The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-09-10

them prisoners Of war; said the ad-
jutant and drawing his revolver shot
the prisoner dead. A cold bloodcd
murder! A tale was told some time
ago by Judge Pennypacker, Of Phila-
delphia, in which he stated that in
1864 Sheridan, under orders, burned
every barn from the valley above
Staunton, Va, to certain point be-
low Winchester, 4 band of angry rebels
followed this raid watching for a
chance to pick up any stragglcrs.
Among Others who fell into their
hands was little Pennsylvania Dutch
man who quietly turned to his captors
and inquired:
Vat you fellows going to do NIT
mc?'
The reply came short and sharp:
Hang you "veel," he said
meekly, Natever is de rule" His
good natured reply threw the Confed-
crates into roar Of laughter and
saved his life. I witnessed, as 1 have
already stated in previous letter to
the Journal, the execution of several
Federals for barn burning in the valley
during the fall of 1864. Cur young
people must not be taught to disre.
gard facts concerning the civil war as
they are brought out by her own peo-
pie. | do not wish to bring before
the public the narrowing scenes Of the
war for the purpose of stirring up
strife or hard feelings between the
Two sections. All we desire is Justice
and fair play. These are historical
facts and unless onr people are taught
these truths il is natural to suppose
that they can not know what sacri.
tce was made by the great mass of
Southern people during the gigantic
struggle of the sixties. A great many
leaders on the Confederate side were
Christian gentlemen, intelligent and
steadfast in their faith; this country
has not produced greater men. They
were not traitors as has been declared
Of President Davis by the head of the
great government; why Roosevelt
should stoop so low as to defame the
character of such pure man, can.
not understand. We take the follow
ing from the last months number of
the Confederate Veteran. A Miss
Sue Allen, o school teacher OF Louis
vile. Ky, tried to make little Miss
Laura Galt sing, ''Marching Through
Georgia." but the little girl, true to
her Southern teachings and instincts
not only refused to sing. but put her
fingers into her ears and would not
listen to the song. She states that
her teacher refused to listen, to the
essays in which she gave the Copfed.
crates credit for bravery on land and
sea. No country can engage in war
without having outrages perpetrated
upon non-combattants, for the worst
element Of the human race often drifts
into the armies Of all nations, but
when the government itself or those
in authority sanction euch outrages as
we're committed against our people in
the Shenandoah Valley Of Virgins, in
Georgia and elsewhere, we should
pause and consider whether it was 8
civilized country il which we then
lived-a G Godfearing country. Orders
OF Butler in New Orleans, Milroy,
Pope, Hunter, Sheridan and Sherman,
and the unheard of pillage outrages
and numberless insults that were
heaped upon old people and children
by those men was really an illustra-
tion indicating the savagery Of war;
producing the sternest retaliation.
During the war at least sixty towns
and villages were probably destroyed
by fire in our southland by Federal
soldiers, besides hundreds Of private
houses. Sherman, in his official re-
port, when referring to his. marching
through Georgia" said: II estimate
the damage done to the State of Geor-
gia and its military resources at $780,
600, 900, at least 500, 900, 900 of which
have Injured to our advantage and the
remainder is simply waste aud de-
struction. The Carolinas suffered
equally as much; the amount of dam
age done to the Southern States can
never be estimated.
Though he denied it, the evidence
against Sherman for burning Colum-
bia, S. c., is conclusive. The Desc
lation and destruction among our peo-
pie in the Shenandoah Valley, Vir-
ginia, was from direct order Ct GEN.
eral Grant to General Sheridan. Many
1etfara vur;ftap froo, ha~no 4. N.-eI