Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-29
BY RCLANAEIAN & DILL
YANKEE OPERATIONS IN EAsT
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M0ssY CREEK.
j The following is the substance Of a letter from
Jehn r. Blanner, Esq, President Of the East
/ Tennessee and Virginia railroad to bis bretbel
in this city, under date Of the 22d:
Il arrived at hsme yesterday, at 8 o'clock
The Federals had Just left. They have de-
stroyed al our bridges iroRf this place TO Kuox-
vile, all our trestes and about ten cars 81
MeAillan's and New Market All the rest oI
our engines ard cars are safe. They have bro
ken open houses, destroyed furniture, stolen
u cl0thin coffee, bacon, etc, etc carrying away
4 with them everything they could, and destroy
irg such as they ceuld not use. Among the
afferers are ii H. Hubbard, Patton Howell,
DR.. Walltroeff, B. M Brsnner, myself and a
nRmber Of othsrs
'They stole horses, males, tobacco, and sew
eral negroes are also missing, supposed to have
/ been stolen.
After leaving here they crossed Holstoa
river At TrogeeR's ford, making for Powder
! Spring gap or Blsiu's cross-roads-"
STRAWBERRY PLAINS.
, The following extracts frsm private letters
received from Strawberry Plains will show
/ something Of the tender mercies of the Federal
raiders and Tennessee renegascs at thai point.
4 Mrs. Z A. Butler writes
! DEAR MOTHER: The bridge was burned, also
/ the depot snd commisssry. Frank store. our
/ lodging rsom, and our houses were about taking
| Ere, bus just as hey (Federals) left some men
-parelsd ConfeSe-aJss-brsught water and
/ kept it fren burning. We are sll utterly ruin
ed, bat thank G8d Mr.. Butler escaped q few
moments before they got in. They told auRt
! TTlGh he would have seen hell if he had been
there :" and told some one else taoy would have
/ burned Kim. / can give you no idea Of the
/ destructisn. All eur hcuses are rihed from gar
ret 70 cellar. Every article Of c,etuing 1 have
is utterly destroyed, not vesHge left scarcely
-aOt pound Of meat nor provisions OF any
kind.
Our private letters were rifs1 and arc now
scattered everywhere around their camp-hres.
/ Msyy's guitar was carried on
The books arc gene torn, s5Hss stolen. Your
! negroes escaped, after trying to hide as uasy
I things IS thew sould. Uncle JEFF worked faith
/ fully es did Ed and chs women.
The warehouse was bHTnt, and Ben. Mitchell's
| and Mrs Nelson's house with every thing she
had. Not 6 change Of clothing was left for her
children.
We are slnost destitute, but an not dis
ssursgsd, nor have grisved fot memsnt.
The very trees IN the yard ere Wilted Al ,hsir
poisonous presence.
If these are my best friends, may be saved
from al such.
An mother, all your pTscious treasures aud
momsntoes Of other days sTe gene. But you
and Mary can bear it bravely, I know, like true
Southern wsmen IS you are.
Your clothes are torn to rags what few they
did not steal. They tore down the window cur
tains, filed them full and carried them eff.
Every drawer, 5oI, wardrobe and trunk are
smUty, and the hlors 8re covered with trash,
EGpers. -four, sugar, rec, etc.
Mr. Pickett aud Captain Ford showed the
right spirit, though they lest all their clothing.
Tie canneR balls passed through the store, 0ns
through DR.. G00dmsn's house and Franks ei6
hsuse, BY the stable, Is torn TO pieces by the
balls They fought al around the hospital
But it is useless to add moro. We have walked
this morning after sleeping IS soun6ly rs if
we bad al our goods, chattels aad chiidroa
around Us.
They rasd the negroes, stole their mouey,
tore up Alce's silk dress and bsnret etc. Theg
are satisfied, yoJ may depend on it. This IS
only beginning Stay whore you ara.
Yours truly, SALLIE B.
