Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-05

phnks once formipg Che wall Of q house. -
The hands uere nailed TO the pldnts and e1-
tended horizontally from the trunk. All we're
so blsckened and eharred that she had some
difficulty in recognizing the person. Butts
positive that the remains were those Of Lieu
tenant j. Q. Ackerstrom, with whom, when
alive, she was we'll acquainted.
sTATFMENTs OF TWO OFFICERS.
have also taken full notes Of the state
ments of two officers of the Thirteenth Ten.
ncssee Cavalry, First Lieut.. Francis A.
Smith, and Second Lieut.. WIN. Cleary,
from which produce the following:
The rebels had NO sooner entered the for
tihcations than q scene Of terror ensued.-
There was no retreat. The Confederate
forces stationed below the hill cut that OH
most effectually. Our men were shot down
both from the front and the rear. In many
Instances they ,oere kno,on to beg for hfe
upon their Knees. but beggedm an udin. There
,ods no mercy sho,cn. They ,oere made to
stand up only to be shot do,cn.
Captain Bradford, of Company A, Thir-
teenth Tennessee cavalry, was on duty as the
signal officer for the gunboat, and was seen
with the signal flags in his hand. Forrest
Immediately ordered him shot. His words
we're: "Shoot that man with the flags in his
possession" And the order was all too
soon obeyed. Captain Bradford fell, fairly
riddled with bulets--a full regiment hav-
ing exhausted their pieces upon him. This
was all after the surrender had been made
by Msjor Bradford. "a - .-.s --
BURNING THE HOSPITAL.
On Wednesday morning, when Lieuten-
ants Smith and Cleary visited the Fort, they
learned that the rebels had entered the ne
gro hospital and butchered about thirty
sick and convalesceDts they had found there,
and then set FIRE to the hospital building
Their bodies were partially consumed. On
that very morning-the morning after the
6ght-wben their passions had had time to
cool, party Of the Confedera,es we're seen
by the officers mentioned to como upon the
battle ground-the scene of the massacre
and hunt out such as were not dead yet and
| dispatch them with strokes Of their sabres
and bayonets, and shots from muskets and
! revolvers. In one instance wounded white
soldier who had lain upon the field unat-
tended, without drink or food for nearly
twenty-four hours, saw q rebel cavalryman
passing him, and cried out piteously Tor
some water. The cowardly rebel turned de-
! Eberately in his saddle, drew his revolver
and fired three shots at him for his pains,
missing him fortunately each time. The
poor fellow is still alive and likely to re-
| cover.
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY MURDERED
.. BLACKS BURIED.
The next day after the massacre, our in
formant in ompany with another citizen
went to the house of a planter, distance a
mile or two from the fort, for the purpose
of obtaining food. While there, he was in
formed'by the planter, himself secession
ist, that Forrest stayed at his house the
night before, and informed him that hi
men had already buried three hundred ant
sixty negroes, and that the last one in thu
fort would be buried before they left. Al
there wero only four hundred negroes in th'
fort, there could be but few survivors t
this most fendish butchery that ever dis
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