The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-03-24

rear but I'D the front OF the orr, ID 'le
they went before it like n ci and
ing often 20 TO 30 miles in oI ,uu' be-
the head ofthe column. Tber 'uVe
fight anything Three. INN. would
gethcr would Mt any time avn 10
company of rebel cavalry ."s
favorable circumstances wonI u' y
perse them and capture the " U.s.
With the exception Of ColumlSo D o,OV
every town in South Caroline Al. a.oa
which the army passed was srs, 9'ga
tered by the bummers. Al CIV. @
field they were two days and ~ I.s
ahead Of the army, the whole = oa aN
having congregated at this n Oo
They rugged up two logs for c. r~u
sent a flag ahead to the town ~I
was occupied by detachment q ' p
ler's division of cavalry, demands5I
surrender, frightened offthe rebsl -.
airy, and entered the town IN a. '
procession of broken down ,9n
ragged bummers and Quaker rus
Columbia Fired by the Rebel.
The Tribune's correspondent 5,
the following account of the de,trr.
ton of Columbia, S. c..
On our entrance into the city nor
men rushed frantically into tie .l..'
with bottles of whiskey, md basin, \
whiskey, and cups OF whiskey .,i
whiskcy in every sort Of vessel T
soldiers naturally were not ayena :
"a little whiskey. Il was discoys,5
on advancing through the city R.,I
Wade Hampton had a large oaaDF,
of cotton piled in the street T.|
bales had been cut open, the cott,
pulled out loosely, and remained IN
ready for the torch. In several p,,s
it was actually on fire. A high vri
was blowing at the time, which bi
scattered the cotton through the he,
and on the house-tops and piazn,
and verandahs, the effect being 4
many places as if a snow-storm I
had fallen on the city. Before NON.
ing, however, nearly the whole ctr
was in ashes. Nearly 5000 house
had been destroyed. The old capas
/ was burnt, the new one somevse
/ damaged. The bank note and ts..
ury buildings, where the rebel nos
were engraved and printed, were a
tirely burnt. The Sisters Of Ngr
Home. was burnt, and all the hots
! Only one church was destfo7a
Many of the soldiers were now irta.
icated, barrels of liquor were disns
uted, many women were drunk mi
the city appeared a perfect panlea
onium. The day following, the u
senal and public buildings were De
stroyed. We found 43 heavy gur,
5000 stands of small arms, 200
rounds of fixed Ammunition, and
great portion of the machinery tbs
had been sent here from Challesia
for safety at the time Of the evacu
ton of thai place. The machr
shops, which were of vast important
ordnance stores Of all kinds, one con
plote battery of Blakely guns wit
Z caissons and timber chests, were
stroyed and thrown into the rive
which as far as one could see scent
black with powder.
Other cities visited.
The 50th corps entered VIM
borough, on the Dist, about ~ ul
from Columbia. On entering the0I
: some Of the largest buildings We
found to be ON fire. Upon enqrr
it was discovered that the hon'
had been fred by Mrs, Lauderia
who had a quantity of cotton sor
: in the buildings, and which she $
she would destroy to keep the u
KEGS from getting it. In this way
large portion of this very pretty to-
was burned The next town Of
portance was Chesterfield which
entered by the foragers two days
the advance of the army At
same time the 18th and 18th corps
tered the town of Cheraw, Gen, No
er's division in advance. The CO
mand of that officer fought Their
in with skir1mish line, but had
serious opposition. We captured
, this place % guns and a large qua
! ty Of fixed ammunition. From CAa
the route of the army was across
Pedee river directly to FayetteV
, where we captured the United sia
arsenal and large quantity
! machinery, ammunition, stores
! Much Of the machinery, that was
, moved from Harper's Ferry was l0'
at this place.
IxnpasricIs's Fight.
The victory of which Wade hn
ton boosted promatureIy was his
! feat in the end. On the morning
! the 10th Of March Gen. hlpau
I was encamped about fifteen u
5 from Fayetteville, and was at'ac
by the whole of Wade HamP'
cavalry. Hampton commando
: person. The attack was very SUI
q and fell entirely upon one 9nS
4 which was surprised. Near the
ton of the camp which 1t gu'l
( We're Kilpatrick's headquarters
I Fitzpatrick himself narrowly eSea
y capture. He fed from the hou'.
; which he was sleeping with his
falcons and slippers on. Two or i
q followed his example. One u
I colonies commanding n bugauo
: the rest of his officers were IL
{ house, and having no time to ss'
: secreted themselves. The mu.
; was in the house on beng "S
p when Hampton rode mp, WV