The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-07-07
THE MARCH ORtTlIE BlIaI4M ERS. :
n nWnO ARE B6RBARIANS5

From Shernan's Memoirs Of bis Great
March 70 the Sea- We extract the following
'eloice paragraphs:
! j The skill aud success Of the men in col.
.lectiBg forage was ohe Of the TEXTURES Of this
march,, Each brigade commander bad au-
Shortly to detail acompany Of foragefs. usu..
ally about tifty men. With one Or two COM
finihsioned officers selected for the..r boldiess
ssnI enterprise, This party would be dis
patched before daylight with D knowledge
Of the intended days march aid camp I;
would proteed ob fnot FIVE or six miles from
the route trlve.ea blythe brigade, and lleu
visit every plantation aud farm 10 range.
They would usually procure a wagon, Or "a
mil Marriage. load Il with bacon. corii meal.
turkeys. chictens. ducks aud everything
that. could be used Us food Or f.rage. and
would then regain the main road, USUALLY
10 advance of theirtrain. Wheiithis came
up they would deliver to the brigade com
missary the supplies thus gathered BY the
way
6 Ofen w6ald pas these foraainr parties
at the roadside. waiting for their wagons 10
come hp and was AMUSED 1T their strange
collections---mulcs, ho,ses. and eyencaftJe,
packed will, old saddles and baded With
hams, bacon, bagsof meal, and poultry Jl
every cbaracter ani description. Although
this forigi6g was attehded with great ddn-
ger aud hard work, there seemed TO he d
charm about il tbat attracted The soldiers
and Il wass privilege to be detai'el on such
a party. Daily they retarrei n,oh6ted on
all kinds of beaSts. wIieh wsfe st bace' Ia
ken FROM lhegiiand appropriated 10 the &C.
neral use; but the next dsyy tfIey Would
start out again on foot. only to repeat, the
experience u, he dsy bsfDre. No doubt
many acts Of pillage. robbery and violence
were committed BY these parties of foragers.
usually called 'bnmmers, ior, baye since
beard Of jewslry taken from women, and the
plunder OF attirles that never reached the
eemmisssry butrhese ACES were exception.
u snd incidental, - y
s. never heard Of any. eases Of murder or
rape and 10. array eorld have carried along
sufficient food and forage for match Of
800 miles. 50 that fqragipg in some shape
wss necessary. The country was sparcely j
settled, with 10 magistrates or civil autao-
rites who could respond to acquisitions. as
is done il all the wars of Europe. so that
this system q Forging was simply ipdispen-
sible to our success. BY il our men were
we'll supplied with all essentials Of life and
health. while the wagons retained enough in
case Of unexpected delay. and our animals
were well fed. Indeed. when We reached
Savannah. the trains were pronounced BY
experts TO be tie Iuest in flesh and appear
aDee ever seen with any army. =
On The Sth D. rode along. | found i
column turned out Of the main ruad. march
ing through the .ieljs Close BY !. in the
corner Of fence, was group Of lnep
standing around handsome young nlicsr
whose foot had been blown to pieces 10y i
torpedo pIan:ed in tie road. lle Sss wait.
ing for a surgeon to amputate his leg. aud
told. me that he was riding along with the
rest. Of bis brigade staff Of the Seventh
Corps, When torpedo trUdden On by his
horse aud literally blowing off all tho fesh
ffom one Of hs legs. 1 saw the terrible
wounl aud made full inquiry into the facts.
There had been no resistance at this point,
noihing to give warning Of danger. aud the
rebels had planted cighth.incll shells in the
ruaj. with friction matches to explode them
by being irodden on. H
This was not war. but MURDER. and il
made me angry. | immediately ordered .
lot Of rebeI prisoners 10 DC brought from
the provost guard. armed With picks and
spades. and nids ibcm march in close ordei
s,slung the road. - ~ u explo1s their Owl
torpcdoes. or TO discover aud dig them up.
They begged hard but reiterated the or.
der, and could hardly help laughing al
their steppsg'so gingerly along the road
where it vps Supposed snLkeu terpedoo
might explode at each step. but they found
no other torpcdOes till near Fort McAllis
ser.
The Landmark commenting upon the a.
boye says :r'Sc shalIcnge any uian who la
the feeimgs ofsasbpman l,ciug.--let alone
Chresianily orcssn Aabo,BOdaDisn--tc Dc
clare whether, lpe greatest saysgfs Or brute
hat &c ever heafJ u viii not otcopparcmos
fayorably with tie UcMcmnt General o
the immy sud hpaiatal bandati sn,eshsr
pti Sheridan. or lhs rorthy sl,ief..t ..tfeucra
" iIlian Fsysnmh SherEau. xhs pat up
op rcpVrd. that be could hardly help laugh
! ing IL, the gingerly sieppipg along the rvad
q sht rebel ptisOuers he had. .dcyctcd y
whst he believed eertuin death We bay,
not vet srcn.the Great BummcrsaGrovnt
The burning aud sacking If Ulunibia. Oyc
which hc presided, hut feel assqrcil ~
xloats over Il vi,ls ihc salne strange ,Qbll
yiUn % che hoeommauost IMPULSES q htsinani
l ty. and the sane extraordinary spirit.uf n
] sane beasiiug. whiol,, craps pal from, ,ith
nsuscous extracts Witch We hasc just quot
ca !. .,. $50
We ass tic question III The face Of !hcs
,lalnning confessions Of man who Disgrace
the highest nlili,sry. pcsitipa - Tho .Lniic
States, and a tbe rwpsily brutal soldie
who stands next 10 him IN the service
Who are The barbarianss
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