Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-01
INVASION OF IRONTON. no.
LincOIn's Troops shoot at and Take Citi-
zens Prisoners.
BLACK REPUBLICAN, ATROCITIES.
From the Memphis Bulletin, May 80.

The following extract from private letter TO
gentleman in this city, dated Ironton Mo-, May 25
1861, gives the particulars of the invasion of that
town by the LincOlnites, and affords faint picture
of the Black Republican atrocities now being per-
petrated in Missouri We are inclined to believe
that it the invasion of Ironton, and the atroci
ties herein detailed, that gave rise to the reports
about Jim Lane being between Pocahontas and
Jacksonport. The letter says:
Yesterday "Wednesday the 22d) was a day never
to be forgotten by US in Arcadia Valley. 1 pray
that may never see such another day Of horror
Lincoln has guerrilla soldiers, composed of the
lowest class of Dutch, which he has turned loose
on the Border States, to make on all the Seces
sionists-tO take freemen prisoners, and court
martial them for treason if they fail to take the
oath of allegiance to the Federal Government.
Early yesterday morning gentleman came gal
Looping up to our house warning to hide that the
Lincoln soldiers would be on us shortly. He said
they had already shot at him. One ofmy sons was
in the field ploughing and ran out to tell him to
hide. By the time returned, heard the guns fir
ing in every direction, and the women in the valley
screaming | then ran off and hid myself where
could see the soldiers. They soon came along some
on horse and some on foot.
My son who was ploughing in the field, was seen
by them running through the rye field, and immedi
ately two soldiers on horse back started after him
They threw down the fence and pursued him. They
commanded him to stand and yield himself priso-
he paid no attention to them. but on. They
nally, he gained the woods and escaped
up to this time they had committed no depreda-
tons in the house The horsemen then returned
from the chase TO the house. They got an axe and
broke up my furniture stole every cent of money
we had, split open my closet doors, and scattered
my groceries all around. gold watch was hang
ing in one OF the rooms. They stole that. They al
so stole coat. pair OF new boots, pair of
pants also rifle saddle and one horse
My son who escaped Is still in the woods and
Ia, into fnEH+r A-aoI frIr rlokvr
become of us They took an old doctor of our town
prisoner. They even took his pocket knife from
him, but in consideration OF his discrep tude and
age, released him after two hours detention.
AN old gentleman named Brown, a very strong
secessionsts, aged near eighty years, they knocked
down jumped upon him tramped on his breast, and
injured much tn he is obliged 10 die.
Two male members of my family
are still hiding out of town, and will leave as soon
d possible.
such are some of the incidents of the civil war
IN our midst. am strongly reminded by what has
taken place here, of Cronwell's times. The Round
Heads he turned loose on the Royalists. Icompare
81 the Blac8 Republicans and the secessionsts on
the border States, only the Round Heads went about
their depradations with whining hypocracy. while
the Black Republicans used the utmost profanity
The Black Republican soldiers are armed with
Minnie rifles and b-yonets. They shot at a negro
boy and said they tried to kill him"