Nj. Rutler writes: Thank Gsd we are an
SHARED car lives, though / an sufferer to the
extent of many thousand dollars which / ear
aet new estimate. saved my most valuable
pspp~s. hooks and moHey, and, thank God ny
sell ana children snd negroes with seine OF nay
| hsusehold furniiuTe. / have ne complaint 70
make, ss I have always said and believed, that
4 WGu Q eNHeE TT lLC i CAGaAl1 PlDula UNGA Eeh
hers They did net leave me an ear Of corn. a
/ blade Of hav, q B5und of bacon, er indeed aBy-
thing that they could consume OF destroy.
/ Such are the facts The good Book says We
| shall be tried by fire. I have offered up ny
1 all TO my God and my country, and by these I
expect to fall OF stsnd.'
LOSSES IL THE FIGHT OF SATURDAY.
We understand il is aseertained that in the
/ fght of Saturday at tbis place We had six killed
/ and nine wounded, and that the enemy lad
! forty-ens killed and wounded. They. admitted
thsmselves loss Of thirty-Hine killed and
! wounded.
/ TIE ENEHYs ARTILLERY.
! In the fght Of Saturday, thougR We hsd SIX
pisces Of artillery to the enemy's two, yet theirs
were far Superior TO ours. Bat their pieces weye
/ rife cannon Of the most approved kiad, while
/ we had not single rife piece. Oar nearest
! battery, we suppose was distant from theirs
about a tsousand yards.
We learn fren q citzeR who was in the Sight
/ At Strawberry Pisins, that We had but eighty
/ effective nen there belonging te tga army tbat
/ some Of the psrsous from the hospital who were
! sick came cut and fought as isng IS they could
/ The enemy, il is thought, had from sfteeE hun
l dred to two theusand men ct this place. They
! entirely surrounded the village. Our artillery
/ men fought very gallautly, but eighty men were
not able 70 contend against fifteen hundred or
I two Thousand. The enemy psroled at tEi5
Rlaee enc hundred ana thirty prisoners, inclHd-
| iRg the sick at the hospital. Among those de-
serving honorable mention are Capt E Z Scott
and Dr. Eamiltoe ths former from Kentucky
and The la.tsF from South Carolina
/ PROGRESS or THE YANKEE RAIDERS
Aaer bezg rspulsed al this place, the Yankee
raiders went up the line Of the East Tennessee
and Virgins railroad, tearing sp the road and
cutting she telegraph wires, As we then had
M cavalry. except about enc hundred, We csul5
make no effective pursuit But these hundred
started after them 20 harrass their rear and dam
age them IS nueh as possible
The enemy burned 8 small bridge across E!al
creek, abent twelve miles from town, and cross
ing ths river tT0 milOs below Strawberry Plains
Tuceaedea IN dislodging eur force At that point
after short fight, ia which no one was hurt on
siIher side, and burned the bridge across ths
HostoR At that place. This was a long aad
high bridge, and viii take swc or three mgBths
70 rebuild it. At Straw berry Pisins, they burai
he storeheuse Of Mr.. Frank Batter They slsC
sal FIRE ts and burned two sr three dwelling
houses They slso sacked MAJ. StriDgheld'
house, carrying of. everything ef value Shat wa
lpeTtable, aud desnoying flrnituTe Gad olhel
articles theT could not carry away One O.
the robbers offered so sell soma Of the, ladies'
dresses he had stolen. but 10 one would buy.
Mr Butler WHs an ardent and active friend {,
the South, aud ne doubt some East Fennesse'
terry renegade. who was with them, informed th'
enemy Of this fact snd this IS the reason why
be was pursued with beth fre end swera.
Ons Dr. Myna1, who used to i've not isI
from Strawberry Pains, was With the Yankees
II pilotiug them, aad giving then information
about localities and tho inhabitants.
From Straw berry Plains, the Yankees sen
up to Newmarket and Messy Creek, burninG
the depois st both pls ces, and the bridge a. th'
latter place.
At this place lhe Yankees expended thsir par.
ticulsr wrath upon Mr. Hubbard, Who has been
enc OF the most ar6eRt men IN the Southern
cause in that neighb0Thood. It is said thel