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The Daily Dispatch: December 7, 1863., [Electronic resource], A monument to the "Union." (search)
rtifications, rifle pits and small brush wood can be seen. All, all have been destroyed by the accursed invaders of our soil and destroyers of our homes. At least half a million of property was destroyed by fire in one week about the time Longstreet retired from the vicinity of Suffolk, in May last. Many before comfortable and even efficient were sent forth in the world homeless and penniless. But in spite of all their losses and their present condition, the citizens of Suffolk and Nansemond are true to the Southern cause, and suffering has only increased their love for Southern institutions. Only a few having any claims to respectability have sympathized with the North. It was indeed a motley crew that left with the Yankees when they evacuated Suffolk. For the information of refugees, I subjoin a list of the names of all who left Suffolk and vicinity with the Yankees, viz:--Jordan Parr and family, Mrs. N S Cowper and daughter, Wm T Wells and wife, Sabry Duke, Fanny Duke, E