Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-03-09
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From Winnsboro,a
:. We are indebted to the editor lofsthe
Winnsboro s'News" fol" for the following
Incidents connected with the occupation
of that town by the enemy: az1asH
The main army was preceded by a
body of "Bummers," as they call them,
selves, who rode into town :helter-
skelter, and proceededto ransaek pub.
lie and private property. IA few hours
afterwards, the 10th corps, under. 9 Gem
Gary made its appearance, Stationed Cd
guards in and udthe town and re;es-
tablished order The I 17th, Gen. Blair,
followed 2andpassed Through ebandsin
full blast, colors flying AND men cheer
ing. Persons standing on the side walks
we're unmolested, and no personal insult
was offered. This was on Tuesday.
The other corps 0fshe Federal army
occupied portions tos sfheiright andslaft
Of Winnsboro. The burning Of stores
and the business portion of the, town
took place On Tuesday and Wednesday:
Between eight and ten stores were
burned the first day, and on theseoond;
,the.tqch mas appiedst ssyerslpriyate
dwelling houseson Main street -probsr
bly, ten or eleven In number, The lat
ter were occupied. The mansions Of
w. R. Robertson, Esq, GHaiN
Hon WI! RS Boylston, Col. 5ames.R
Akin, Col. Aug. Akin Z DR.. William
Akin, j. Akin, Mrs. james Rion, j.
B. McCahts and, some Others were. not
destroyed. The piHagmg was done
principally before-the arrival Of the
main army and was notsauthorisedzor
permitted. AS an instance Of this. one
soldier stole half baked loaf from the
oven Of our friend, the editor, but while
making off with his pastry, the man was
met by q General who compelled him to
return his plumber to the kitchen, which
he did. Spoons, money, provisions and
private clothing wereeall, 10 use anSex-
pressive but 5meiegant. phrase, PincontI
nenAy agobbled uHSsibg the sssbgne
mers," and personal property disposed
of in that hasty manner. which betoken-
ed practiced adroitness at the business.
One of these gentry had nthabad taste
to take, new winter sbonnst from n ln
dy and fill it with dried apples-the sac
rilegious. william. May they swell on
his cerulean stomach. We. congratu-
late our neighbor Britton, that they
merely Cooked IN on him and his news
paper establishment without disturbing
a single case or pi-ing forms ,ge,,.,e.,
The conversation of the Yankees was
generally kind, and Indicated respect.
Some of them confessed thatthey never
expected to whip the s'Johnnies9 95inea
fight, OF conquer a. peace blythe feFce
Of arms, and that the. only way to sub
,jjuigate was to rob US Of all we had. The
majority were Western men. In two
or three instances foreign flags were
hoisted, but they afforded ss,protection
than. none at al-the bunting being, torn
down and trampled under foot: .:.,,,.s
= On leaving the town the. Federa1s
marched to Blsekstoeks; tearing up Tie
railroad and burning dwellings by the
way. The manner of destroying the
rails, was to Heat the iron and then, Bend
it several times around a tree. -Four
miles of track this side of the Four7mile
house were left untouched. together
with some other sections of the road.
An attempt was made to intercept tele-
grams but it failed. 0nreaching Black
stocks skirmish with our cavalry took
place, and the enemy then branched off
towards the river ON a direct route for
Camden. The strength Of the Federal
army is not believed by those who had
an opportunity of making ON average
of its numbers, to be- greater thanfor-
ty thousand. a se 8