Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-07-30

u Atnough Mr.. braddock Is q waru
d Union man, he attends to his callin,
n and Is never seen on the street talkin,
d politics. He has q son 10 the Southeri
g army. The same may be said o
J, Drs. Spalding and Maxwell. Judge No
t BILE. and Mr.. Beeler; they are amons
r the best citizens Of Marion county, al
warm Union men. The destruction o
q The county Jail was another outrage
They 6rst set Gre to every Union
mans house in Lebanon that could b.
: burned without destroying the houses
D OF rebels. Fortunately, the arrival o.
some Federal cavalry drove out III.
: scoundrels and saved several fine
: houses.
One man went with q torch to the
house Of Mr.. W. Milburn, but when
he was about to apply 1t Mr.. NJ. eam-
out with two pistols and threatened to
blow his brains out IL he did not leave.
OF course the cbivalry skedaddIed. -
They set fire to the store of D. W.
Phillips once or twice. Forum ateIy
for the town the FIRE was put out
The store is so centrally situated, that,
had it burned. the whole business por-
ton of the town must have been de-
stroyed. They burned the house Of
Mrs. Abel. all that she possessed, il
seems accidentally, or. rather they
thought that they were burning the
house Of Mrs. Corley. Mrs. A. Is
said to have called Federal soldiers
yankees. We mean BY this that
she is said to have had a slight sym.
pathy with the rebellion. Morgan, it
is reported, apologized for burning her
house. We hope that he did; and yet
apologies will not give her a house.
They gutted the stores Of all Union
merchants. 1t is thought that the loss of
D. W. Phillips will reach 5000.
When Morgan arrived at Springfield,
three Of his soldiers went to the house
Of one Of the most prominent men Of
Washington county and attempted to
violate the person Of the lady's mulat.
to servant. aged about fourteen years. !
The girl rushed to her mistress and
tried to hide behind ber. The scoun-
drsls followed her up and pulled her
from her mistress, forcibly carried her
into the yard, and, although the mas
ter and mistress begged for the girl,
carried ou; their brutal purpose.
Gen. Morgan sent bis Adjutant Gen.
eral to Lebanon. demanding its surren.
der. Lieut.. Hammer, Of the l6lh Ky,
commanded our advance. The bearer
of the flag Of truce attempted 10 come
to the Lieutenant with bis full escort
of fifty men. He was ordered to halt,
advance by himself or be would be
fred on. This was done. The Lieu
tenant sent messenger to Col. Hanson
with the demand for the surrender Of
the place. No sooner had the flag Of
truce been received than Morgan be-
gan TO shell the town. Lieut.. Ham
mer Immediately arrested and dis !
armed the bearer Of the flag of truce
Morgan sent another flag spologizing |
for shelllng the town saying that il q
was done against his will. Col. Hanson
ordered the release Of Aston. ]
The prisoners were brutally treated.
One OF Morgan's brothers attempted
TO shoot Capt. Parish Of the goth Ken. Z
lucky. after he was disarmed. An
other man cursed Hanson, and put a
pistol to his head. threatening to shoot I
him. Other officers were kicked and II
,uffed BY Confederate officers, after e
hey were disarmed. Col. Grisby o
'aved like a madman. and said to an "
,fficer, "Had you held out FIVE minutes
onger we would have shown you no
quarter" Two men we're deliberately L
TILED for falling down from sheer ex. p
lsustion. between Lebanon and Spring +
ield. The whole body of prisoners b
we're pushed at double quick from n
lebanon to Springfield, a distance Of "
light miles. We hope that these
hings will be examined into, and a
ure and just retribution Immediately D
warded. e
It is said the rebel citisens fred on "
ur troops from their houses. When g.
be Goth Kentucky returned to Leba- n'
on they were so enraged that they
anne near demolishing several houses,
mong them the house Of r. @. Harris, 70
'om which they said they were first a'
red on. Harris has been boarding
ederal officers at his hotel some time.
IS these same officers and privates I.
ent through Lebanon at double =, -
uick, under guard. the wife Of this =, !;
ian rushed out and exclaimed, "Ohl :"
int that goodl" For this offense she -.
ad to feed IS paroled soldiers during =
leir stay in Lebanon. r. NJ. Spalding =. -
as compelled to feed goodly num- "'
sr, for some offence not known to our
formsnt. We demand that this thing ..
} looked into, and If citizens did fire :,
i our soldiers, hang them as we -
ould sheep-killing dogsl Some Of az
organs men have wives 10 Kentucky. oo
md them to Dixie Immediately. Fa- Sa
,rs must not be shown to rebels hith-
to. Let Lebanon be watched-siftedj
is dangerous den. ind
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