The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-09
i Army Correspondence.
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MRssRs EDIToRs--S Sirs - We have
inst returned from al important expedi. !
tion, one that will be Of interest 10 many
Of your readers bee ,uss Of the friends
they have connected with and engaged in
it--ous the moral Of which will clearly
show that relributive justice will follow
the community that will in the leasI
countenancs tho men engaged in gner.
rila warfare: at least such we think will
be the policy Of Gen. Sherman.
The expedition against Randolph is
premoniton lumiDg up before their eyts
as beacon, assuring the whole rebel fra.
lernity that the fate Of Sodom was not
more cert1in, when no: five righteous
men could I've found within her, than is
the late Of any town or neigEborbood that
will harbor these gusrrilias. ..r..
! On the afternoon oi the 23l Sept, as
the Z ngiRe was coming down, she was
sigualed, and the cltik, as usual bounded
on the shore, when he was Immediately
surrounded by 80 or 40 guerrillas, who
sprupg around him from their hiding
/ place and who at the same lime demanded
the surrender of the boat. which was vel
ladened with hospital ant army stores,
Gust the things they nseded) but for
lunatry the boat had not been fastened;
50 when they saw The game, and their
danger, the boat was thrown out in the
river by the engineer, and escaped with
out the injury oil any one but the pilot.
who was wounded in the leg. but not
seriously. The boat. however was pierced
with many bullets.
, On the boats reaching Memphis, Gen
D Sherman detailed the 46th Ohio. uude'
the command Of Lieut-Col. Charles @
| Walcutt, and one section Of Bouton's bat
= tery, under command of Lieut. -. t.
? proceed TO Randolph and measure on
e exemplary and speedy chaslisems ut
| which we think the sequel shows wa
cuOCtuul'J uOu0' d.
&. We were early on the evening Of lh'
24tb on board the Ohio Belle, aud abou
e 8 o'clock moved OF for the point, un
known but by the commander aud Capt
H. Ii Giesy, who was in command
o the detail oil companies F aud G. witt
Q Lieutcuauts G. Rice, f. Linville and Joh'
n Lu,z, who detached to reconuoilre, a
high up as For, Pillow. and for this pur
d uese we're at 8 oclock sci on board th
le Engine.
RS At daylight we hove in sight Of Raj
dOlph. which by this time all knew wi
i, our destination. Then bbgan the gre'
l. quaking among the quiet citizens OF thu
devoted place, who, as the boat was NOV
ID ing to shore, began to scamper like raj
,e from laundering vessel. oh, but the
r, did run. One James Dsusford-an inn
cent and much abused Union man, b'
", who for nearly year had been acting
e. ordnance officer for the ensmy-deserte
n. his house and family at the first sight
B.. our forces, on the double quick. III
whole town ielt their impending door
T. and we're satisfied that it was just, alth
hard. Aud yet women whose sons we
in the Confederate army and shooting
-. down, would plead with tears in she
q eyes for our clemency aud protection; 81
% when unsuccessful prayed that FIRE al
birthstone might devour us before
:, reached Memphis. Especially the
ns m fated Qusrtermas,er, whose devoted he
" must bear the sins of the "whole wor
H. aud the rest Of mankind .
"' 'n' As soon as we landed Col. Walc'
:. sent out his pckets. who all day kept
.hs % a watohful guard on the approaches
~ =" the town, and picked up all sutPc'o
III gentlemen they could find vas tn
ii ordered to take an inventory Of all t
-. ~ real estate, and give notice to the inbs
~ ~ itants to move all their household fufI
,oh %, ture from their dwellings, While Il
"'' ~ was being done, 1 busted myself in
+. tail by taking possession Of horses mul
No negroes and cotton found In the pla
n,o 'ae After which proceeded to apply
sry. desola,ing torch to every building
INV town but the Church. which we LETT st'
h;s ding to mark the spot where once ste
,nn m the town of Randolph. Thus ended
m uen overthrow of Pompii, and truly we n
,s., 49, now say that Randolph is numbered W "
;,a' ;,a the things that have passed away. J
wv amount Of property destroyed was 81
: houses, and at a moderate valuation
worth $4,000. Fifteen horses, mr
aud twenty one bales of cotton are "
!. | brought to Memphis for the use OF
-- Uncle. and passed over I" the gove
ave meut alllhs property amounting to ab
ritv 81 900 in value. We only captured
aise prisori b, one spy, three men arr
ON and acting with guerrillas.
n Of No enemy appearing to give the re
The ment chance to add fresh laurels o
bs Shiloh, and the work Of destruction
complished, with tie setting sun we
cts barked, leaving the disconsolaie to Il
;ns' own reflections, surrounded BY the sn
SSsr dering ruins Of what was once a pl
n;s. with prospects bright, but now cove
';ala by the pail of death and the mildey
,ho war. Yours truly,
,;us ~ .ra a'..- I.a' EML. GlESY