Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-16
Butcher Of the Unien W0uRded Men
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October IL, 1854.
The rebel fsg Of truce boat William Ali.
son brought down 70 Cox's Landing thig
morning about Ave hundred paroled Union
prisoners, in exchange for batch Of parol-
ed rebel prisoners cent up On Saturday.
The boat ICh Richmond abeut A. NJ. and
reached the landing 81 about halkpast O.
A number Of men fbetween thirty snd
hrty, helisve) belonging 70 Barbridge's
command, captured at SaltviIls on the 81
instant, were among the prisoners who ar.
rived to-day. One Of them. gentleman Of
the TeusoRie persuasion, gave me- his opin-
ION on the result Of that expedition in the
following somewhat iacunic style sWe
gets not mo0eh salt ders," said he, "bai se
gets peppe.ed ike der tuyfel!s The fol-
lowing regiments OF BarbridEes command
were represented 18th Ohio Cavalry. nth
Michigan Cavalry. 18th and 18th Kentucky
Cavalry, and S5th, 39th. 4etb sad 57th Ken
lucky Mounted Infantry.
According 70 the accounts Of several ofi.
GERS and surgeons with whom eanVersed.
the conduct eta portion Of the rebel troops,
subsequent to the engagement al SaltSille,
vas utterly lawless and brutal In two
field hospital near the scene ef the battle
were twenty-tbree wounded negroes Of the
LIST Col0red Csvalry-Eheen In one and
eight in the other. All bat THREE OF them
were murdered in cold blood by the rebel
soldiers, who called there for that special
purpose; and these Sends ia human form
boaEted. while doing this hellish deed, that
they had been engaged in this same work
all day They claim To have buried one
hundred and twenty-five eoIored soldiers,
Of whom nearly all must have been .laugh ;
tered in the same way, a. i il said scarcely
adozen we're killed in the battle This was
on the 81 inst The three neeroe. who had
been spared 0t Is % b. presumed through
oversight, were removed, with the rest Of
the wounded. 20 the Emery and Henry Col !
lege Hospitals. -Four days later. or on the
9TH inst. party of cut-throate. Ia rebel
uniforms, entered the bnilding and shot two
Of those dead The other VAS fred AZ twice
and lcft for dead, bus the wonld-be mur-.
dsrcF. il appears. did not look critically to
the effects Of his shots, and the negro was.
bat slightly graxed on the head He was
afterwSrd removed 70 the house ola citizen
IN the vicinity, and concealed until be could
be removed to o safer place.
Bat these demons had not yet appeased
their thirst for blood, and on the day sue
seeding the outrage just related, the sth IN
slant, band Of fifteen men, led by the no
torious Clamp Ferguson, appeared. Fer
guson himself wrsstsd his musket from the
hand Of scntry (rebci) who stood at the.
door q tie hospital, and leaving two men
to guard him entered the building with the
ret Of his gang and went straight u the
room Of Lieut.. Smith Of she 18th Kentucky
cavalry. His men passed through the door
70 two fles, and Ferguson, walking ap be
tween them, approached the bed on which
the wounded lieutenant waS lying
How are Sos, Smith 2 "HoW. are sou
Captain p Nere the salusicas lhrzt e.x-
changed, when Ferguson. balancing his
musket oB iiis hand snid tsuntingfy. Look
here, Smith. do you So thar For tiod's
SAX Captain, don't shoot the, impI0rsd
the lieutenant bat he had scarcely uttered
the words bestrs the other bah raised the
gun and shot him through the head, The
gang then inquired for Col Hanson Of the
35th Kentucky mounted Infantry com
manding = brigade and Capt .Dagenheld,
q the l2th Ohio cavalry. declaring their
intention T. shu0t them both.
BY this tins the surgeons and hospital
attendants had become aware Of What was
gong on, and they hasisned ~ the spot
By persuasion. and alnost by force, they
endeavorrd "a restrain these deSperadOes
from carrying out their savage parpose-
Ferguson Was on the point yf shooting the
rebel surgeon in charge. Dr. Murphy for
daring 10 interfere, and ire ~ his fb,,n ~
taally presented nsyolycr Al abe ireast Of
= MAJOR. who CHANGED "a be visiting al the
hospital at the time, and had volunteered
his assistance. ByJaFgahent aud resist
ence combined. the fufiahs were indacf-i 10
leave wilhoat having fully carried out their
murderuas designs. flut sROra to- return At
night and complete their work
Col IIsgaon wa iiameliately removed t.,
the house II citizen 10 await other ar
Engagements for bis safety, and a guard Of
cohFalese1nts WIS., raised and placed around
the hospital II resist another incIlrsion -
During the Succeeding night. I'd Hanson
Capt. Dagenheld, Surgeon T.. &. Wo0dman.
llth Michigan aayalry. Surgeon tardaer,
l3tb Kentucky cavalry, Acknowledgment
Hunt, 18th Ohio cavalry and Acting As