The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-07-06
Accounts ol@Iluntcr's Raids Through the
Valley.

nhuI., "rl.ug from l'a dshrs, rrnppturd ON FRI
hy llrf ami glyo in that days ifuc, the lullow-
mr interesting account Of The extensive raid Of the
ywhr' Gen. Hunter:
division OF the federal army, under command
ur % 4, s. Major General D. Hunter, has just
pmsoI over the mircst portion Of the Conlcdcracy
The beautiful an productive Valley Of Virginia
hls been compelled 10 Witness the umj s uniutcr-
rwIud march or this army from Martinsgburg in
the l0wgrNMloy, 90 buchanan, in BoOotout county
IhuyWaoro uu Up line VI his march, the high
crimes uC arson uul robbery and the petty olonccs
uI pillgu mud puudor OF an uunrmel and defence
lc. people marked his track, lie cumo 10 llnrr-
subu.r m rhu dly, tho ID or June, about
o'rurI. n iha ultrruuou, The enemy came in boot
isr and yelling l,o Gonls intending 70 brighton,
Nu suppose, the women and children Of the town
But our people had seen such sights aud heard such
Touui before, aud were got 80 much shocked aud
Impressed by this demon sir'ton as tue enemy
might have supposed. They, however, soon uade
the u.opc of The own feel thatlhcy were compel
d to entertain terrible foe, They sent round
squads of armed soldiers TO search ut the point Of
lhr hlyoucl aud dwelling houses, smOke houses
and other private houses Of our citizens They
wanted lhny said, "muueJ provisions cotton, to-
baceo, icWrlry aud arms They plundlcd great
many families, bl ing hou', baco1, sal sugar and
whatever else suited their fancy. Ihei' order to do
40 they rrpcscnlOl ~ coming from tie aforesaid
Mai Con. Hunter We will say for olHc Of the
officers connected with this refined sytcm Of yam
kmo robbery of he 1lcss women aud ildrou, that
they manifested % rcluctanau to engage IN such an
infamous business aud gave "certiI 'atos that
pcop0cF X uso' hlll been searched md robbed
oncc, so that the operation might moi be repeated
by another set ON he same Grand We saw ssmo
of those "ccruhe, los' or protection from ro-
newest oulragcs of this kind,
II isnot in as t. complain Of the dos ruUUon by
hr, of our valuable printing Office, ilp, paper, DC.
hut wo did think .at they were very shabby set
of sruunlrcly hen tleY-.1""' thaiH rwe,s-
77n- T1uUJI Io our i rmsrs 10 carry on our lhuuy
supplies. Whom tie fumes were consuming our
mnaas of procuring the noccssarcS e life. We
will say for thom too, that thsir ro criSs were
worry general, embracing all cmsscs OF citzonS.-
The poor man mrcd but little better thtn the rich,
irhc, unfortunately, had al ythtng the ncmy want
cI and he seemed lu he H. want Of o most every
thing
Thcy needed iy' stock orcvcry desc 'ption aud
they "Iuuk' them ThcreyT they found them. The
poor widows solitary miloh cow anC her small
nurl of sheep, re- vol as tho 1o fat horse Of the
prnr fool that declared he was ill Tor the Union,
all went into the Tamorsclcss aw Of Ibis plumber
mg horde of licensed robbers. In vain did people
SEED. 90 hide aud ran of their goods and stock Of
100 tuls. The enemy spraOl themselves over all
Dhc con ry
GAS locusls crowd the plain
somo p .scd with their property On one road
and some oI auothcr but no one knew where to 60
90 escape from thi vast multitude Of robbers whose
aprcdDcsor pu,cr aud spells seems to have been
Nlultcd DO 400 uuus ual kccrncss.
They took the road leading 10 Port Republic in
their plssago mp the Valley from llarrisOnburg,-
Al thls point they overlook the agOn containing
our County Records, which they destroyed by fire.
capturing Mr. Trout who had them in charge aad
holding him for short time rs prisoner Near
Port Republic they applied the torch to tho yalua-
bic wooden factory owlfol by Mr. Talqucry which
was entirely CONSUMED with its contents Of wool
and cloth and val liable machinery. They did not
burn q other w,olon factory at this place, owned
by McsVs Iarkius & Co., but they endeayorcd t.
destroy the costly machinery, so as ~ render IL
worthless.
