The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-04

- vi instructions; for wiz sys'
800 ourhed, others in ~ some
snarag ana easily accessih,a 800
not destine Salem factories w.
Iredau LEU Several in Yadkin go
60 - escaped 1t is said th.t en- en-
efaI Stoneman regretted "a hat cen
u,s patterson Mills as East 1,anH
c. iarseiF supplied from them ~.
49,. Drown assured Mr. po+an1
&c - would not be harmed. bh ~ S .
hnn .oid him that the "GoverSl III.
loot zen TOO l%enient, and rebels mist
torch consequences" and the
'oIch was applied. No 'he
noronl me nelghborhood of salen,
Paitles were sent to cut tha Cnn.i
railroad. They burned tba ovntla
orlose at jamestown and wara a "a
~ IRE the Depot when a gun acotN
'ails exploded where a parry ware
trS:iosihg q gun factory near hv
linking the "rebs'' were on w..
fiiey suddenly left without doine
Inulener mischief. At High Point the
49, aHu quantities of government
n,oa| were burned. At the same
place they also burned h,ln
ured bales of cotton ~beeIonefng r.
1iahclS Fries of Salem. A b-idra ha-
."eeH lnomasvllle and lexington was
ueslroyed. The public buildings AMI
S'oles al both these towns escanad
pS the arrival at Lexington. the nirht
oelore' OF a thousand of Furgerson's
tavsaily. VINO chased the raiders back
TO Salem. All this occurred ahout
oaylisht on the 18th of April.
The general plan and object Of tho
rand seemed to tho 70
strucuon of PROPERTY, and ~cuttino
communications without risking a
battle. "
1enefal StOneman had marched
from Nllkesboro directly on Salisbury
as was anticipated, he probably would
nave been repulsed with disaster. as
Iehefal B~eauregard had concentrate
mere a large body of infantry with
artliiery and cavalry; but by making
this skilful detour into Virginia. he
seems TO ave completely mystified
the command ers. and
when he ATTACHED Salisbury on the
morning of the 18th of April he found
the place comparatively unprotected.
the troops having been sent In the di-
rectlon of Greensboro.
General Bradley It. Johnston was
commandment of the post at Salisbury.
out was not there on the day of the
| have been informed that
sometime previous the permanent
-orce for defence was OF
regular (prison guard), 900
senior and junior reserves and 400
government mechanics.
about 800 "~galvanized' Irish. re-
from the prison. But the most
II those had been removed towards
Greensboro and to the railroad bridge
lcross the Yadkin-so that on the
ornin of the attack, the whole eff
force probably did not much
,xceed 500 men, including two bat
cries of artillery on their way to join
fenl. Joseph Johnston, about two(2)
nn6ra6 Iricb nr1,; I'D Ea-- "a,
ems of the place who volunteered.
AS General B.. Johnston was not
present. General Gardner understood
OF the troops and dis
'osed them for battle in Notifications
rected two or three mikes from town
n the road to Mocksville.
At daylight heavy ~cannOnading
ommenced and continued two or
hree hours. BY eight o'clock the
were thanked and a desultory
light was kept up till the suburbs
we're reached. Before the town was :
all order and subordination !
Eas lost and by nine o'clock the raid I.
rs had possession of the town, most !
t the Confederates having escaped by |
leeing confusedly in different direc- [
A few prisoners were captured,
lOStly citizens who lac volunteered to
efend their homes. Several Confed-
rates were wounded, but none are
nOwn to have been Killed. Inc num-
er Of Federals killed and wounded is /
known but several were buried on
battlefield.
The Confederate Artillery is said to
ave been handled effectively and the I
rtillery men fought calamity until
Nv were outflanked and compelled to
their guns in the power of su-
erior numbers Had they been ade-
uately supported the result might 5
been different. A few of the
-ish r~ecruits fought well, but the ma
went over to the raiders in a
DIV soon after the fight commenced, v
the artillery without support,
nd of course betraying the weakness
the C~onfederates.
Immense spoils Of government
ores fell into the hands of the Cap /
re. Large quantities OF quarter
aster commissary and ordnance
ores had been concentrated at Sal nv
bury from Columbia and Charlotte, i
and Danvi1le, to avoid