Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-14
THE MURDER OF GEN. McCoOK.
Several of Assassins Hung..Intense
Excitement in Nashville.


The following is Nashville dispatch to
the Philadelphia Press, dated Aug. 4
THE city Is In perfect uproar Of excite
ment over the details Of the death of the
brave Gen. Robert McCook of Ohio. His
remains arrived in town tonight, and are
now lying at tho Commercial Hotel.
II write this ut midnight, and, therefore,
am unable to send you Us full particulars as
! could wish. On Tuesday last Gen. Rob
ert McCook, who was at the time very sick,
was In an ambulance near Selma, Alabama,
on his way to his brigade The ambulance
was travelling over the usual military road,
and, about 10 o clock in the morning, it ar.
rived at plantation, where there was an
abundance Of water After refreshing
themselves they passed on with the sick
General. Intelligence Of his whereabouts
and condition was quickly spread, it is sup
posed, for before the ambulance had pro
oeeded three miles tho driver discovered that
he was pursued by guerrilas.
at was impossible to think of fight, and
Gen. McCook's condition prohibited any
idea Of rescuing him. The Rebel leader
ordered thaatAbulancs to stop, the assa ssins
ut the Same time surrounding IL. The
vehicle was then upset and the sick officer
turned into the road. While on his knee,
helpless, sick, and pleading for quarter, he
was fired at by ruf6an, and shot through
the side.
'The wound was Gen. McCool
surviving it but few hours He bore hi.
sufferings hsroically, and to the last mani
tested an undaunted spirit. HIS last word,
were, Tell Aleck, (alluding to his brother
Gen. Alexander Mcdowell McCook) anc
the rest, that have tried to live like mar
and do my duty
when the news Of the murder became
known among the camps, the exciment wa.
intense. The 9th Ohio, McCook's own re
giment, on learning Of the assassination
marched back to the scene Of the occurrence
burned every house in tho neighborhood
and laid waste the lands. Several men who
were implicated in the murder were taken
out and hung to- trees by the infuriated
soldiery. 'ao4r
'The guerrilla feeling throughout the
State a incrsasipg rapidly, and bands ol
these robbers arc forming in every hamlet.
The train | came down in from Baltic Greek
was fred into at different points. Fortu
nately, no damage was done to the persons Of
any Of the passengers.
The train for Columbia to-day was fired
into by guerrilla parties ut various points on
the road, and one man was killed and
thirteen wounded.
Immediate, prompt, and decisive actor
should be taken in the matter. Compaaie,
are forming here 10 assist in the capture o
guerrillas, neat the city. ar
''As1 write this dispatch the excitement
is increasing in the city, and the streets are
alive with the populace. Amusement and
revenge are pictured upon every counte
nance. The death OF Gen. McCook will be
remembered here, and terrible rstributiol
will fall upon the barbarous assassins Of thi
brave and gallant leader,
Gov johnson aud other prominent
Union insu have called to view the remains
The Governor was yisibly affected BY III,
sight OF the Sofpse of'his lste friend.
''ltis ruuiosed that q number Of promi
nent Secesaionis<s in this city have been sho
tonight by exasperated Unionists.