Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-06-27
the pieces destroyed. We selected few

Tor mementoes.r ~ .ii
Just above where the Shenandoah flows
into the Potomacis is a fine bridge. that
must have cost $40. .000 This has not
been molested. lthoughtwo barrels of tar
and some cotton show that they were
ready to burn it at any time they saw fit,
Standing on the track. in front of the
Hotel. was engine No. l65. Of the Balti-
more 81 Ohio road This engine was fired
up. aud was 20 leave on Friday afternoon
with eight cars ofprovisious. and marhin-
cry fer tho Richmond Armory. and guard
to denol ish the track and bridges rs they
passed, but when they came to put the
engine on the road. they found it was too
heavy for the track and they were com
pelled to leave it. Orders were then Civ
en- to throw the provisions into the river.
which consisted of coffee. sugar and mo-
lasses, and several thousand bushels OF
corn and rye. 1t filled three cars and had
never been bought by them off the rail-
roada All the light machinery ofthe five
trucks was consigned to the river and the
heavy pieces left The tricks with the
machinery on were marked Richmond
Armory and the provision Miller Rifles.
Winchester. "a q issm sasmma9 si
:; One Of the last glances we took was up
the Shenandoah. at the rife works, which
were safe at 5 p. NJ aii r; iaa.aii
The tressel work along tho river, on
which the cars run, was fired about three
hundred yards above the hotel and all the
wood work consumed west Of that point.
The main body is iron. and rests on stone
piers. 1t is yet good. and the woodwork
on top can soon be replaced. leg tirHii
= On the top of the hill is the magazine.
1t remains uuhsrnaed save being emptied
of its contents. i.einai rai ye1T
The town is almost entirely abandoned.
We did not sec a woman in the streets on
looking ont from window or door; about
thirty or forty miserable looking men were
seen around the corners. doing nothing.
and gazing at us in sullen. silence. All
tic good houses are shut mp from top to
bottom. The schools, churches and pub
lie buildings arc open-the vilest aud fith-
lest looking dens We eversaw.. They were
all usei as barracks. hsl ia -ta8t
The camp ground is vacated thoroughly,
no article Of any value is left; about e
million of buzzarjs and vultures are how
ering around clump Of trees where they
had slaughtered large lot OF beef and
sheep for the next days provision. and
were forced to leave in such hurry that
they could not cook it, and had no means
to carry it. las 4a-g aeI'as
The Quartcrmaster of the rebel army
! seized all the horses. wagons, mules. oxen
and cattle of all kinds for miles around.
took all the provision from the farm houses
and gave them scrip, which they consider
worthless. Thus, the whole section ol
country through which they are marching
is plundered. .ravished and destroyed.-
Their march is worse than tho the light
ming had withered, by its stroke. a path
% miles wide. The curses hoaped upon
their heads are many and deep. and will
give vent when backed by Federal bayo-
ncnts. eil ~ ea
From all we could learn by comparing
all the Information we could gather. there
were twenty thousand, all we'll armed,
but their equipments were Of many colors
and styles. They did not have rcgi.
ment of one regular uniform. except the
Kentucky Regiment of six hundred. which
had on common jeans. Their buttons
have on the Confederate coat of arms. But
many have arms Of the State they came
from. lsIs.s si saat s tal $3.50
A physician who was pressed into the
service. says abont fifty are down bad with
the measles. and will lose their hearing en-.
tirely: they are mostly in the Mississippi
and Louisiana regiments. i.0e .nos
About noon on Saturday the main body
were ten Or twelve miles out on the turn
pike towards Winchester. The heat was
SO oppressive that il was with difficulty the
men could get along. None went to Lees
burg or Martinsburg. as was reported. .n
No men were hung or shot before they
left. as was reported. Several were com
PEELED to go along who had joined volun-
teer companies the time of the John Brown
excitement. who did not wish to fight
against the stars and stripes. We left at
D T.. NJ. and as we came to point of Rock
we saw six cavalry on the Virginia side.
They are badly off for Flying Artillery
and never had strong Notifications on the
surrounding hill tops except halfla dozen
small pieces. eB e1. sf a4z1af
No buildings OF the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company were destroyed. ts
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