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The Daily Dispatch: August 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Outrages committed by the Fairfax county . (search)
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Outrages committed by the "Grand Army" in Fairfax county.
Fairfax C. H., Va., July 6. To the Editors of the Dispatch:
Though full details of our recent glorious victories over the army of the so-called United States have been given to the public, I have seen no published account of the depredations committed by these Hessians on their march and retreat through this county.
To mention each individual case would fill space too great for your columns.
Never in the annals of the world did an invading army commit acts more horrible than did these hordes of the North.
The house of Mr. Albert T. Willcoxon, a brick building recently erected and fitted up in handsome style, was entered by them, the window glass and sash almost entirely demolished, the doors torn from their hinges, the stair banister broken down, and the furniture not removed split to pieces.
So with the handsome residence of Thos. R. Love, Esq., adjoining the village.
Embraced in his loss, in addition, was a