Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-08-01
Incidents Of the Advance Of the
Grand ARMY.

Grand Army.
The correspondent of the New York
Times, who was with the troops on the
march to Fairfax, says:
We stopped and had talk at.an old
farmhouse with the negro women. They
said the people had all run, and told them
they would be murdered, but, as one old
woman said, she thought she would stay,
"for she might see the salvation of the
Lord !" In the next house, white woman
stood at the door very pale, and weeping,
as the column thundered by. She said
she had husband in the secession army.
Soon after, we passed nice house aban-
doned. Our men had entered it and were
searching every nook and corner. look
ed over the books. They showed an in
telligent family, with interest iu scientific
and agricultural matters. One man pick
ed up letter with the following passage:
"Give my love to Susy and Aunt NJ, and
tell John to shoot Yankee for me!'
The same correspondence after arrival
at Fairfax, says:
A man climbs up into the Courthouse
and hauls down the Secession flag amid
groaus and cheers, and up goes the bright
Union banner. A New Hampshire pio-
neer boasts that he was the first New
Hampshire man on Virginia soil. A lady
comes out of house near, and swings
Union flag, "the first," she says, "she has
dared to do for MONTHS"
Our landlady comes in and deplores,
with tears, that all her forks and spoons
have been carried off by the rebels.
The Washington correspondent of the
N. Y. World says:
The Brooklyn Zouaves made great
haul at Fairfax. They hunted over the
deserted camps of tho disunionists, and
picked up, among other valuables, fifteen
watches and forty-one revolvers. This
shows the hurry with which the enemy
fled yesterday morning. The finders wore
them as the Crimean soldiers wear their
medals.
The Washington correspondent of the
Pittsburg Gazette, says:
At Fairfax, many stores were broken o.
pen in the excitement of the occasion.--
Everybody had cigars, soap, calico, de-.
Many preferred turkeys and chickens, and
got them wherever they could be found.
One company was seen with huge hog
they had just killed, and were carrying it
to grand roast. Others were inclined to
literature. have before me now, an ele-
giant edition OF the tragedies of Euripides,
in the original Greek, taken from some
house. Of course this wholesale plunder
was stopped as soon as the officers could
do it. But, for while, there is no doubt
many of the army demonstrated the truth
of statement of Beauregard's in his bull
Ietln to the Confederate thieves. The bad
disposition and action was, however, ex-
ceptional and speedily suppressed.
The same letter says:
An acquaintance of mine brought with
him from the roadside, where he found it,
the knapsack of Henry 7. Ferguson, of the
Third s. G. Volunteers. 1t contained two
blankets, a lot of trinhets, and good many
letters TO bis cousin Martha, who lives at
Cross Anchors, and who has an uncommon
interest in cousin Henry. I enclose one Of
the letters: ~ -i,tt
FAIR Fax, G. H., July ard.
DEAREST CosIN: I seat my self to drop
you few lines we are all we'll or living
well at this present. We have not had the
opertunity of getting in Battle yet althoug
they wos fight right close to US yesterday
we had large Lost we lost 6 Of our men
and only killed l3 yankees you know that
is the greatest lost we have ever had yet.
Our company is going out of Picket to
night expect we will get in Little fight
We are Gloss enough to our enemy's to hear
Lincons Drum Beat you know that We have
come on over halls way grounds don't
think that yankees well ever leave their
dens to fight our Rebels cought yankee.
yesterday that had been in Washington
says that all the yankee Troops is leaving
washington he deserted from the north he
has Brother in Richmend Va his Brother
says that he said that oil abes men was cry
ing out Peace Peace Peace I hope pece will
be maid | must come to close as Paper
is sarce you must excuse my for not writ
ting Longer give my Respects to uncle or
ant and all the children Reserve the same
for yourself write soon direct your Letter TO
Fair Fax Court House you must write soon
your Cosin. HENRY T. FuRaUsoN.
In another letter, cousin Henry tells cous-
in Martha that we have seen a commit,
looking white in the hevins, and some says
il is sine of psas; hope so." You ses
the poor fellows thoughts are on peace,
though he dose innocently ask only for
'peas."