Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-11
The Yank,rs ar Abrra..n.

Below We give extracts from lsttsEs recieysd
by gentleman from members Of ais family u
Aberdeen :-HObils Register.
ABERDEEN, Feb q, 1864.
DEAR EATHER.-You have doubtless heard
! exaggerated reports Of our treakmsnt by the
Yankees, and may be uneasy about as in paFti.
culsr but we sTe all alive and wei at present
/ You may see fFom moiksr's letter, Of the 14sh
that We are good deal excited about them
| The town was alive with many and various re-
/ ports-now they were advancing from PontOsOc
| now they had not been seen or hsari of il OF
near PoDtotoc. Now they were this side of Okc-
Iona row the other side; and, at Lass, they
were near Aberdeen. But We had heard the cry
| OF q Wolf Z" so often fhSs we even fsit incredu-
| l0us when we hsAEd the- were three miles of
A company Of sbn sSenty men had been
formed ThuTsdsy evening, (l5sh,) ssd went for
ward to reeonnoiter. Pretty soon we heard pis-
/ tol Bbots, and IN q few minutes man women and
| eh ldren we're flying in every direction, and the
blue coaEs" were gslloping past our doors. /
cannot describe to you my feelings ss saw the
nTst onei it was like g terrible nightmare
| They Btaid In town that night, and The nsxs day
| several Tegimants passed through believe the
number is estimated at about $500 From our
front windows ne bad full view Of the whole.
There Was o0e negro regiment amen2 them; q
more horrible set OF beings than these / nsvuz
saw.
The Yankees secured the country for miles
sround, and took every mule and horse that
their owners had not taken the pTsezutioa 70
hide. They burned great many houses in the
country, snd several attempts were made to ses
ths toWn on FIRE after thsy bad sacked aad uiuu-
dered the stores; bus these attempts were frus-
trated by the Yankee officers themselves.
1. II. JErmRn, who had been accused of bstnz
/ Union man, was killed st his plantation, about
| six miles from here. One OF bis negroes, who
saw him killed, says that he had asserted that
morning that he would die thst day fighting the
| Yankees. When their pieksts came in sight be
| Commenced firing On them killed one and took
two prisoners; but be was soon overwhelmed
/ BY them and killed. They barnsd bis house to
/ the ground, with all that was in H. took his
stock and left his family housslsss and home
less. His poor dsughter was in town at school
| wk0n it took place. Thsy Brought hi- into
town and carried him to the graveyard in
common wagon, and the little procession fol-
lowed on foot.
A youBg Gs2tain Rogers was also killed by
them Thursday evening. Thsy pursued him
aEd ordered him to surrender ha refused and
| they shot him down.
They did not stay in town long, for they
| probably had nsHs of Forrest. We noticed that
there was great comm0sioB Friday . eourisrs
were galloping to and fro, and by night the
town was pretty well clear of them, though ssY-
srsl prisoners were esptuEed the next day
| We leaned, after the Yankees left, that five
or Elk Of thsm were in town several days before
hand, disguised in Confederate uniforms.
This expedition notified rs that they were 90
ing TO knock the rihs cut Of Mobile before they
got back" should ike, just now, to sea the
Yankee that told % 50.
Your sffeetioDuls daughter, II.
Ny DEAR HUSBAND: II. has teld you gsn-
/ ,fF -, = -
10 psrtieularias. She, however, did not tell you
| that our boys met them about three miles from
town Sad drove them back to the bridge on
| James, creek. We heard the firing two nights
| and one day. There are from i've to eight
wounded Yankees, and as many dead, out at
james Randls's plantation; they had 6ght
there. The people are much sxAsBeTslsd SgRinst
| R0ggles; they say the regiments and e0mp4-
niss who came and whipped them near this
place, bad TO openly mu.iny. II iS said, too,
that be kspGtw regiments TO guard bis precious
psTson-tke old grsnny!
Que Illinois fellow (the troops were mostly
/ from ulinois) came into our house the 6tss
| night to search for weapons aud neaj bus was
satisfied when ] told him there were none here.
| He Afterwards ordered of drunken msn that
was annoying us. He told me, next day, that
he hGd to lssve town; that they had some bad
men, and these would do mischief II tAsy could;
DAs safo DcSh F4NESSbiSA 10 hucN VI Na8 W be6p
my blinds up and my dsor open. Friday tws
men came in st the back door and searched the
back room, but g Col. BGrke saw thsm, snd or.
dered them of. They seldom went in at frent
door. They stole ali tho money and jewelry
they could fad, and snyshing else that sHusk
their fancy.
4 Gen. IS negro was found Sunday with q
note On his person from g." saying thAs her
husband had forswoTn politics, and ksd taken =
| solemn oath not to fight. She huRg out white
hsg. wish you could have seen her, as did,
in The streets and Mysteries She said she told
q lie OIL her husband, through fear. Her note
was addressed to Grisrson. A guard was placed
around the plantation. In ber precious note she
offered to give up her negroes and take the oath
If necessary. This is no TumoF, but fact Ii is
said GTierson told her she probably did it through
fear; she had better wait awhile before she took
the easn
Some say GrisEson was not with them. They
all told me il was Smiths command. Thsrt
are Tumors about squads of Yankees being still
in The prsiries burning everything. don't be
lisVe it, but it msy be 50.