Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-04-19
a villianous Yankee Letter.

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We publish tie following letter from !
/ Yankee toshis wife ia Boston, which was
found near this place after the Yankees.had
]. left: It Is undoubtedly gennine, and will
serge greatly to addisspef the last lingering be-
| lief still remaining ii some deludsd minds
that the plunderi1g and thisyi6g. Of the
Yankee army, @as,:n yipked st certainly
4 not shared IN by those in authority. We
see from This letterthst from Sherman down
to the lowest drummer in shis army, the
| plundering is conducted on system, and the
booty shared upon established principles.
We do moi. think that anything is necessary
to produce correct conviction Of the Yam
Ikee character in this community where it
is every#hore written in characters 50 plain
that he who runs may read, but as one. Of
the euriosities of.the times ne thought it
not unworthy Of insertion - ssssss e-z
CAMP NEAR GAsdDEN, s. O., 4 s.
z s. Z. February 26ths 1855.
s..My Dear. 5Yiite.-I haye no time for
particulars. We have had . glorious time
In this State. Unrestricted license to burn
and plnnder was the ordered. the day The
chiYalryl have been stript ofsmost of their
valnables Gold watches, silver pitchers,
cups, spoons, forks, 30, 60, are as common
in camp as black berries The terms of
plumber are as follows The valuablss pro.
cured are estimated by companies: Each
company is required to exhibitthe results of
its operations at any given place fifth
and first choice falls to the share Of the
COMMANDMENTS Chief and staff; oue-ffth to
the corps commanders and staff; one fifth
to field officers Of regiment, and two.6fths
to. the company. Officers are. not allowed
to join in these expedf without disgui.
sing themselves as priyatess One Of our
corps commanders borrowed suit of rough
clothes from one ofsmy men andB very
successful at this place. BE got large
qpaptitysof silver Iamong, other; things an
old. time siIyersn milk pitcher and a very fine
gold watch from q MT. DeSanssure at this
place. Desaussure is one Of the f. B. VS.
of South Carolina, and was made to fork
out literally: Officers oYer therank ofcap-
tain are not made to put their plnuder ini
the estimate for. genera, distribution. This
is very unfair, and for that reason IN order,
to protect themselves, subordinate officers
and privates keep back everything that they;
can carry about their persons s-suoh asrings
earrings, breast pins; DO, &C., Of which,
if live to get home, i have about a quart.
I am moi ioking--I have at least a quart Of
jewelry for you and all the girls--and some
No, 1 diamond rings and pins among them.
Gen. Sherman has ,silverand gold enough
to start bank. His shareiin gold watches
add chains alone, at Columbia, j, Was twothnn:
EEdred and seveatyfye t2751s sa9isg d;
Bot Isaid i could not 90 into particulans
All che general officers, and many besides,
have. yaluables of every description down
to embroidered ladiespockst handkerchiefs.
q have my share of them too). I'VE took
gold and ssilysrenough from tho d=-d rebels
to have redeemed their infsrnat currency,
twice over This (the currency whenever
we came across it we burned as we cousid-
cred it utterly worthless
I wish all the jewelry this army has could
Be carried to the "Old Bay State.1gs It.
3"ala oees ner qes IN gioraous .ssgie; oaE =,
alas 1T w!il. .ee ssasserea ai oyer tne north
and middle States. The damned nlggers,
as asgepsrai rule, preferred to stay at home
Particularly after they teund out that we
only wantedthe able bodreds men land to-
tell you the truth, the youngest and best
looking women. Sometimes we took OF
whole families and plantations OF nlggers,
.sionist: Butthe useless pattso these We
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flsets -solpe'l1asa ~ ''esf Ways -
Fl shall write to you again from Whining
ton, Goldsboro or some other place in North
Carolina. The order to march has arrived
aud | must close hurgiedly. hoveto grand
mother and aunt Charlotte Bake care Of
yourself and the children: Don't show this bis
letter ont of she family, :, -
Your atfecaonate husband
-. ,.:Iis, IHos' .; MYERS, Lieut.. GO;
T. s,-l will send this by the tlrst nag
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