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An Incident.
About the time Gen. Banks left the Valley to evade the hot pursuit of "Stonewall" Jackson, three Yankees went to the farm of Mr. Crane Sheriff of Jefferson county, and demanded a favorites horse.
Mr. C. refused to comply with the demand, when the thieves went to the stable and took the horse out, but that gentleman, determined not to surrender his horse without a struggle, shot one of the marandors, wounding him severely.--The other two left the premises hurriedly, but soon returned strongly reinforced, and after capturing Mr. Crane, fired his barn, containing about 1,200 bushels of wheat, and his corn-crib with 200 barrels of corn.
Mr. C. was taken first to Harper's Ferry, where he was closely imprisoned in the engine house of John Brown notoriety, and from thence sent to Baltimore for trial before Gen. Dia.
After hearing the testimony, that officer, said, "Mr, Crane, I ought to hang you." "What for?" asked Mr. C. "Why, for not killing them all, if you could,"
The Daily Dispatch: August 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], The enemy's Raid upon Frederick Hall . (search)
The Federal officers
--Preparations are being made to send off all of the Federal officers at present in confinement here.
The next flag of truce from here will probably relieve us of the presence of all these worthies.
At Salisbury there are a number of officers captured at the battle of Bull Run and at Lynchburg those captured in the Valley by General Jackson.
They, with the men who may have been confined with them, are expected in Richmond in a day or two.
The persistent efforts of Col Corcorans (now at Salisbury) to gain notoriety, by addressing letters intended to shew him up in the character of a martyr to persons in the North has served the purpose of making him odious in the eyes of Southern people; yet, we are informed by those having the best means of knowing, that Corcorans has demeaned himself remarkably well for several months past during which time there has been a cessation of those interminable letters about his willingness to give up the ghost for the old fl
Yankees expected.
--By dark last evening the Danville cars had arrived at the Coal Fields, above this city, with 500 of the Yankees for some time since imprisoned at the Lynchburg Fair Ground.
and the Commissary of the C. S. Prison at this point was busily engaged in preparing food for them.
Among the prisoners at Lynchburg is the 1st.
(Yankee) Maryland regiment, captured at Port Royal by Gen Jackson a forces.
By 9 o'clock this morning the whole 3,00 Yankees, lately at Lynchburg will have arrived here, as they were started towards this place yesterday.
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Federal gunboats at West point. (search)
Arrival of prisoners from Pope's army.
--The Central train that arrived at 4 o'clock yesterday morning brought to this city three hundred and three of Pope's Hessians, captured on Saturday, near Southwest Mountain, by the advance forces of Gen Jackson's army.
Accompanying the above were Brig-Gen. H. Prince, a Yankee General, and twenty seven commissioned officers, who, together with the men, were lodged in the Libby Prison.
Prince, for a few hours, was lodged at the Exchange Hotel.
The President's recent proclamation declared Pope and his commissioned satellites to be without the usages of warfare, and not entitled to the privileges of ordinary prisoners of war Orders were issued to place all of the captured officers in close confinement.
At the Libby Prison they were put with the deserters and other persons to whom infamy attaches.
An examination was made into the condition of the county jail, with a view to their incarceration there; but the structure was deemed unsafe.
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Wilful Ignorance, (search)
Not a deserter.
--Serg't J. Walton, a member of co. G, 7th Georgia battalion, who was shot not long ago while attempting to escape from a military prison in this city, was not a deserter, but was on his way to join his company, which had been sent to Jackson.
He had been off on furlough, but not having the proper papers with him, was arrested and placed in the prison, in an ill advised attempt to escape from which he was killed.
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Report of Gen. Stuart
The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the army. (search)