Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-07-28
C0pperhead Assault upon Soldiers
at Greencastle.
From the Indiana Journal,

to friend in Greencastsc IN relation to
the peace and free speech" NANTES
tation of the constituents of Dan Voorhees,.
an account of which we published in the
journal of the Dist inst. A reply has been
received which has kindly been furnished
us for publication. The account is given
by an eye witness of the affair. and shows
the conduct Of the Peace Democracy, in
n worse light than the statement we first re-
cieved 1t will be observed that we were
misinformed as to the capture of the young
lady, Miss Walls. by the rioters. We beg
her par lon for the mistake The gentle
man to whom the letter was addressed,
suggests that Miss Walls deserves some
testimonial for her patriotism and courage
and he proposes to be one of ten or any
other number to purchase and present to
her atitting memorial OF her successful lie
tense of her mothers domicil. Contri.
buttons for this object can he left at the
counting room of the Journal Office. The
nature Of the testimonial will be determined
by the donors. The account given by our
friends correspondent is as follows:
GREENCASTLE, thursday. r. VI.
Lieutenant John Cooper and privates
Lyons and Allison, OF the Veteran 43l
were near the northeast corner Of the
square when Allison hurrahed for Ahra-
ham Lincoln. the best man in the United
States. To this yonng rebel replied
"Yo on had better not cheer for him here
this is the wrong crowd" Other words
passed. and Young LYONS (bcing near hi.
size) knocked the rebel down two or three
times, when Sol. Akers, Of Cloverdale, a
Copperhoad bally, and a large man, STEPPED
up to take n hand" and was met by
Lieutenant Cooper. who told him to stand
off. that his services were not required
Akefs replied, 81 have known you a long
time. my boy" YES" said Cooper,
"and | have known you too. and | never
knew any good Of you either" Here
Copperhead drew the inevitable revolver
and deliberately cooked it. Lieutenant c.
stepped aside and did likewise, keeping his
pistol in his pocket. Just here Martin
Toney came up and cried out "Hurrah for
jeff. Davis and the Southern Con-but
Cooper cut short his treason by striking
him four times with twenty ounce bill
lard cue. | have seen bloody men. bnt
he was the bloodiest | ever saw. This
was the signal for General onslaught
upon tins soldiers. The Court House ward
was full of men and women all CRYING
Kill him. kill him, kill the soldiers -
Cooper ran. backwards. throwing stones
as he ran. while one hundred were stoning
him. When near the southeast corner of
the sqnare. AMI when he had ontfianked
the rebels, leaving none in his rear. he drew
his revolver up and firel at the advancing
crowd. The Lieutenant retreated up
Washington street towards the Putnam
Honse. (owncd by Mrs. Walls the willow
of a soldier rf Mexican war. ahout sixty
yards. when he discovered that Sol. Akers
and two others. (names unknown were
following and shooting at HIM Here
he halted and again opened fire. and to the
shame of his three gallant rur>uers lie it
said. they halted too. After exchanging
some shots. which wounded one of the
three rebels. the crowd numbering over 500
came rushing mp the street all CRYING XXI |
him. Hang him" dc. following Lieut.
Cooper. till hN took refuge. in the Putnam
House. in which M breath Of treason is
tolerated by its loval landla,lv. Lieuten-
ant G.. now hcing reinforced by a second
pistol. his own reloaded and huge Bow
lie knife. again "callei halt" and
'threw up breaStworks A" On came the
crowd with n more terrible char1r Than
that Of the famous "six hundrel" we
read Of. But here arose question Not
more than ten or dozen could enter at
once. anil who should they be, echo
answered who. No daring brave re- pond
ell TO the call and as cosarls only conll.
they began s,orming the Hotel. when the
lady of whom you inquired, appeared in
front OF the crowd anil the hail OF stones.
sword in hand. thrusting right and
left, leaving her mark upon several of the
attacking rebels. Her name is Miss Lon
Walls. After venting their spleen upon
a widow woman's honse." and soldiers
widow at that. they skunk away apparent
~ ashamed Of their own infamv.
To the credit Of number of Democrats
could name. they dill all in their power
TO prevent the Infamous affair taking place.
The recapitulati is: Rebels. none killed
six wounded. Federals none hurt-but
Lieut. Cooper says that the stones flew.
.hick.
This is tho true statement as witnessed
by the writer. If you desire, you can use