About three miles above Port Republic in Au.
gustu county, they buunOl the large and costly
Merchant FIGURING Mill belonging to DR.. b. +
Wnkor formerly Of Rockingham. In this mil
were consumed considerable quantities Of -four and
wheat.
II was but short distance above this where tn,
battle. near New Hope was fought, in which III,
Confederate forces were defeated, aud the BRAY,
and gallant Gcn. VIM. L. Jones was killed.. d
thi battle we can scarcely write with entire accu
rary, although we were present when it occurred
ltisuOt our province to throw the blame Of our dc
lrlJ and disaster upon any one. We had intell
gent, brave and skillfu officers aud our mon hat
most of them been under fire before, yet the for
tunes of tho day were against US and we had I,
FiGlbu he uiGlI 1.-The epGmX- lie wns TOO badly
. forces, aud we brought OF all our artillery wngons
&c.,. Gc without loss. W. are quito sure that thu
ucmy loss in dead and wounded was far greater
A. A.. tttY frVI| WA ion
lcuunD Colonel r. l., Boyle, Of Stanton, who tel
uonly at the front in defence Of his cOunry's free
dom.
The day after the fight near New Hope the Fed
cral army moved into Stanton, which they OCcu
pied without resistance our army having retired to
wards Wayncsboropgh and Baskerville Al Staun
ton the enemy repeated the scenes 9nactod at liar
risonburg, with variations suited to Tic change o
localities They rcaked their ycngcu1ee upon tn
face Of the spectator and would have done tn
same 10 the "Viudicator' bad not friend Lynn car
riai away his tyJcs. They could do nothing L
the "Vmdicator" but break its press which they ha,
tho mouucss to do for its utterancc of the truth.
Tho railroad depot, the steam mill, the wOocl
! factory and all tde government shops wore dos
/ troycl bv fire. TIE shoe mandatory was grcati,
abused aud DANA scd. The railroad bridge owe
Christmas creek, four miles from town, was burnt
/ Am attempt was made with powder, to destroy the
stone bridge but it was only slightly damaged. Al
DRY goods stores were forced or broken opon an
robbed of their contents, The negroes generally
. especially the women, wcrs well supplied. PrOvis
ions of every kiudus at lIarrisonburg were search
od for, uud-"tal en-" II the dishonOr Of tn
/ Getty Of hills' we learn that some of the ctHeus 0
snmton voluntarily took the oath Of allegiance t.
/ the Yankee government
From Stauutou. the enemy, after being rcinlorcc
/ by the western army, under Crook, pissed up to
wards Lexington, Their conduct hers was q rope
. tituu of their conduct elsewhere ON the march
They burned the Virginia Military Institute, W
imagine for the tlrlshng which some Of the gal
LIANT boys who an, being educated thci', had Give
/ some of these auo lClldws At New NJ lrket The
also destroyed all the Professors houses but one, il
which there was ONE one sick The burned tn
private residence IF cy-G,y. Looher, nth its con
. touts giving his rSccllout lady but ter minutes j
/ which to remove With her amilyl IT ~ threw tn
printing mulcria Of the Gazette oil % into th
/ street. thus maki "a coa sweep, hey thought
of .'all the ID bel new papers" up % that pon
They also burned the large louring IL III near Lex
ngl1n and dostr ycd the Messis. Jor ian's turnac
u the same regio They had previs sly destroy
cd 20 very valuabs iron furnace in Pond Gap, Au
.u,ta, owned by IN excellent friends, Acssrs. Dan
ioI and Henry Fe.cr.
From Lexington TO Buchanan, as l.r az we hay
hanrl, the conduct Of this Federal army Of invs
sion was in strict accordEuco with the deportmOu
in the lower Valley, except that tic farther the
went the worse toy became. They we're burnin
mills and robbjLs private citizens very wher
along their route. In some cases they took ever!
thing of value tn. citizens had, They robbed thel
OF their provisions, Of their bed sotliug, aud i
some eases left thlm with nothing bu the clothin
they had upon their persons.
Such is tho history OF the movements of an arm
claiming TO represent the patcrmal feelings Of th
best government uudcr the sun
We haze heard of the atrocities and brutalities q
20 Fremont and "a Sicgcl, and we had beard of HUI
ter m his management of his negro department OF
the coast of Souh Carolina; but we had no ide
that man claiming to be civilized could be such
brute and a dcllon as this last Yankee Majo
General has proven to be. God save the poopl