The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-29
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shirt sleeves, and half OF them are bare
footed. Most Of those who are captured
rejoice at the idea Of getting out Of the
fight, and look upon their capture as
saving them from . miserable death.
DeserteFs, IS WeG as prisoners, stats that
Longstreet's entire army il in this mis-
cradle condition. Oal Of raw beef hides
they are making q sort Of moccasin 10
shield their feet from tie frozen ground.
Aud those of them Hho can beas3 0f s
remnant Of blanket, or Of what was
once shawl, look proud, and are looked
upon with envy By those more destitute.
IL these men would turn upon their
leaders, and Stay indiscrimiuatsly those
who urged them into the rebellion, we
would have q higher opinion Of their
patriotism and their pluck.
Snail p01 This loathsOme disease is
prevailing in Richmond, and L. j. Bou-
don, q rebel senator from Virginia. has
died. We have il here, and fad Il rather
on the increase. Il was brought here
during the seige BY LOngstreeFs army,
and is = fixed institution in the rebel
army. The personal filth and eorrup-
ton Of the whole gang, their lice, bed
bugs, old clothes, poor diet, and guilty
conscienees-mixsd as they are with
mean whiskey, and al that is mean,
dirty, and unpAiriOlic, is enough to food
the country where they 60 With every
hateful disease known to the human
race.
Rebel Oltrages IN AlaJqula.-On the
24th Of February, 1863, Brigadier- Gen
eral Dodge, at his Headquarters for the
District Of Corintb, officially announced
string Of the most revolving depreda-
tons, OuIrAges, and murders perpetrsted
BY the rebels upon Alabans Union fnmi-
lies. This publication shows that they
have not carried on this war in accor-
dance with the rules that govern civilized
nations in such cases, and that The out
rageous perpetFsted are disgracefnl even
to savsges, We give few Of the instan-
ces named by Gen. Dodge:
= Abe Canady and Mr.. Mitchell were
hung for being Union men, and no other
crime was lAid.tO their. charge. They were
citizens Of Marion county, Alabama. AR.
HALLMARK and bis daughter, Of the same
county, were shot for the same cause.
The daughter was instantly killed. and
the father mortsllV wounded, snd diedin
few days. Peter Lewis and three Of his
were hunted down and captur-
ed By one Hundred blOodh0l1ldS :
The houses Of Messrs. Palmer, Welsby,
Williams, the three Weightmans, and
some thirty others, were burned. The
women and children were turned out OF
doors, and the community notified taat If
they allowed them to 90 into other hOus-
es, or harbOred them in any manner, they
would be served in the same way. Mr..
Peterson, living At the head Of Bull
Mountain, was shot down in the pres
encs Of bis family, and for being Union
man.
General Dodge, at the time Of making
this publication, was feeding one hun
drsd Of these distressed families, who
with their women and children, some
gray-haired men, and even cTipples on
crutches, were driven out through The
woods aad found their way 70 the Fede-
raj camps, supplicAting the General for
food and shelter from the chilling blasts
of winter. In most instances this was
done because the parties were for the
Union, and refused to sanction the foul
beresY Of secession. In other cases it
was done because the parties had sons or
relatives in the Union army.
The statements Of these families going
into the Federal camps, the General says,
are beyond belief. did he not have the
evidence before him in such q shape and
abundance as to forbid . denial Of the
fact. Such is Southern chivalry, and
such is the spirit engendered by this
worse than Internal rebellion, in the
hands Of = at of the most corrupt lead
ers now out Of hell They are = sweet
set Of Tascsls TO charge upon the Federal
troops all sorts Of depredatiOns and out
ragesl