Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-08-04

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patched with their pistols.
A hole was then dug, and the thirteen
bodies pitched into it. The grave was
scarcely large enough some of the bodies
lay above the ground. A wretch named
Sergeant N. G. d. Jay, Virginian, but at
tached to Tennessee company ofthe 65th
n. G. regiment, jumped upon the bleeding
bodies, and said to some of the men: Pat
Jaba for me, while / dance the damned
scoundrels down TO and through he'll. -
The grave was covered lightly with earth,
and the next day when the wives and fam.
lilies of the murdered men heard Of Their
fate, searched for and found their grave, the
hogs had rooted up one mans body and
eaten his head off.
ToRTURING DEFENoELEss WOMEN.
Captain MORLEY, in charge Of cavalry
force, and Col. Thomas, in command of a
number of Indians accompanied Keith's
men. These proceeded to Tennessee;
Keith's men returned to Laurel, and were
instructed to say that the cavalry had taken
the prisoners with them to be tried, in ac-
cordance with the pledge of Colonel Allen.
In their progress through the country,
many Union men were killed and scalped
by the Indians. Upon the return of Keith
and bis men to Laurel, they began system
atically to torture the women of loyal men,
to force them to tell where their fathers and
husbands were, and what part each had
taken in the salt raid. The women refused
to diyulge anything. They we're then
whipped with hickory .withes, many Of
them till the blood coursed in streams down
their persons to the ground; and the men
who did this are called soldiers Mrs. Sarah
Shelton, wife of Esau Shelton, who es-
capped from the town, and Mrs. Mary
Shelton, wife Of Lafus Shelton, were
whipped and hung by the neck Euntil
they were almost dead, but would give
no information. Martha White, an idiot
girl, was beaten and tied by the neck all lay
to Tree.
A WOMAN OF ETGHTY-FIvE HUNG.
Old Mrs. Unis Riddle, aged eighty-fve
years, was whipped, hung and robbed of a
considerable amount of money. Many 9th
ers were treated with the same barbarity.
And the men who did this were called sol
diers The daughters of William Shelton, a
man Of wealth and responsibility, were re-
quested by some of the officers to sing and
play for them. They played and sang a few
national airs. Keith learned of it and ORDER
ed that the ladies be placed under arrest and
sent TO the guardhouse, where they remain
cd all night.
Old Mrs. Sallie Moore, aged 70 years,
was whipped with hickory rods ill the blood
ran in streams down her back to the ground /;
and the perpetrators Of this were clothed in
the habiliments of rebellion, and bore the
name of soldiers
One woman, who had an infant five or
six weeks old, was ted in the snow t. tree,
her child placed in the doorway in her sight,
and she was informed that if she did not
tell all she knew about the seizure Of the
salt, both herself and the child would be
allowed to perish. Sergeant N. G. D. Jay,
of Captain Reynolds company, and Lieu
tenant r. M. Deeyer, assisted their men
in the execution of these hellish outrag
es. Houses were burned and torn down.
All kinds ofproperty was destroyed or car
ried off.
INTERFERENCE OF GEN. DoNELsoN.
All the women and children Of the I'm
ion men who were shot, and Of those who
escaped, were ordered by Gen. Alfred E.
Jackson, headquarters at Jonesboro, to be
sent through the lines by way of Knoxville,
When the first of these arrived at this place.
the officer in charge applied to Gen. Donel-
son formerly Speaker Of the house Of Rep
resentatiyes at Nashville) to know by which
route they should be sent from there, wheth-
er by Cumberland Gap or Nashville. Gen.
Donelson Immediately directed them to be
released and sent home, saying that such a
thing was unknown in civilized coua-
tries. They were then sent home and all
the refugees met on the road were also turned
back.
KILLING A coNsCRlPT.
On the 18th Of February, 1868, squad
Of soldiers were sent to conscript James Nc
Colluu, Of Green Co., Tenn, very res
pectable, industrious man, 80 to So years
Of age. They found him feeding bis cattle.
When he saw one of them he ran to the
back Of his barn; others were posted be-
hind the Darn, and, without haiing or at
tempting 10 arrest him, one of them shot
him through the neck killing him instant
". His three little children who saw
it ran to the house and told their mother
she came out wringing her hands IN
anguish, and screaming with terror and
dismay.
The soldiers were sitting upon the fence
They laughed at her agony, and said
they had only killed a ''damned Tory
The murdered man was highly esteemed
by his neighbors, aud was a firm Union
man,
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