The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13

ton OF TaylorSVllle tt
1 reconnoitre, they went
one road and the raiders came anotne-
and the town was taken completely by
surprise. They remained from Satur-
day evening till Monday morning. I,
Is supposed that they had about min
hundred prisoners with them, mostly
citizens. and Confederate soldiers dis
charged on account Of permanent dis
ease Mhst OF wl.-m they hLl "t1p.
tured" at their homes. They were
confined in and about the Epis@opa.
church under - irons guard with pre-
emptCry orGc,s from Gen. Gillian to
shoot every man who attempted to
escape; coupled With the remark that
che would rather hay" ten men Slot
than 10 have oaa man TO escaHe."
AL accounts agret that the prisoners
were treaty. hardly. When it Is re-
membered that some We're apparently
SNtt sixty years CID, that some OF lhenn
were in bad health. and that sone Of
the ttiZens had not walked five mics
continuously for years or perhaps in
then nNeS, 1t i: certain the whole
sJsfem must nave been severely TAXED
70 lave marched twenty-five n
thirty miles in eight or ten hours.
They had bean double auicked = good
JaIt x the WaJ from Taylorsvilla, and
when they reached Lenoir most Of
them were suffering with blistered
ieet n with fatigue and
munger. notwithstanding their de-
plorabie condition the had nothing
10 eat after the rapid march of TWEEN
ty-hve miles that day, from Saturday
afternoon till ten o'cloch on Sunday
n Then they were only par
tally supplied from the scanty stores
OF the p~luEdered villagers. 1t was not
IN the afternoon of Sunday that ra-
hon were .ssuso. a kind
hearted Viilaser carried anything to
the prison the scene was said to have
been pitiously touching-so MANY
nen begging for just a morseI OF drv
bread.
A raider went to the house OF Rev.
SesSe hahk1n and demanded some
thlng TO eat. Mr.. Rankin refused
stating that what he had to spare Wa
repaired for the furnishing prisoner
With fnprecations, he cursed Mr
ftankln for his refusal. and
cursed his officers for l,ov,nr tho
Tepeis to be fed. There seemed 70
De a spirit OF bitterness and cr,,e,tv
toward the prisoners among the meu
generally, and sometimes the officers
s. ~Hambright, Major and provos+
MaTsha!l with headquarters at the
same pace with Gen. Gillian and q
NUMBER or his staff, was esneciauv
rnsai.ns ana cruel to citizens and
Prisoners. Or. Bailew, e citizen Of y
village, enfeebIed and reduced r;4h
~nsuTn was arrested and carr;ea
70 headquarters Feeling eYbane+aa
ne sat down On the steps OF the niazza
10 await the Majors pleasure Aftar
II wa or mad determined to send him
~ ~ PRISON ne ordered the doctor TO
get up and march; but from feeh,e0
ness MS motions were nor o,;o,,
enough to suit the chiva1rons co,a;aa
:. me Union. 50 to help him rise he
stepned behind him and gave hin
rorsing kick. 7"'e h'n a
instead Of going to M~orranton with
the nam column, the prisoners ,naa-
aS'Fohs Suaro with Gen. Stonem,n =,
pelsoh, were sent off TO Greenv;na
iern., through Watanea
from Lenoir they We're marcbas -
u the top Of the Blue Pidge-savarsp,
go out' put were urged forward with
threats Of death. A Lieut. sho+r7or
attempted to escape, hut heinz ".h
tafeh' surrendered. He Uas 49,
aHGt and left nv the roadeido -.
ourled, A MT. Wilfone. h9vins IN
tuieu a s~traggler. brought him ,n,o
nrI'ii. not Knowing that the raidere
were there. He. Of course r,.. oal
tured IN his turn, ana tben 49,,
unoer the guard Of his FORMER aao
i've who treated him 50 crue1,v d,,.-
re march that he died. Monv 81
the prisoners who started from, 60
sary died from the privations ana
malnder We're carried to Camn re-
onlo' and returned nome after ths
Mrs. Gen: Vaughn was res1d, o IN >,
y11t 3 At that ahe f,me Of h ra.. It is
Vaughn were intimate aco,s ana