Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-15
FR01s EEENTUCRY.

In the Richmond EnqQirer We fad The annex Il, =.
rom Kentucky:
Captain 5. Z. Cunningham, Of Colonel Adam Jubn-
sons comm md arrived Richm md lew days siuce
from The Military Department of Southern Ken
lucky bringing the War Department. the cheering
report of the practical results we have recently
pshad 10 thai quarter, and the bright prospect that
await the progress OF army il the entire State.
Colonel J0hnsOn's movements have been denomiDated
by the enemy raid, and from the absence CT d.
rect odvices have been uader ike impress here
toOra. 1t appears, however, that regular Military
Department has been erected in Southern Kentucky,
comprising an area OF eight popuou3 counties II is
seltsupporting, and daily extending: in boundary.
On entering the State COL johnson issued The FOL
lowing 3dire3s
Ciuz us Of Kentucky
The alternative nov presented to you Of entering
either the Federal Confederate army. All persons
between the ages OF seventeen and f0ry-fve who
not lawfully exempted, VIII be rs qurGd 20 into scr
vice at once.
You must now see that after the sacrifice Of all that
reemen should bod dear, to avoid this evil and to
your property that the one has not been rCn ieed
cure and you have not saved yourself from be other
by the sacrifice OF principle and honor Youc
try has Eecn overrun by awess b2nds whose dcpre4a
t,s only eqanled by the our"ges OF lager bands
of the Federal army. Neither t=e nor have any
pect for the submlsi0nist, ard you piundeted
| bed and 'murdered with impunty How long do you
intend this to continue? 10 what deph OF degrade
ton and shame you to be reduced before you will cut
loose the bends CT slavery aGd assert your rights as free
men
| Men of Kentucky Gre you wiling to see your fam-
| lies reduced to the level Of your slaves Moth
ers, can you realize an Utilization @ Jour daughters with
| the African?
| Young men ca you expect to have any claims to
manhood, you hope to SHARE the smiles claim the
love of the bright eyed daughters OF ibis famed Land
Of beauty, while those gentle beii IS subjected Il
the insults OF Yankee hreiiogs and nsgro troops? II
| not, then speedily seize The Only way to bring you
peace, liberty and honor. Too long have you listened
10 the siren song of the traitors Of cuary Already
too much has been sacrificed to advantage. Your
only hope OF peace IL the SUCCESS Of tie Southern
armes Not alone your liberties, but your lives are
involved in this issu. Tie moderate Cni0a man. the
Democrat at the NORTH, well the Southern Solder
will owe their lives and libertts to this result
appeal to you again, did two years ago. to raj!
IL and strike blow for ehe freedom o: Jour coun-
| try
4. T.. JOHNSON,
| Commanding Confederate Forces
| L. Southern Kentucky.
Recruits poured in from all quarters CT the Stale
1t Will lie seen, from the euujona1 order, hat wa
d. rot nteGd 10 tolerate .'Geu -aiy il the new de-
| Partuant:
uEADQRs DEPARTMENT OF SOUTHERN KY,
Aug. 8th, 1864. |
| GENERAL ORDER
| No. 2.
Ia pursuance to General Orders from the War De
partmant, Richmond, Virginia, hereby order all citi
IN this Department. between tie ages OF seventeen
and fory-fVo (Wh0 not exempt from military dQt2)
to report to their country town. the nearest camp
thereto for duty soldiers in the COME 2crae STATES
| araIy.
This department embraces all that section o. the Con
federacy contained within the following boundary to
Wit: Commencing at the mouth Of Salt river and ex-
tending through Ezabethto1n, Glasgow and Tomkins-
vliie Kentucky to Carthage, Tennessee then follow
ing the Cumberland river to Nashville thence with
the line OF the North Western Railroad to the IeDnes-
see rlVeF then west to Hickman Kentucky then up
the MISSISSIPPI river to the mouth OF the Ohlo then to
The place of beginning.
: Al persons failing TO report a. above ordered will
be conEcTioed Immediately after the 18Th inst
f Colonel A. +. JOHNSON,
Con'ding Department Southern Ky.
| S, +. CUNNINGHAM,
? Captain and a. 4. 6.
As the department is extended the order will doubt
less be enlarged, and it may reasonably be presumed
with good results The State is represented abaz
with revolution. The Inauguration Of Shermans col
onjzog programme is the feather that has broken h
back OF ne0tray. thousand citza1s have recently
been arrested ehipped d0Wnhe Mississippi and sem
to Yucatan. There was not an abe,bodied man among
the number, and the old MEG, helpless and chill
dren who are the victims Of this horrible cruelty
perish of starvation the inhospta6le shore Yuca
tan from the fevers OF that deadly climate. Instances
are numerous Ehare have baen seized at dead o
night forced into the Federal ranks and their families
- banished without moments warning. Frequently tn
husband is sent Canada and the wife to YucAtan,
!, vice versea.
. No limit is set by the Federal authorities to tn
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