American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-07-03


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n HE blue noses. named IcNti whom
cold blood ordered Ten innocent non com
balanls ~ be shot hpcaasp they resided
in he neilhborhood ~ one who bad bfen
abducted from his home by d guerilla
band The amsy prcIext Tor lhIs bar
bafily vas, hat il #ss dome ia retaliation
for lis murder, bat Bis ,nbseQuenlrolu
safe and sound destroyed the last prop
upon which such an infamous. Wholesale
murder was sought to be justified n
the heart rendiOg agony Of the ten wild
ows and The walIing Of their orphaned
children do not reach bis conscience, then
he will suffer all the more in he'll, where
there are saints in comparison to him
Another name is that Of MiIroy, cant.
ing, melhodisical preacher who has en-
braced the opportunity of civil war TO
wreak the petty vengeance and malice Of
his marrow SOU upon the unfortunate,
hearlbroken and impoverished women
and children Of Virginia His conduct
in West Virginia was bad enough, but bis
ferociiy in the valley around Winchester
is shoeklng. But a short time since he
ordered a family out Of the lines, and
woOId NOT permit them to take their cloth
ing with them. II is said that even their
crnone was denied them, although they
had treated our troops in the most Kindly
manner.
lie moved into the mansion Immediate.
ly, and appropriated it for his headquar-
tiers together with the spoons. pianos, lgs,,
and in tit Of generosity, presented one
OF the pianos to female who was resid
ing in one of the camps thcreabouls.-
This family, although It was well known
TO have sheltered and succored our sol.
dlers when the fate Of war had thrown
them captive in the neighborhood, was
thus cruelty and unnecessarily thrown
helpless upon the world 10 crafty the lust
Of this General.
Another name is that Of Stenwehr.
whose completely in the shocking scene Of
the burning Of New Market will be re,
memberrd. 1t was proven chat those
were trying to escape from the burning
houses, were driven back into the flames
with the sabers OF (erocious soldiers
Can the mind of man contemplate great.
er scene OF horror than was presented
by frantic citizens. driven from their
homes by the torch of the incendiarv.
shrleking and terror stricken How they
must have cried .for mercy ; how their
piercing shrieks must have risen above
The roar OF the cracking flames envelop.
ING their own homeStcads But they did
not pierce The heart Of this General mol
nor were any of his accomplices punish,
ca Tor this deed of iniamy and horror.
The lncarnate tends, without hayinc
any military ability whatever, have driy,
en- The people into hostility, when they
might have been secured as friends. This
article VIII be construed into disparage. !
ment OF our army and its officers, but let
US tell those who would do that, nothing
alsparages sour army SO much. either AZ
home or abroad, as the neglect to seek
out and punish such offenders. The AID.
m'nlslraiion cannot plead ignorance of
the facts. The acts of Butler, McNiel
and Mllroy were brought to their notice
oy the protest of the enemy, while those
Of Turchin and Steinwehr were brouyBt
forward in the evidence before the conr,
martial In every case they were pro
tected and promoted bv the Ad,,;r;a,.a .