The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-02

Letter from Rear Admiral d. G..
Farragut. ~. S. N, to the mayor OF
Natchez, Miss. March II, 1863:
l trust that 1t is unnecessary to re-
mind you of my desire to avoid the
necessity of furnishing the innocent for
the guilty. and to express tn you the
hope that the scene of firing on the
United States boats will not be repeat
ed by either the iawless people OF
wise. / shall be compelled to do the
act most repugnant to my feelings, by
firing on your town in defense of my
people, and the honor OF my flag.
Letter from Mator-General Hunter.
z. S. A.. commanding the Department
OF Kansas. to the trustees OF Platte
City, Mo. December l 1861:
Having received reliab informa-
ton OF depredations and outrages of
every kind Committed by man named
81 Gordon, a leader of rebel maraud-
ing bands, / give you notice that unless
you seize and deliver the said Gordon
10 me. at these headquarters. within
ten days from this date, or drive him
out OF the country. shall send force
to your city with orders to reduce it
Order issued by Brigadier- General
T. f. q. Ransom, U. s. A.. at Natchi-
toches. La. April 2, 1864:
Charles Diggs and - Lane. Cit
liens residing near the camp. having
today murdered. In cold blood, Private
Cyrus Mickey. Company I. Twenty
fourth Iowa Infantry Volunteers. and
escaped by fight. ii Is therefore order
ed that. the dwellings of said Diggs and
Lane be burned. and that all property
on their respective plantations which
may be of use to the army be seized
and turned over to the quartermaster
of subsistence department for the use
OF this army.
Extract from General Orders No 6.
issued by Major-General Thomas, U.
s. A., commanding the Department of
the Cumberland. at Cha,tanooga,
Tenn. January 6, 1884. after three
Union soldiers had been Killed by Con-
federate guerrillas at Mulberry Tenn.
For these atrocities and cold blood
ed murders, egualling In savage fe-
rocity any ever committed by the most
barbarous tribes on the Continent.
committed by rebel citizens OF Ten
nessee, 1t is ordered that the property
of all other rebel citizens living within
CIRCUIT OIL ten EllIes VI the place
where these men were captured be
according to his wealth, to make up
the sum of $4,000
From a report by Colonel Cyrus
Bussey, of the Third Iowa Cavalry. to
Major-General S. r. Cutter. command
Ing the Army OF the Southwest, May
II. 1862:
On the morning of March was
on the battlefield OF Pea Ridge.
. I saw the rebel army. "a large
number or Indians. estimated by me
at 1000. After the battle attended
In person to the burial OF the dead of
my command. OF twenty-five men
killed on the field. eight were scalped.
and the bodies of others were horribly
mutilated.
Notice to the citizens Of Brandon
burg KY. Issued on August 10. 1864.
by Captains Dupaster and Bryant. of
the Seventh Kentucky Cavalry, c.
IS. A.
We demand an immediate surrender
of the town and If there Is a shot
fred at us from any person in the
town. we will burn the place. and shoog
every citizen who is caught bearing
arms.
Letter from Major-General Sam
Jones. G, S. A.. to Mator-General J.
G. Foster. II. S. A.. dated Charleston.
IS. C.. June 13. 1864;
Five generals and forty-five field
officers Of the United States army. all
OF them prisoners of war. have been
sent to this city for safekeeping. They
have been turned over to Brigadier-
Isl
see that they are provided with COM
modious quarters In part Of the city
occupied by noncombatants. the ma
jority Of whom are women and chill
dren. 1t Is proper that / should In
form you that 1t is a part of the city
which has been for many months ex-
posed. day and night. to- the fire OF
your guns.
Proclamation of General Jubai
Early, G. s. A.. to the people OF
Chambersburg, Pa. undated:
A demand is hereby made upon the
citizens of Chambersburg. Pa, for
100000 In United States treasury
notes, or 100000 in coin. General
McCausland is authorized. on behalf
OF the Southern Confederacy, to re-
ceive the amount named. Should the
demand not. be complied with the
town will be destroyed.
Proclamation OF the Hon Andrew
johnson. governor OF Tennessee land
afterward President of the United
States). May Q, 1862:
I, Andrew johnson, etc, do hereby
proclaim that In every instance in
which q Union man is arrested and
maltreated by (Confederate) marnua-
Ing bands. Ave or more rebels from
the most, prominent In the immediate
neighborhood shall be arrested. i'm
prisoned and otherwise dealt with.
From a proclamation issued by the
Hon. Jefferson Davis. December 20,
1852: