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The Daily Dispatch: December 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], More of the Abolition Raid in Gloucester — the gunboats on York river. (search)
hat of the better class of troops, but their conduct proved that the heart of a Yankee cannot be estimated by his exterior. They supplied themselves very freely with liquor at several places in the county, got uproariously drunk and discharged their firearms at harmless barn yard fowls, doubtless under the impression that they were tainted with rebel sentiments. But perhaps the greatest destruction of property at any one point was at a locality known as "The Dragon." near the line of Middlesex county. There was an extensive tannery at that place, owned by a Mr. Reed, which supplied the people of the surrounding country with leather, and it so happened that the amount on hand at the time of the visit was very large. The Yankees loaded a wagon with the valuable material and took two of Mr. Reed's horses to draw it away. They then piled up all that remained, with the tanbark which was found in abundance, and net it on fire. At the usual exportion prices of leather, it is said, the