Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-04-28


He Tell and while he lay unable to move,
another came along and was about to hre
a gain, when Harrison told him he was bad /
" wounded twice aud implored him not to
fire. lie asked Harrison II he had any
muney. He said he had little money and
a watch. The Rebel took from him his
watch and $40 in money, and left him. -
Harrison Is probably fatally wounded.
Several such cases have been related to
me, aud, | think, to a great extent, the
whites and negroes were indiscriminately
murdered. The Rebel Tennesseeaps have
about the same bitterness against Tennes
seeans in the Union army as against the
negroes. | WAS told by Rebel officer that
Forrest shot one of his men and cut another
with his saber who were shooting prisoners.
1t may be so, but he is responsible for the
conduct Of his men, aud Gen. Chalmers
stated publicly while on the Platte Valley
that, though he did not encourage or coun-
tenance his men in shooting down negro
captives, yet that it was right and justiGablc.
INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT.
The negro corporal. Jacob Wilson, whom
we picked up below Fort Pillow, had a mar
row escape. lie was down on the river
bank, and seeing that no quarter was shown,
stepped into the water so that he lay par
italy under it. A Rebel coming along
asked him what was the matter; he said
he was badly wounded, and the Rebel, after
taking from his pocket all tho money he
had, left him. 1t happened to be near by
| fat bolt tied to the bank, and about 3 O.
/ clock in the morning
/ When all was quiet, Wilson crawled into
/ it and got three more wounded comrades
also in it, and cut loose The boat hoatcd
] ;,t sI,n alb, at,ol npI u,a InunI IN III
some miles below The wounded negro
soldiers we have aboard feigned themselves
I dead until we came along. Capt. Young.
2llh Missouri, Provost Marshal at the fort,
was captured, and was out on his parole. -
| lie was Mt the boat and while there the
/ Lady Pike, from St. Louis, came up, with
his wife aboard. He was allowed TO 90 into
the boat to see her, and then returned to hi,
captors. Major Bradford was also captnred
aud at large on his parole. The Rebel officer.
denounce him for breaking his parole, and
say that, during Tuesday night, he escaped !.
It is believed that the Rebels killed him,
and that the charge of breaking his parole
is n mere pretense to conceal his murder.
Capt. Lindsay Rebel officer, to whom am
indebted for courteous attention., admitted
to me that Gen. Forrest wasslightly wounded
and had 4 horse killed under him, but an
other Rebel officer informed friend Of hi,
who was on the boat with us, that Gen. Il.
was twice wounded, and badly by the burst
ing of "A shell.
The Rebels claim to have but only 10 kile5
and 80 wounded, but Capt. HOung.who hac
been to their clmr, saws that they have tvs
hospitals well filed and he thinks theirkilleC
and wounded exceed ours
When [ visited the fort, tho guns had al
been taken away. The huts scattere
around had hgen most burned IN. In on
of these were bodies Of colorcd soldiers pa ( /
burned, but whether or not by design
cannot state.
d.. Fitch, Surgeon Of the fort, was takcr
prisoner and through the influence of som
Rebel surgeon was released on his parole
and came mp with rs. He confirms from
his own pcr,)ull observation, ths butcher,
, of our soldiers by the Rebels. He inlorme
me that after the fort was taken, the soldier
ran down the bluff TO the river, thrown
away their arms. holding up their hand,
and crying out that they surrcndered bu
the rebels continued to fire on them from til
bluff without the least regard to their eric
a Dr. F,tch says he saw twenty white soldier
para Tod in line on the bunk of the river m
, wh.n in line the Rebels fred upon and kiile
all but one who ran TO the river md hi
, under log, an in that condition was fire
, at u number OF times and wounded. lie say
Major BrIdfIrd al'o ran down to the
river, anl after he told them he ha,
surrendered more then fifty shots were fire
at him. He then Jumped into the rive
and swan out little ways, and whole volley
We're fired NJ him there without hitting him
He returned to the shore and meeting, a
the Doctor supposes, some officer, wa
Irjtected; but he heard frequent threat
irom the Rabals that they would kill him
aud he believes that they have kill ed him.
IL was subject OF considerable rama
that Capt. Young was treated by tn
Rebels with 50 much iavor-and it was sal
that his brother, who has been in the Rebe
army, kept "A rrog shop at the fort, and Wa
u Rebel sympatniZer.
DISGUSTING ToADYIsM
Two or three Union band box officers o
board tho Platte Valley, one of them wit
his young bride, made themselves conspicu
Gus in iawaing around the Rebel officer.
They brought Gen. Chalmers, aud severa
subordinate cut throat looking officers o
board the Platte Valley, drank with them
introduced them 10 their wives, aud invite
them to dinner They made room for thel
at the ladies table, and they sat down I
dinner but it happened either by accider
|, or from just ilea of the fitness Of things o
the part OF our hiph-spirted captain that
that moment tho signal hell for moving WI
heard aud the Rebel officers, leaving the
soup untouched, skcdaddlcd, Gen. Chalme
sllioquising as he hurried past your CORE
! pondrnt, that he had learned to run AS we
! as TO fight. In the conversation precedia
! the dinner, Gen. Chalmers said he did nc
U counteRance or encourage his soldiers il
killing captive nsgro soldiers, but it wa
!, light and ju'tifabe. A Union officer VIII
! ! will 80 disgrace himself AMI his country
y ought to be dismissed from tho services.
u The Rebel officers were generally well claC
but had very little TO distinguish them fro,
the privatcs Gen, Chalmers had simply
y black feather in his hat, and the 9th,
u olhcars slrlpes on their collars. In th
respect think they show good sense an
= policy, which our officers might imita
- with adyantoge to themselves and the Sc
T. vice. Their horses, als,, were in fine co,
/ dition, aud much better than ours.
:, - TaE PLATTE VALLEY AND HER oFFIcERs,
4 The officers oithe Platte Valley-Cap
( Riley, Mr. Block, the FIRST, and Mr. Cha
q NJ Parson', Second Clerk land indeed !
: I'M the bDnt nre entitlul to nublia Gamma