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Jefferson (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
a guard for their property. Still some of the fiends among them are perpetrating the most brutal acts of vandalism. Some three weeks ago, when the body of Captain Blackford, of the Confederate service, who was killed at Newtown, was taken to Jefferson, it was delivered over to his friends, who came to Charlestown for it. That night two farm houses, in one or the other of which they believed his body to be lying, were burned to the ground. Both of these houses belonged to and were occupied bd $1,000 of this for his release. The next day the Yankees visited Winchester and arrested and carried off as hostages, Philip Williams and Robert Y. Conrad, Esq., the most influential citizens of the place. Along the Shenandoah river, in Jefferson and Clarke counties, a regular band of robbers has been organized, composed of deserters from our army. This band employs its time and supports itself by plundering farmers and others, and their deeds of outrage cause them to be more dreaded t
Charlestown, N.H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): article 1
ouse near by, where he died about two days after. Before his death, however, he made a full confession of his guilt, and gave the names of about twenty others composing the band. Among these, are the names of several who have heretofore been unsuspected. In all the election districts of Jefferson county, enrolling and recruiting offices have been opened by the Yankees, and the names of negroes who had fled, and their masters who are in the Confederate service, are being recorded. In Charlestown the enrolling office is under the control and is conducted by a man named Robey, who at the commencement of the war was a captain of militia. When the militia from that county were called out and ordered to Winchester in the summer of '61, this fellow went with has company, but soon resigned because of the sport made of him by the boys in the regiment. Subsequently he ran off, but has now returned to do the filthy work of his Northern masters, and for such work he is about the best man
Martinsburg (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
Affairs in the Valley — vandalism of the Yankees, &c. From all the information we have, the enemy have now a considerable force in the Lower Valley, around Charlestown and Martinsburg, and it is the impression of parties who have recently escaped from that section, that they are making preparations for a movement up the Valley. In the portions of the country occupied by them they are treating the people with marked kindness, allowing their troops to cut and haul wood to the citizens of Charlestown and Martinsburg, and furnishing to many of the farmers a guard for their property. Still some of the fiends among them are perpetrating the most brutal acts of vandalism. Some three weeks ago, when the body of Captain Blackford, of the Confederate service, who was killed at Newtown, was taken to Jefferson, it was delivered over to his friends, who came to Charlestown for it. That night two farm houses, in one or the other of which they believed his body to be lying, were burned to
Terry (search for this): article 1
Distressing accident. --On yesterday morning, Mrs. Haney, an old lady about sixty years old, living in Manchester, at the house of Mr. Terry, an engineer on the Danville Railroad, fell into the fire and her clothes catching in a blaze they were burnt nearly off her person before assistance could reach her. Mrs. Haney occupied a room to herself, and after making her fire in the morning, she being subject to fits, it is supposed she had one, and by that-means met with the accident which she subject to fits, it is supposed she had one, and by that-means met with the accident which she did. Her left arm and leg are very much crisped, and the physician called in to see her is fearful she has sustained serious internal injuries, in which case there are very little hopes of her recovery. Mr. Terry was also severely burnt about his hands in endeavoring to aid this unfortunate old lady. A daughter of Mrs. Haney was killed by the explosion at the C. S. Laboratory, a few months since.
Haney (search for this): article 1
Distressing accident. --On yesterday morning, Mrs. Haney, an old lady about sixty years old, living in Manchester, at the house of Mr. Terry, an engineer on the Danville Railroad, fell into the fire and her clothes catching in a blaze they were burnt nearly off her person before assistance could reach her. Mrs. Haney occupieMrs. Haney occupied a room to herself, and after making her fire in the morning, she being subject to fits, it is supposed she had one, and by that-means met with the accident which she did. Her left arm and leg are very much crisped, and the physician called in to see her is fearful she has sustained serious internal injuries, in which case there ed in to see her is fearful she has sustained serious internal injuries, in which case there are very little hopes of her recovery. Mr. Terry was also severely burnt about his hands in endeavoring to aid this unfortunate old lady. A daughter of Mrs. Haney was killed by the explosion at the C. S. Laboratory, a few months since.
Manchester (United Kingdom) (search for this): article 1
Distressing accident. --On yesterday morning, Mrs. Haney, an old lady about sixty years old, living in Manchester, at the house of Mr. Terry, an engineer on the Danville Railroad, fell into the fire and her clothes catching in a blaze they were burnt nearly off her person before assistance could reach her. Mrs. Haney occupied a room to herself, and after making her fire in the morning, she being subject to fits, it is supposed she had one, and by that-means met with the accident which she did. Her left arm and leg are very much crisped, and the physician called in to see her is fearful she has sustained serious internal injuries, in which case there are very little hopes of her recovery. Mr. Terry was also severely burnt about his hands in endeavoring to aid this unfortunate old lady. A daughter of Mrs. Haney was killed by the explosion at the C. S. Laboratory, a few months since.
January 22nd (search for this): article 1
Meridian, Jan. 22 --Advices from Vicksburg report that the Mississippi is blockaded at Greenville and Milliken's Bend, by our batteries. Very few transports go down, and provisions have risen to exorbitantly high prices. The steamer Ben Franklin was taken to Vicksburg recently by a gunboat with her crew in irons. She was detected in crossing ordnance stores for the Confederates to the Louisiana shore. A fight occurred at Bovina, Warren county, a short time since, between negro troops and whites. The negroes killed a number of Yankees, when reinforcements arrived, charged the negroes, took their artillery, and opened on them with grape and canister. Several hundred Yankees killed.
Bovina (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): article 1
Meridian, Jan. 22 --Advices from Vicksburg report that the Mississippi is blockaded at Greenville and Milliken's Bend, by our batteries. Very few transports go down, and provisions have risen to exorbitantly high prices. The steamer Ben Franklin was taken to Vicksburg recently by a gunboat with her crew in irons. She was detected in crossing ordnance stores for the Confederates to the Louisiana shore. A fight occurred at Bovina, Warren county, a short time since, between negro troops and whites. The negroes killed a number of Yankees, when reinforcements arrived, charged the negroes, took their artillery, and opened on them with grape and canister. Several hundred Yankees killed.
Greenville (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): article 1
Meridian, Jan. 22 --Advices from Vicksburg report that the Mississippi is blockaded at Greenville and Milliken's Bend, by our batteries. Very few transports go down, and provisions have risen to exorbitantly high prices. The steamer Ben Franklin was taken to Vicksburg recently by a gunboat with her crew in irons. She was detected in crossing ordnance stores for the Confederates to the Louisiana shore. A fight occurred at Bovina, Warren county, a short time since, between negro troops and whites. The negroes killed a number of Yankees, when reinforcements arrived, charged the negroes, took their artillery, and opened on them with grape and canister. Several hundred Yankees killed.
Meridian (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): article 1
Meridian, Jan. 22 --Advices from Vicksburg report that the Mississippi is blockaded at Greenville and Milliken's Bend, by our batteries. Very few transports go down, and provisions have risen to exorbitantly high prices. The steamer Ben Franklin was taken to Vicksburg recently by a gunboat with her crew in irons. She was detected in crossing ordnance stores for the Confederates to the Louisiana shore. A fight occurred at Bovina, Warren county, a short time since, between negro troops and whites. The negroes killed a number of Yankees, when reinforcements arrived, charged the negroes, took their artillery, and opened on them with grape and canister. Several hundred Yankees killed.
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