The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-07-31
s11suiilesntsa = 8 Afftter L[ee's Surrender.

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startled BY asreport tha hata bod u of United
atSssold a lers, said to be three thousand
gm numb Der, were approa aching the village
3roIass the GreenYille goaf There had
s:sbsen accompany organized i'm Pendleton
ssfor local defence. They mmediately as
snsmbI Many EDnfed derate. soldiers, but
xaesntl returned from: the army joined
sffeT ranks .s.,s S. ..,.sz. s4sss-
derive this account. from lady friend
sNhoiresided sinP dleton at thatstime. Il
ssswsss men gather and seize their
arms romsa allls sfaairect ctions- ut once: My
hnsband, Mr. Gerha ardt, seized ;a;shot t-gun,
s s8ooEWhats powder; and ball remained in
haiuse, ,and in less thanSfiYe minutes
4 s4tkesfrs alarm was onto sight
stood trembling on the piazza, supp posing
Kmiightsneverse see himsagain. 8 Some
ascination detained ME; there for time.
saw one gentleman pass me, walking
s:ap: and down. the street and comp lainingg
st0aVerysOne whom he met how'll he had
ad aas1d denly become-how. very 1.-The was.
Ha remained st home. saw another
'swho lived about two miles distant, who
iGhte:: have been excused at that distance
fron hearing of the tumult. He camo
mo ;at s .IIonble.nnick pace, buckling q
ssssMszfiT3fbalt f around his waist as he rushed
ssalone All the soldiers had gone when
aSriyssdi id the yillag .zHe asked me
long they had been gone. = told
him q quarter, Of an hour thought. He
bowed and ran on. ~ ~, 49,
About that: time we heard shots not
sss6ssls s mile distant. NY little son, Just
tive ltSsggeiYesveaTssoi begged to oliow. bis
fafher:ssI chung to: him, till at length, ION
his promising only sto SEQ hoWsthe day
went; and to- bring back parted
SsdnFom him. st younger child olasped
Ssiii NV arms eft alone in the house with
kiim, Tyets fingered sons tho lpiiazza, watch
sIngsf6r someo to coma who could give
ss,is sssIis :neWssof 3i.l ,as oursl little band:
ss.AS lenfg,tl a boy came back to say that
:gssshes Bnited States soldiers had ssenta flag
sef ffrncs to The Gonfed ederates; and that they
sWNere ssNi streating. But that shots had been ex:
ssfang,ged. Some Of sour citizens soldiers, IN
ans ihonrsIn ore returned. - -: -,
TEav: stated that q flag Of truce had
!; Raan- semitic them to say that there were
three thousand United States troops ap-
sproaching that they were on their way
ITO The. town OF And derson, and would pass
bY peaceably :ifss not modest ted. Cur men
accepted these terms, but most of them
ssaecompanied their movements, and re:
named sposted on the :An dersons road until
s; s assured by scouts that they had really
gone Oh: to that place: s: -. s
ka band who passed were only about
! ashnndred cavalry soldiers; under a person
calling himself General Brown" have
always doubted whether this person was
aenerals this raid in any way author
sissdi the United States Government:
b They every where stated that itorce OF
three thousand men was sapproaeh ching, Of
whom they formed the van guard, and that
) anyresistance to them would be avenged
!. by the main body: This main, body never
appeared, but the terror Of the report, in
the then entirely dishe heartened state OF: the
eogatry deferred almost every one from
]. s.aBythIng like organized resistance to
them. The warlike company of citizens.
ssssMhoshad issued forth in the morning, re.
fssinrnee7 late that night worn out with
marching and counter-marehing g go as to
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