The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-10-07
"A Strange story"
CAMP PRIcE, GREEsBRILk Co, Va, J
Seprrtnbcr l6, 1868


To tie Editor of The Richmond Wig:
To grsufy the lovers OF the curious and
wonderful, have conclu Ted to yiv. YOU IL
short and accurate description, M received
from the witnesses theipselvc-, of strange
phenomenon that made it's Appearance about
ten miles west Of L.wisburg, on the after.
noon Of the lst inst.
Mr Moses Daw,e or, Al honest and res
ponsibls farmer, whose ver,cily 10 unim.
pe.rhabl- Mrs. Percy. WHO s-.ms 10 have
n very clear head ana is n Lady Of re.prcta
bihIy ami character. as are the two other
ladies' who Witnessed the Phenomenon, were
the persons from ~ hom the following ne
count wu- obtained II wus also Witnessed
by n ,on,h. almost Cr"nn, and bv n s-rveut
girl. They all testify. substnnti ,lly, to th.
same facts, and are perfectly Wiling TO be
sworn TO tho truth U! The statement nad-
TO me.
The day was brigh,, clear and wa.m.-
The Locality hill or m0untniu -.de on
which the sun was SHINING w.th full poacr
The first thing seen MAS something that
tho witness,s do not seem able 10 describe
With clearnsss aud accuracy. Tney -ny IL
was masses or bodies Of vapor, mist or
something else five os siI feet high and
two or th!es wide, hnsting in psrpendic.
ular positiog, above The tree tops, moving
on In line With the utmost regularity aud
precision :h-n, passing through the tree
tops, without having the line broken or dis
turbsd. The hodies are described ~ being
Of a whiti-h, green color, and passed oil ~,
the distance. Then came y countless rul
litude OF men, dressed in white. march, ,ng
in column, OH the ground, through an open
field, up the mountain slope, at u rapid
pace quicker than u"nb.c q, eK TIM. the
column, only separated by II few feet. The
witnesses state that they could ace the men
not only asa whole, but the individual
parts-thrir hends, aims, legs and feet. DC.
| cnsiona.ly one would ,ag a little behind.
and could lie distinctly seen Ia quicken Ills
pace to re"nin his po.ili"u IN the line They
were passing for an hour or more. aud, u Is
| thought, numbered thousands upon thou.
sands ! he ieii over winch IT,. la.svd i.
several hundred yards in !eng h. and hey
covered IN. entire area in passing. Their
general appesiancs ~a- " bite. aud they
~ere without arms or krnp-acks.
] have given the simple facts without
eoloring or sxsggerati"n. as received from,
| eyo-~itnessss of the strange sight. No
person in this community doubts or qnrs.
tions the vsrsri,y OF the WILLINGNESS. known
as they are 10 be OF highly re- pectabl-
| character AMI entitled 4" ere dit. Ali agree
that they nav something out Of tho oiJ
| nsry course OF nature.
The Wkig adds:
This account Of = singular phrnomsnop .
| was II a mirage is communicated to Va
by an osicer of r.' X, Intelligence and char.
acter. He means no q"iI. aud is not apt 10
bs the vistim OF one. Ia private note, he
says: 81 put myself " some trouble TO ~
certain the facts, aud Questioned the wit.
7 oessss separately. They are above -us
| picion. ! have given all the material facts,
except tha; the so.cniied men ~err rnarcn.
ing north or northwest, right through The
mountains Tney were of all sizes. and a-
mnen IKE men Us ii they mad oeen real tle-i,
and blood.