The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-18
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CAMr MAR SHELBYv1LLE, TENN
Tr-- August II, 1868.

CAMP MAR SHELBYvfLLE, TENN1i
~rgr- August II, 1868.
? MIissEs EDITORS UN1ov :, Having just
returned from a weeks scout in Marshall
and Williamson counties, it may be in
teresiing to lay few Of the Incidents
that occurred before your many readers.
The FIRST eyeningswe halted at the
housepf WI. Tor supper, be had gone
to.Nashvilie for protection papers; his
wife and her unmarried sister came out,
her sister showed herself the best marr.
she, with sarcastic look Of dignity,
told rs no gentlemen would stop where
theFe'were only two lone ladies, she re-
qtfested ma to-gcstn, sayiug The secesli
had taken all their prov ison, their corn
'NSas gone audrthey had litlsOats.
OhacCsptain ordbfed fbb colored
Women e. cook ,supper, which hey did,
we had milkupotatOes and corn, dodgers;
which wesoop dispatched, mounted our
Horses took q gray ihatefrom the planta-
ton, and proceeded u Riggs Cross
nroada, dividing spr company, Sergt
AlagaRyitoo command Of one platoon,
and during the entire night We visit5d
Jeff'sfriehds. Our men being AtquSihtSd
! with he ncighboFhood, We csptdrtd Some
notable characters who few months
ago scrupled not, to take lives and Pre-
perty Of their Union neighbors. It was
laughablc to see these would BE- lords
escaping suns calohe into the ootniields
at midnight; we continued to scout every
night, and took 80 prisoners besides Ii
which we paroled; among those taken.
TO headquarters were osiah Walker, q
Conscript officer of District .Nos-9,
Marshall county and Y. Black Ferris,
Capt. of Co. A, 1st Ark. Battalion. On
our return to Shelbyvillc it became con :,
yenient to camp at Rs but ere
We dismounted Mdm. R., with
glasses adjusted and protection pa per in
hand, began to read and finished by de-
claring that "the violators of this in
stument would entail awful anaihemas
upon themselves" She waved il about
cObspicuously defiant and told us we had
to pass .,s,-
Our Captain told her he respected the
paper, but at the same time his men and
horses must be fed lie placed guard
at the corn crib in the yard and at the
Kitchen, and set the cooks at work. In
short time our teeth were at work upon
corn dodgers again. - ---, who
fought in The rebel army, was taken pris-
Oner at Corinth and paroled, add in few
weeks after Intellectually tried TO pass
the lires to get 10 the secesh army again;
who was one of the most jealous propa-
gators and supporters of Jeh's cause;
who, after getting protection papers in
Nashville, and before the oath of allie
glance 10 the Federal Union was cold
upon his polluted lips, returned home
and numerically beat his colored cook,
Polly, because she cooked for soldiers Of
the same Federal Union. She was so in :
humanity treated that she was forced to
the plantation. ,pmsparagonOf secesh-
ism came, and with a 5udas-like smile
sal down among ps, and told us he al
ways thought ihe Union preferable tC
aanything else, and thought we should a
least give him back his mare, ss ii wal
the last one on the place, and his lady
would feel very bad, having no horse e
ride. A few minutes after had occasion
to go into thiol>ot close by, and 10
fine mare stood lied, concealed. Fron
= indications 'shewas THERE many days.
Next morning after breakfast, vs.,
mounted and secuted through the country
, toward ShelbyVille, finding Ro,men bu
plenty Of women, the prettiest Of which
invariably sal on the beat horses on tn
place,proteeting them with Aeir almighty
dig,1ityi for surely no onewOuld presum,
to tlismount lady. Thusjat every house
one Of two and sometimes three wsr,
thus mounted, guarding their property BY
means OF their dignity In some case
they were just saddliBg. This rNse wal
respected, and their dignity served as
t shield After six days we returned 4
Shelbyville with prisoners, horses ano
| ,o,,Ioo Vha ,,r;aopor ,,,npo .y,,roIod opS
fhAyc heard that Capt Black Ferris ant
ON. OF iAe priyates have returned TO thei
bushwhacking again. a.a bss
We Are now in camp recruiting GU
horses after the campaign which com
menced on lhe 23d Of June last:
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