Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-11-01
From The Kentucky Mountains
MORE ATROCITIES OF THE REBELS.
rFrom the Lexington Observer, lslh.l

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Forty-one persons, most of them women
and children, arrived in this city on Turs.
day last, from their homes in Knox and
Laurel counties. They were flying from
the prosecutions and annoyances of Zolli-
Golfers marauders. One of the persons
constituting this little band Of refugees (Mr.
Vannoy) is a minister in the Christian
Church, and he gave a most heartrending
account of the dreadful state of things in
the mountains caused by the reckless aud
unprincipled followers of the rebel Zolli-
Golfer. He was an eyewitness of many Of
their atrocious acts of vandalism, having
been present at London, Laurel county,
when the rebel forces entered and took po-
session Of that place, and for several hours
was detained by them a prisoner He
states that they took from the stores, gro
ceries and private dwellings, everything
they desired; but seemed to bo more par
ticularly solicitous for clothing, shoes, blank
cts and provisions. They also took possess
sion of and drove off all the live stock up
on the farms in that country, and many
persons had been robbed of all the horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs, that they possessed.
They even went farther, and in the spirit of
mere wantonness and brutality they destroy
ed what they did not want, even TO the
clothing of the women and children.
Mr.. Vannoy, who, by the way, is plain,
uneducated, but evidently an honest, pious
man, informs us that nearly all the young
and able bodied men of that section Of the
State had, previous to the invasion of the
State by Zollicofer, enlisted in the mill
tary companies assembled at Camp Dick
Robinson, and the remainder have since
gone to Colonel Garrards Camp which is
beyond Rockcastle River and about eleven
miles this side Of London. The old men
and the women and children, who were left
behind, he represents to be in such state
of alarm and apprehension that they have
left their homes and sought hiding places
in the mountains, having removed from
their dwellings their household effects and
secreted them in the least accessible places
in order to keep them from the robbers
The sufferings and priyations of these peo-
pie can scarcely be conceived Of, and, as
depicted by this humble but patriotic Chris
tian, are truely heart-rendiDg.
He says there are but three Of the male
inhabitants left in Barboursville, and they
are permitted to remain there 10 security
simply because they are Secessionists. 7 he
Union men have all been compelled to ay.
He was at Col. Garard's camp last week,
and he states that it is daily increased in
numbers, by men from the surrounding
counties, but their efficiency as soldiers is
rendered unavailable by reason OF the ina
bility of Col. Garrard to supply them with
arms.
Il is needless for us to say that those
people who have thus been driven i'om
their homes by the yapdal hoEdes from
Tennessee, were properly cared for n BY ,; our
oan.f,rts while here, and to enable them TO
reach their place of destination in Grant
county, where some of them have relatives.
From the best information he could obtain,
he estimates ZollicoffeRs forces at about
eight thousand.