Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-10-13

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present IN godly war il soadasssd.
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ksaliemAn n Clarke county, Va, waoss
house sas Iassiy burned BY the Fedarais
snass tho eemmapA d Gan. Tiuntas. He
.hAd bssn preyioaals robbed 81 ~ Of
bis cattle, horses add sheep BIZ ths sams
eomn add. II Tor 90 oshss reason, the
bsasa.isy wish which the war 10 conduct
cd. demsnds ihas peaes saeald be laade:
0IAsxx CessTr, Va, Aug. "a, 1854.
Mr. DxARgsr SIsrEas Since fhat terri
bic daY thai re were deprived sof house
ard homa, have neither hnd dina ag
nsrvs 90 write 70 yoa, bas now that N
opporsunity Offers 10 lei yen hasr Of oar
I ersonai safety, ! must cry 10 tell you Of
sIl chi his befaIlsu as, 1 fssi slmoss
frantic 10 khink Of Ii, and Night and dAy
ehA horrors of the scsne are prssens With
ne. To-day, two weeks ago, my aunt,
MEs. s.. vas taken sick, ard dag after dsy
shs grew worse, until ON Thursday nighg,
IL half past twelve O'clock, she breashsd
her last. Poor mother was with hsr End
wrote Immediately TO father and raysslf
10 some, and just ~ lighted The lamp %
reid the note the report 81 nrs-arms
reached cur ears. / Immediately axsin-
saishsd the light, a. we we're surrounded
sby the enemy, and from What ws bad
heard In the evening We eoajecsarsd sns
shets proceeded from the pickss post
which Moshy bad attacked.
of course, father and could not 70 10
mother until moEniEg, be then went and
mother resurned vita him. Just DC the
momcns OF rstarn sixsy Yankses rode mp
20 me house. One OF their oaiesrs seized
The horss mother roda and demanded to
know uhsrs she had been, mother vas
cosrplssasy overcome and could net ans
wes. / replied, ssshs 10 Jass froaa the
death bed Ut heg sister, and ii yoa have
any hsars or any zaaaiy feeling tell nae
quietly your business and will attend
60 is.5 lie lurnsa to father with an ex.
prsssi %, Of fsndish ielighs on bis coua-
sansnee and said s'f hare orders % burn
svery house on yoaf fafm.s Father de-
manded the charges against hins and ne
tine Oapsainl replied Because Moshy
murdered one OF our picksss last night,
aud there waa q light seen ia this house,
aaA we knew M0shy came from this
hoase." We protested they had not,
and told him the reason we had Light
fol- q sainuss. Father thea begged TO be
taken to Gen. Custer as hostage, and
asked him TO spare his houss On account
Of his aisk wife, sick 500. in-law, and two
helpless little insanss. The Captain re-
piled, sMsn, 80 Jour work; take whas
ron want and Ore - you 90. y ssGuazsi
that man down here, and carry him up TO
hea,dauaresss.n ssThat manS was my
siek husband, and In nay agony fell On
my knees 70 that brute and besoaghs him
20 spare nay sick husband and take me.
With moaking laagh as my request ha
sens biz surgeon to examine hifas and,
thaak Goa, Tie sszgsea bad . haarts and
iasssad OF saying anything % Or. b. said
10 nae, 'Uomas 80 Sisn mes ana ! Miis
belp you 70 savs soEae caosnss.
The house was then on fras aud the
men piundsring and firing ~ they vent.
Nv poor old father and myseif wsns bask
10 l6s captain and hesoughs him, for Gods
sake, 10 come and stop the men until We
could RS even o change az clothes He
rsphsa, nay pseseaos ~ 49, ~ sos -.
At issss Saea wo osgan = o 49,
tninga Gus sns wiSuosss ~ - $3.50.
be might paek up some vslaapasss ~ salAae
up 20 ne house. Nearly svssysalng w
threx cat vas stalea-elosasss sNeifys
silver, and something OF every ning tnsy
carried on. Some Oh them nad nnnaiss
- large ~ . cnala peioFs ana 1aoIno
than, One Oh tnsm saofs 4 snoaiu nos
lake from The burning house my dear nt-
lie Deg Charlie VINO was asaeeps peosase
snsy said ne would grow up . oe : rsoel.
pushed 81 sns man anu .oau n.Ms = $50 80
- hs was Large sneagn ~oala pss = 60
10 nas nAnas ana sei, nan - ~ ~ naa
suHweas ana u 90 asu as, nkns Nssa -
anequslsa bravery PC Hoaaa nss sa ~
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70 lac store FooM Naaas suaas vsns1s lsl 4.
Z and set u 90 nfa. ons .o0k + me y sas
shoulders ana ssfsw nc is NJ sos ~ y
sAe bottom % the sasps. Ice iass sms
was 10 t1s mousse $3.50 ~ SoA = ISs !.
sary . man, On FasnsI ussl $500 y
Iroa1 me- ana scssssfea tne con.snu On
The Eoos. canghs up one 81 ny diamono
riags, The 1raesles sister =. gave mes sne
shildsen's nraeelsss ana several oshes
things, whan sns Hresch ssi1sd ms and
hsad me and gcs them fron ms.
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haa ensaicpsd va anoas nossss Inc a.
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FEARS were assUsyeu 70 a1Issn msnnses.
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paoiac saa Rfassss Papss1 Nssss aaa saen
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