Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-07-07
COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA,

| oncss aad none could moans taa stag
plank sxceps thsy bors tha special psFnil
of tbs esmmanding general. Ceald ssf
thing be more inhaman and nraqI Bu
shls l. nos all. GsneraI Baaks fonns
room on bis transports for SIC pr ssue'
| ihosssaaS assyosa that had bea . gashssss
| Ia ,frou the surroanding connsfys Ues
Ton that had bsen loaded Oh traasposf'
to be shipped Ehrongh the qasxsegmasse'
to Noa Orleans, under Banks, orders raa
shroHn Overheard 10 make room Tor ~
groes. sBus no reom could be found fo'
awhiEe women and children, whass hua;
ssbanas and brothers we're 10 tAs fedora
aarmy. and whose houses had jast bsaz
'sbaraad hy The federal tareh P ahAl,
Iengs the records Of sll wass for aet3 q
such psrhdy aad ernalty.
Bas there il ssill aasghsg shspsex Il
shis perHdoas military ana political can.
paiga. Rsaks, ga srriyiag ~ Alexaadsaa.
saia he psspls ihak his oeeapasasa af -
aszassy sss ysEnassass Ihss Be ~
ssnlssI 20 pgossei ale wha woasd come
forward AMI saka shs OATH oE allegiance
while those wha weald not wsrs thrs@t-
sas-l = ish hsal.s:n NJ and eoaiscation ef
psevuxty. iIaaIr@la cam. forward and
tssk the oath. Aa eiecsion was haids
and delegates wega sent 10 sha aaassita-
tional eonyaasiaa than In session as ess
Orleans. a recruiting oshsa was speneds
and ovex q shausa0d white nsn wazs aas-
tsred into kha Uuissa States SERIES
Quite . namher Of psrmaaens elsasens OF
Alexandria took tha cath, aad we're prom
ised protection. Their houses and other
progsrsy have now all bean Tsdassd TO
ashes, All ahey turned out inlo the woTld
with n0shing, sbsolatsly aothiags says
sha amnesty oaahl They eoald nat low
no 70 ans conEsdsrakas and Apply Tor
charity. They too applied % Ssaeral
Banks to be allowed TO 20 abaard she
transports and 20 10 New 0rlsaaa. They
wass refused in svesy inssafcel Among
those who applied was Q Mr. PaFSsFs 0
lawyay, ag feeble health wha mad been
gaia prominent making spoeeh1s, siaos
thH Uaion occupation, in siasos Of esaan-
uipasiuu. uasaaditiaual Uaion end sha
sanprsssinn ag the rehcllioa. Psrmissiaa
to 70 On transport was refused hin,--
Ha csuld aol stays and haaee, faebte -
he was, ha wuns oG With taa army a.
rAoag the psnminent eatizens who sook
isaa sasA was Jadga John L. Elgee, OF
Alexandria. Before abe return Of tha
army FROM Grand keore, Judge Eiges
veal io New Orleans, lsaviag his family
bahind. expecting 10 Ersarn. ha Wss
raaa alae 10 10 80 hafure tAe evaeaation
OF AIsxandxia Jadge EIges 10 one Of
the most accomplished and abls men Of
the SoaGh. 4 lawyer by profssssoas he
occupied prominsns position eoih Pc
lisacally and socially and had imnsaso
inEaeuce. So ggaas stress was placed
upea his saksag shn oath, thai one OF oar
bands ssreaadsd haEa st his rnsldsnces
and General Grover and Gsneral hank ks
honoTed hin Ia every Eay possa6iss Du~
ring my sIay in AlaxABdria, had ocea-
aion TO call apon tha judge as his resi-
dance, aad af hia oakae shieh Hera both
in she same bailding,) on business his
Las snd literary library ossupisd saFee
large Rooms-~baing ~ kna eollsata0a
of books "a sxsr saw. His rsssdsaes
was rishIy and tastxfally furnished. 4
single painting coat twelEe haadrsa dol
lara. In his absence, she gnvsxnaaeat he
had swora to suppoFts AID which Aaa
promised him protection, allowed Isasol.
aiars 10 appiy the torch 10 his a@alling
and tsgn his family iaaa the streets. His
Rns residsnaa with all its cestly furniture,
bis books, papers and bis 6na pAiatiags,
were hnsned up. L. MAJ be that many
of tho lass-namsi articles viii jet iiod
their way 10 the North, having hesn res-
eaed frem sbe aaaaas By pllfareEs and
thieves for where arson 10 resoTfed ia,
il 10 g neraay to eoEeE Ehsftv
7, Madison Wells, the Lieusenant Cor.
srnor OF Louisiana, eleassd wlka Ham,
BIZ General Banks oYdars, was not spag-
ed. lie bad been Unionlss from the be-
ginning. DE had splendid residence 10
Alexandria, well and richly. furnished, n
which bis ewu and his cons falRily resi-
ded. His son was absenl 10 Nag OFleaaa
attending the Constitutional contention,
OF which be was member, and in whleh
be voted for abolition and all ths alwa
measures. But that did not secure his
family ths protection OF the goveynment
All vas burned. Thousands ef people
men, women, snd shiidren, waze, ia /
few shcrs hours, driven from comforts
ble hemea in.a she streets. Their shsitez
their provisions, their beds, were ALI sDn,
sumed. In sheis extFsnity. whish, 0al
avn culpabilisy had brought ahoas, 70.
Oommanding General taraed kis bacl
apon sheEa. The General perhaps dis
not laugh at their caIaiRity, n0x moel
| when lhels fear came, bat doabslass re
garded ii Is the dawa OF . political nit
lsnium. Ths aarah ot the army fros
Alexandria 10 Ross de Rnssey was lighss'
40 sish tha aames Of baFDing dwellings
Thus has General Ranks booone The Glib
ssatar of Louisiana 0
| When the army arrived as Simsaspors
Iths feelings agasnss Banks was perfect
4 uueonssosabls. liz vas ebsolussly afeai
10 appear in the presence ef the men, les
hs might be assassiaated. He ssok ref
i ugs Ia ~ iroa.elad gunboat. a. sb
4 boat IaY In the Aschafaiya river, the sol
1 si,ers on She bank wouia cry oas aloud fo
Raaks 10 pat hts bead sbove The decks
| aaclarink, with curses. that they woal
| pug a beal through IL. fIa keps hts hea
| Iassde. When 6ensral Ganby arrived
/ hs made aspsecis 20 shs uzesa, and Ssod
| sksm shas hereafter be wosaid command
and tssas 20 aors sach fasaa expedisfou
sh0uid be gotten arp. 4 long arg axoa
4 from sh@ anaas . w want 20 see 6eners
8 Banks pahished, we want 20 see hEl
= hang.n and maay snsh expressiaas,- !
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