J.S. Hay was Col. Robert McCulloch's ordinance officer. After the major fighting at Fort Pillow was done, Hay and Second Missouri Cavalry (C.S.) surgeon, F.R. Durrett, found Hardy Revelle, a dry-goods merchant, and confiscated certain of his wares. The fact that Revelle could subsequently remember Durrett and Hay's names saved him from being shot for pilfering.