The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-24

OUR WOMEN IN The WAR.
SIBERIAN IN GEORGIA.
ADAY AND NIGHT OF HORROR.
Mrs. Nora II. Canning, of Macan, Ga, in
Charleston Weekly Ne,rs. -.
Late in August, 1864, my husband,
Judge III, was called to his planta-
,tion in Jefferson County, Ga, and we left
our home in the beautiful City of Macon
in the care of faithful servants, intending
to be absent about two weeks.
On arriving at the plantation We found
everything in confusion, the oYerseer
having been ''conscripted,". and ~ there
was no one left to attend to the business
NE had to remain there until another
overseer could be procured. In the
meantime, Atlanta having been eyaeuat,
ed by our army, we thought the City OF
Macon would certainly fall into the
enemy's hands, and, sharing the late of
Atlanta and other Southern cities, be
burned to the ground. It being impossl-
fbls for Judge Fl to leave the planta;
4tion, ] returned to Macon and packed all
our yaluables; and such things as we
would need in a country home it our
home in the city should be destroyed,
sand returned to Jefferson County, not
dreaming that twelve miles from rail-
road We would ever see Yankee soldier,
much less Yankee army. Unfortu-
nately my trunks were very heavy, and
the negro man who lifted them out of
the wagon that brought them from the
station, noticed il and said: eli I Mis-:
ticel you must have heap Of gold and
silver in desc here trunks; dey feels
mighty heavy" I made some remark
II about having: some china and glassware
in them for the: table and thought moth
ling more of it.; Indeed, we felt perfect
:sly7 secure and thought we would not be
molestea sMnway down. in, the Ogeechee
swamp but, alas, 1--we were soreiy disap-
pointed in onr calculations. Z.
About the 24th Of November we heard
that Sherman's; army were in possession
of Milledgeville and were on their way
!, to- Savannah, burning, and destroying.
sevaryt thingin their course, and our home M
being directly on the wagon road from
Milledgeville to Savannah we, OF course,
expected them, to lay everything in ashes
that they could find. A few days after.
ward, we could hear of Kilpatrick's cav
airy all around US, and see the heavens
illuminated at night with the glare Of
burning gin. houses and other buildings.
We could hear of houses being pillaged
and old men being beaten almost to death
to be made to tell where their money and
treasures we're concealed. ALI these tales
of horror we heard, and deeply sympa-
3thized with the sufferers, expecting every
hour to see the cavalry ride up and treat
Us in the same manner. But to our great
10y they passed US, coming no nearer
than six miles, and when they had pass.
ed dwe hoped the main army would do the
same. We thought it best, however, to
take such precaution to conceal our stock
80 as to prevent them being found if
they should make us visit, and stock.
ades were built in the dense swamp Of
the Ogeechee, impenetrable, as we
thought, to any one not acquainted with
the surroundings.
PREPARING FOB THE DEsTRoYEIs. )
For several days squads Of Confederate
cavalry, Wheeler's command, would pass
and tell ns where Sherman's army were
6 and Of the depredations they were COM
mitting, and warn us to prepare for the
worst as they were showing no mercy,
!, and on Sunday, the 28th of November,
NE heard that. the destroyers were en-
camped Just above our upper plantation,
about four: miles from our home. That
night the heavens looked as if they were
on fire from the glare of hundreds of
burning houses, and early Monday morn
ing negro man came from the upper
plantation and told us they were crossing
the river and that some of them we're in
Louisville, about two miles off !; also that
they were searching the houses, breaking
Opened the stores and setting fire to them,
and killing all hestock they could find.
He proposed to hide number Of hams
We had hanging up in the smokehouse-
where we had been making salt by leach
ring the dirt from the earthen foor-and
we gladly accepted the proposition. He
accordingly dug down about two feet,
laid plank at the bottom of the excava-
ton and placed the hams on them, COW
ering them up securely and putting syrup
barfels over .theiplace. I told the cook
to prepare enough food to last us several
days, as We would not beable to have
ANYTHING cooked while the Yankees were
on the place. We also gave the negroes
s amonth's rations, thinking they would
be better able to keep it than we would.
That morning Mrs. s., the over
seer's wife and myself had gone into the
woods and buried my valuables. Judge
H was in the swamp at the time,
having; the stock put in the stockade and
turning the fattening hogs out in the
swamp, thinking they would be less liza.
BE to be killed running at large. He
: had his watch with. him. When he came
: back to the house, I got the watch from
him, and gave it to Mrs. s.! with the
! request that she would hide it in some
safe-place.
About noon, just as we were ready to
!elG QOWU 10 uIuueF, littio ueSio uoy
came running in half.breathless from
fright.
sMarster,n he cried, tsdey's coming
down de lane"
tsWhoiis coming" asked his master.
1.-TWO white mans wid blue coats On"
the little negro answered.
We left the dining room and looked
out. Instead of "two white men with
blue coats" We saw about dozen at the
negro houses, talking to the negroes.
My husband went out and two of them
came up and spoke very politely to him,
asking if he could let them have some.
thing to eat. They said they wanted
some -four and were willing to pay for
what they got. They looked around the
pantry and smokehouse and one of them
said: "You had better have those pro-