In early October, Morgan’s cavalry swept through the Trammel Community in search of food and supplies. Some, such as John Howard Morgan and his mother, Isabella, who were relatives of John Hunt Morgan and were sympathetic to the southern cause, willingly parted with their goods, while others had food and supplies taken from them. When Major Younger Hyder Holland, a resident of nearby Allen Springs, heard about the raid on Trammel, he prepared his farmstead for the Confederates’ arrival by leaving two hogs in the pig pen and driving eight others deep into the woods. He took two oxen, a mare, and three of his five milk cows to a cave, tied the animals to rocks, and disguised the entrance with rocks and brush. While Holland took care of the livestock, his son Tandy warned the neighbors, and his daughter Mary Lavender hid the family’s best clothing, blankets, and quilts in the attic under cornshucks and pieces of old carpet. The family also gathered food and staples from the cellar, smoke house, and kitchen and concealed them in a pit under the floorboards of the saddle and tack room that had been dug for that purpose. The Confederate raiders arrived at dusk and gathered what provisions they could find, which was not a great deal because of the family’s careful preparations. They then tied a white blanket over Holland’s shoulders, put him on a white horse, and forced him to ride in front of them as protection as they headed south. On the road, the band met the Allen County Home Guard, who fired on them, and the Confederates abandoned Holland and raced for the Tennessee line, escaping capture. Holland, a Baptist minister, survived the experience and continued to serve the community for many years after the war.