Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
The Horrors Attending an Invading

Army
A correspondent of the Elmira Guzetts
with Shetnan's army, now penetrating into
the heart of Georgia, writing from the neigh
borhood of Dalton, says:
We camp on large and beautiful planta-
tons, and spread desolation unavoidably be-
fore us. AS we advance we make as clean
sweep of live stock, as the enemy have of
their slaves. When abandoning their plan
tations, all the blacks are run further south &.
We have been told that they are moving
them by thousands, of late. and that this
was very much of slave farmed District
1t must be so as the amount of labor done
on plantations this season is great. The large
fields Of wheat, corn, rye, tobacco and cot
ton, in the most fiourishipg condition, indi-
Gated the prosperity of the country. In most
instances the inhabitants flee before US; o My
the poorer class remain at home. 1t is tru-
ly heart sckening to see so beautiful coun-
try raYaged aud destroyed. These fine farm s
aud pleasant h ONES are truly unequal in
any country, but the hand of war will lay a
scourge on them thatj century can not
efface.
On nearly every farm we noticed cot
gin, in which were stored thousands of dol
lars worth Of the finest cotton. On the 10Th
we again confronted the enemy at Cassville
who barricaded the town, and intended to
make stand, bat late in the afternoon he
evacuated the place, and our forces occupied
it. During the battle all the inhabitants
vacated the town, that was sacked and pill
Jagged by the soldiers. On entering one house
we saw soldier, donned in the habiliments
of some Southern lady-black silk dress, a
pink dress bonn 81, while on the floor in mu,
tual ruin lay q largo and costly vase, that
hoA boz al int IOFIc ir
ror add ed to the confused mixture, was an
INITIATED piano-smashe ed sofa broken chairs
&c. While making my way to camp, l
saw splendid oil painting Of the surrender
of Yorktown suspended from the side of
an old supply wagon, for the qualification and
classic tastes Of SOME mule driver.
A correspondent Of the n. Y. Express
writes as follows of the sufferings now expe-
rienced by the defenceless and helpless wo
men and children Of Georgia:
The section OF Georgia through which
this army has passed is literally striped Of
every thing what little the rebels left has
been absorbed by our forces. witnessed
sight yesterday which I pray l may never
witness again. have seen death upon the
battlefield in all Its most horrid forms; 1
have seen whole platoons of brave men
melt away before the iron storm of battle.
Oub was EeNeE 81 NlFIuIy pTeSSeu WIN d
true realization of the horrors of war as l
was yesterdy.
fstroled farup a winding ravine between
two range of hills. When a considerable
distance from camp, l came upon about
twenty women and children, huddled to-
gether, partakers of each others wretch ed
ness among the hills, in a state Of starvation.
Close by was rude, newly made grave,
where one of their mum Der had been raid in
the ground, who they said starved to death.
Such group Of misery / never saw before.
No couch but the ground, no shelter bat
tn pitiless sky, and not a norsel of food!
l turned from the scene sick at heart that
could do nothing for them, and to think that
their lawful protectors were just across the
hills engaged in fierce battle for destruction
Of their country. Leaving the spot saw a
woman hurrying across the field wringng
her hands in a state Of despair bordering on
madness. But enough of this.