’s Hill for posterity.
Linda Whitson told interested visitors at the Hill that she is the great, great niece of Col. Shy. She and her husband Frank had driven down from their home in Russell Springs, Kentucky, to spend a “family history” weekend in Middle Tennessee, visiting the small family cemetery at Two Rivers farm near Franklin where Colonel Shy had been interred, and climbed up her ancestor’s famous Hill to see the place where he had died defending that ground 153 years earlier.
Ms. Whitson was wearing a pendant which encased a seldom-seen photograph of her ancestor. In the photo, he appears to be enjoying a cigar and holding a pistol across his chest.