Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1864-04-22
Suspicious Rebel Movements.

1t is reported that Lee is moving part of
his army across the Rapidan at Madison Court
House. A detachment of the % Mass. cavalry,
under Major Forbes, returned TO Vienna Mon
day night from reconnaissance through Cen
terville, Gum Spring and Drainsville. bringing
prisoners Mosby's men, and Information that
a large body of rebel cavalry were at Lees6urg
and vicinity Selling forage, grain, and all avail
able teams, and taking them off toward Upper
! vile. Col. Lowell Immediately started with his
| brigade of cavalry from Vienna, supported BY
Gen. Ty ler's brigade OF infantry from Fairfax
Court House TO give battle. Two of Lees scoIts
were captured day Or two since at Culpepper,
but third made his escape. They were dis
: used as teamSters.
GuerTillas are resuming active operations in
Virginia, ANNOYING the troops guarding the rail
road necessarily. No one ventures nut of sight
of our pckets. and some have been killed with
in our lines in vhe immediate vicinity of our
| camps. The utmost vigilance has become nec-
essary to avert surprise and capture, the rebels
having sent an increased force into The section
Of counjr, between Washington and the army
for the purpose of robbery and pilage.
a correspondent Of the Missouri Democrat
gives the following account of the harbarous
conduct If the rebels at For, Pillow after the
surrender Of its garri,on;-
After the rebels were in un1ispu,ed posses
sion OF the fort, and the survivors had surren-
derrd, they commenced the iudiscriminate butch
cry of all the Union soldery. The coort d sol
diers threw down their guns and raised their
arms in token Of surrender, but not the least
attention was paid to il. They continued 10
shoot down as lhey found. A number of them.
finding no quarter was given, ran over the bluff
TO the river and tried to conceaf themselves
under the bank and in the bushes, we're pur-
sued by the rebel savages, and impored them
to spare their lives. Their appeals were made
in vain, and they were all shot down in cold
blood and in full sight of the gunboa, chased
and shot them down as they would dogs. |
passed up the bank of the river and counted 80
dead srewed along. One had crawled into a
hollow log and was killed in ii; another had
got over the bank into the river, and got on to
board that run out into the water. He lay
on it on his face with his feet in the water He
laid there when exposed stark and stiff. SIEVE
raj had tried to hide in crevices made by the
falling bank, and could not be seen without diff
fculsy, but they were singled out and killed.
From the best information could get the
white soldiers were, to very considerable ex-
tent, treated in the same way. One of the 18th
Tenn. regiment, ID. w. Harrison, informs me
that after the surrender he was below the bluff,
and one of the rebels presented a pistol To shoot
him. lie told him he had surrendered, and re-
questcd him not To fire. He spared him, and
directed him to go up the bluff to the fort
Harrison asked him TO go before him, or he
would he shot by Others hut he told him to go
along. lie started and had moi proceeded far
before he met a rebel who presented his pistol.
Harrison begged him not to fire, hut paying no
attention to his request, he fred and shot him
through the shoulder. and another shot him in
, the leg. He fell. and while he lay unable to
move, another came along and was about to fire
again, when Harrison told him he was badly
! wounded twice and implored him not to fire
, sHe asked Harrison il he had any money. lie
said he had little and watch. The rebel
, took from him his watch and 800 in money and
, LETT him. Harrison is probably fatally injured.
Several such cases have been related to me,
} and think, To great extent, the whites and
negroes were Unfortunately murdered. The
1 rebel Tennesseeans have about the same bitter
ness against Tennesseeans in the Union army
g as against the negroes. | was told by rebel
4 officer that Gen. Forrest shot one OF his men
and cut another with his sabre who were shoot
ing prisoners. 1t may he So but he is respon-
sible for the conduct of his men, and General
Chalmers stated publicly while on the Platte
Valley that, though he did not encourage or
eountenauce his men in shooting down Negro
n capti,es, yet il was right and juStfabe.
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