Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-02-14

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" VI y the basement, o. eel
ne bottom o. foundation
piInney ! few mate brick
wsrs hken cuit and hsre tho disgins
-coninnsncsd. The brick wete re-
psced dating she daytlA3e whsn the
mea wste not It work 70 A. not TO
Gspte Dsspicion. They dug down =
tG1so1abl4 dspth. then 6ast the full
width u one rom, tlle5i The width
M ths street ana both sidewalks
which we9think ~ abont 50 1T
mose, makine H. Mhols length of
tha tunnel l05 let. Only two
cc1N aork q i conveniently 1t .
tine md this aftsr night always.
On ~ n the tunnel who, with
knives and wooden paddles would
dothe digging. putting ths dirt into
! Bag which had two long strings 70
I When fnll tho man ct the
mouth Of the tunnel would with
oae string draw the bag out and
empty the dirt when the man in the
tunnel would with the other string
pull the bag back and Gil il again.
The callar whore tho dirt was scat
tered around was not occupied and
il the rebs did 81 any time notice
Ito dirtlthey supposed il was the
Mork III The rats - they were very
numerous. The tunnel was finish
On The 9th " January; the night on
which one hundred and nine made
their exit. Many more would have
gotten out had it not been for q cor
pulent lieutenant colonel who got
fast in the tunnel and had 70 be
backed out which took considerable
time. OF the 100 that.got through
the tunnel. Sc were in q few days
recaptured and brought back.
The old guards weie in course Of
time taken away and sent TO the
front TO help Gen. Lee keep Grant
out Of Richmond and were replaced
BY the city guards, . lot Of little
boys With little red caps on who the
very first day commenced by carry
ing their guns cooked and we're fire.,
quently heard to remark that they
meant. business. Major Turner
seemed to be aware that these
young guards might shoot some Of
us and issued the following order
and had q number Of copies sent
into Libby: IAN clothes hanging
on the windows will be ~confiscated
and men sitting on the windows or
laying their hands on the bars Of
the windows will be liable TO be
shot" Soon after this order was
issued the Oldest man in Libby had
one Of his ears shot off for accident
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ally laying his hands on the win
dow bars. At smother time . man
was killed and two others wounded.
The man who was killed was sit
ting about three feet from the win
dow reading when he was shot, the
ball entering between the eyes and
or course he was instantly killed.
The guard was taken of with the
promise Of = courtmartial. He
claimed it an accident and the next
day was on duty again. The rehs
naturally felt . little sore toward US
about this time as one Of our caval-
~ officers, Col. Dahlgreen wss max
ing q raid towards Richmond and
BY the commotion he created on
the streets as we could SEQ and judy
ed be was doing considerable execu-
ton and these little devils gave vent
to their feelings on us corn fed NOR
tails. On this raid Col. Dahlgreen
vas killed, his body falling into the
hands Of the rebels. To give you
an idea Of the spirit and tone Of the
Southern press, We will here insert
an editorial from the Richmond En-
amixer:
aDahlgreen's body was boxed up
ct Wslkerton on Sunday and brought
to Richmond with the object we
understand Of its positive identifi-
cation and the establishment Of the
fact Of the finding Of the infamous
documents upon it; all Of which has
been attested 70 by witnesses.
Hencefofth the name of Dahlgreen
il linked with eternal infamy and
in the years TO come defenceless
women and innocent childhood will
peruse viii. = sense Of shrinking
horror the story Of Richmond's res
cue from tho midnight sack and
rayags led BY Dahlgreen. Il would
seem something Of the curse ne
came . bestow upon others lighted
upon his own CARCASS when it fell
riddled with Southern bullets.
Stripped and robbed Of every valua-