Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-14
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Al tss sossatly and ftsple q and 4 I'D lssl
Is. ~ "a, the oaaSid uussn met 80 che ss4hirts
y Id n 4hese sta.hleo.sSa and wholesSlt nurs
dst4, perpssrAssa bs thnse rebel seu and then an
swer these question: Ought sns isaiency 10 b.
shown sseh men ongbt sny respect 70 be enter
tanned En- Unicn men Who would excuse aeh eon-
duct or enter into their aefm.el
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nEas SlH, The bftisens ca tie easl side ct Bred
hey eooaty, end IN Pelk es.Rty, hare vstnssssa.
wj,hia The lasi tsw asys, scts cruelty and brutal
barbarity that have not ben exccllea by the rlei
since thls war began.
Ga last Tuesday morning a retel Hsrss aagIaeer.
ing atsut forty came 10 the heEsse Of A J. Htl on
The STATE lire. aud commenced shooting At one Il
Hills sons. lie Fsh from them and jumped into The
Canssssuga River, and twem sesUa The rebels al
the ;isae shooting II him hu, failed % hh him, In
the nleantiuie, Horace Hill the uncle % the boy
whom the rebals were trying 10 kill ran eut a The
house, and another squad Of rebels surrounded him,
and be Surrendered 70 them. aud sat down nPoa =
low fonee and tarho and locking ht tho fsas Of
hls nephew. who was swimming she river, and The
ftAstte AtAiit. ~ avs " AtA Nhtc
GalewOoa q ne robOl force, pat his pistol 10 The
side of Horace Hiirs bead aud shot him through
Killing him instantly. The rebels then went 10 the
house Of Nm. ArmsircEg. the widow Of Allen ArEa-
strong deee@sea-' Here they arrested hers Baker
Armstrong ss3 man by the name Of RsPeT, and
one ky lAe name Of IsendemIlk. They made AL
thoss stand up in he road Ia front of the house, and
they shot and killed al three Of thent in the pres
ence * Mn. Armstrong aud the family. Afler
Baker Armstrong fell, one rebel took hlm ly the
hsir Of he bead sRd raised him uR and other rebels
shos bin through four times more. The last shot
the uauEzle Of the pistol wss put to his mouth sna
the ball passed ous in tAe back pars OF the head.
While this sendish deed vas being perpetrated her
youngest 50 = 'at boy, ran. The rebels pursued
snd caught : "a. The mother followed 10 beg for
his lfs. whsn the mother got 10 them the rebels
had tas boy ssEiPpeai she begged far his life-~he
GALES 10 her 10 know II bis brother Baker VS. dead
She replied be was, The little son began 70 weep
ami the rebels cursed him for weeping and beat him
over the head aud face most cruelty but spared his
life.
The rebelS Rext went 10 Hollands and shot his
soR Joha three timss As he ran. One shot passed
through his clothing, and snothsr through bis hat
bat be made his escspc They arrested three youhg
men al Hollsbds who bad fed from Georgia. they
toek al these out 10 the read sla! shot thcm.--
One vss killed instantly, and the other ta are yet
alive.
They vert aezt to the house Of samuel PARKS
vh3 fortunately was not a, bome- A man by She
aare Of Gurley Was sboemaking for Parks, they
killed Gurley. They killed young wiliiAra KiEson
4, Benton. They went ap the oeoec River to Parks
Mill, and killed mar By the name sS J0oas, sad
shot small boy al the raill who has since died Asr-
ported As they passed up the river they sho, Vim,
Iillard- who i nortsliy wcundcd. Further ap the
river, on the sAne read, the rebels mei party Of
men with some wagons coming b Cleveland. The
rebes shsy and killed s1 Of these men and len tem
laying IN the read in = pile near the mouth og
Greasy Creek. Further On they killed another
-isan At Greens ferry, or near Tiers At the hose
ef Sidney McCioads, they killed thFee more men.
Bet fsW weeks since, party Of rebels came 70 the
house Of said MoCloaas ia oPen day teSk hila cut
and stripped him, and put Aim in the read before
them, and rode their horses over him snd mNnglod
him, aHd then shot him through the bead killing
him instantly.
Tkese rebsiS whose deeds Of last Tuesday and
Wednesday I have been describing. went on up to-
wards DuektowB, aud have got around back 10 the
Conasssuga River sgaia. They bOss; Of having
killed tveniy-seYen Unian men. Citizens say the
rsbelz have killed twenty -foar and MORALLY woahd.
ed three ! have writtsn the facts 50 far As they
have come 70 Hly knosledge in q reliable shape
While they were ralding and killing, they earriod
on q syslen Of wholesale robbery and theft Tho
following are some Of the rebel ocerS and privates
engaged in said sssassinations and rohberos Capt
g B. May, x Red Clay, Ga; Lest james Black
veil CA Capt Tremer, Licut Leonard, Captain
Thomss, Polk EdmoRson and Capt JordR.
Ii Is sald that said Captains did not cross the
rvsr, but rergaihed inside Of Georgia while their
squads crossed into Tennessee and performed the
sbovs described bloody deeds. Capt4iu Galswood
Vas slong. aud was the ringisader Of the gang and
did the most Of the killing with bic own hands. He
i a ksHGuckisn; be is large man, bis hair is al
most F,d wears il long, down r. his shoulder His
faoe j. severed with long ned board--a savage in
sppezERnce. lie and four brothers are in the rebel
army and Of those brothers il with aim. jasper
Grady, tvo MoSpaddeus two sons u jacob Gregory,
a s9u II BTisnt CoKsY, q Of the widow Airbeart,
young Dean, and young msB Whs went out TO
Goorgia lsss spring fDm Meigs county, in buggy
dressed in female clothing. in compaDy with Capt
Peaks sife al along aad assisted 10 the muir
dsTs and rVbberies. The most Of these men were
RAISED il Bradley and Polk counties. Bryant Uoxey,
afsF having served in the rrbei army, got out has
taken the oath and is protected at home while hIs
soR Is killing his neighbors.
The above u oniy brief outline of the bloody
deeds Of the osItlaws and rebel land piratss.
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