Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-12-25
The Murder of Union men in East Tennessee.

The Murder Of Union men In East Tennessee.
Since the Union army has taken possession
of East Tennessee many worthy Union men
have been cruelty murdered by the Villainouu
rebels in arms, assisted BY perjured citizens
who have come forward and taken the oath.
Murder, treason, robbery, infamy and ruin are
the order of the day in the counties above and
below Knoxville. In the upper counties they
have shot down and otherwise murdered un-
offending men, neither respecting age nor mfr
mites, and the soldiers, turning out in bands
of marauders, have robbed families of all in
their houses and on their farms; and where
they were unable to carry off all they found,
the theiving villains have destroyed it, burn
ing private property and destroying all before
them. They have, within few weeks past,
murdered old men in the presence oftheir fam
lilies, committing cruel and inhuman atrocities
that would disgrace wandering Arabs In
Washington county, but the other day, they
murdered Rev. Mr.. Bowman, of the Dutch
Church, in cold blood, and upon no other pre-
text than be was Union man.
In the counties of BIount, Monroe, Hamil-
ton and Bradley, below Knoxville, they have
recently committed some of the most atrocious
murders ever know to this hell-born and he'll
bound rebellion. They marched old msn
Smith out from bis house in Blount, and shot
him down in the road, in his sixtisth year,
leaving poor and helpless family Of nine per-
sons, dependent on his labor for their daily
bread. The only charge was that he was
Lincolnite
They cruelty murdered Rev: Levi Carter,
and one Of his sons, in Bradley, and the charge
was that he was a LincoInite Methodist
preacher. They cut the throat Of tho Rev.
Mr.. Blair, of Hamilton county, a Baptist
preacher, in the presence ofhis family, and his
offense was that he was Union man.
They murdered F. Garter of bradley coun-
ty, in like manner, as refugees from that quar-
ter report to us. They are said TO have also
murdered tive of the CarsoDs in Monroe cOun-
ty, for no provocation whatevOrl They muir
dered Rev. Hiram Douglass, OF the Presbyter-
ian Church, under circumstances that would dis
grace an Algerian mobl They shot down man
by the name CozaPt, for no other offence than
that of being Union man. And these are
only items in long list Of wrongs and cruelties
being daily perpetratsd by q set Of scoundrsls,
acting under leaders who have been false 20
tuOtE W AtACuu5y uSl8lDOEby ObhLGS
and to the nation. And yet, when these imps
Of shell are arrested, Union men come for
ward, impose on the authorities, and procure
their release. God forbid that we should ever
be found endorsing for one of these scoundreIs,
or these baser villains on our streets who ex-
ult over their deeds of carnage, and are daily
smuggling letters to the enemy. -..
They have had, and still have, in the hills
and mountains Of Sewer county, 400 Cherokee
Indians, under that prince of marauders and
thieves, Col. Thomas of West Carolina. These
savages, less cruel than their white associates
and companions in arms, are robbing houses
and scalping innocent citizens. Does any man
in his senses suppose for one moment that the
Union men of East Tennessee, in all time to
come, will not shoot down these Indians
wherever they find them, and those also who
have had the command Of them? They take
the oath only to give them facilities in the
work of murder and robbery. They are going
through the country notifying the paroled
men from Vicksburg that they have been ex-
changed, and, under these false preteuces, vio-
lating every principle Of honorable warfarel
= Knoxville Wing.