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Greenbrier (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 8
The last murder by Hunter.
The murder of David S. Creigh, of Greenbrier county, Virginia, by the order of Major-General Hunter, United States Army, has been noticed.--The Central Presbyterian gives us the particulars of this cold-blooded deed.
Mr. Creigh was a very prominent citizen of Greenbrier county, and an elder in the Presbyterian church.
While Crook's command was near Lewisburg last year, Mr. Creigh, upon returning home one day from the field, found a Federal soldier there insua chaplain of the Federal army.
He requested to see Mr. Morrison, stating that they had with the army a citizen of Greenbrier county, whose name was Creigh; that he was under sentence of death, and was about to be executed.
(His doom had just been
When Hunter's army in their flight from avenging justice were passing like vast packs of famished wolves through Greenbrier county, this chaplain called upon Dr. McElhenny, the interview; as we understand, having reference to the tragical fate of
Rockbridge (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 8
Brownsburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 8
Uniontown (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): article 8
Lockhart (search for this): article 8
Averill (search for this): article 8
A. G. Osborn (search for this): article 8
Hunter (search for this): article 8
The last murder by Hunter.
The murder of David S. Creigh, of Greenbrier county, Virginia, by the order of Major-General Hunter, United States Army, has been noticed.--The Central Presbyterian gMajor-General Hunter, United States Army, has been noticed.--The Central Presbyterian gives us the particulars of this cold-blooded deed.
Mr. Creigh was a very prominent citizen of Greenbrier county, and an elder in the Presbyterian church.
While Crook's command was near Lewisburg las distance of one hundred miles, and where the forces under Averill were joined by the army under Hunter.
He wrote a short letter to his wife, in which he speaks of his entire ignorance of his destinais end. The few facts known concerning his murder we now proceed to relate:
The army of General Hunter left Staunton on Friday, June the 10th, proceeding up the Valley towards Lexington by variouhe grave-yard of New Providence church.
The Presbyterian, in an editorial, adds:
When Hunter's army in their flight from avenging justice were passing like vast packs of famished wolves thr
John W. Dunn (search for this): article 8
McElhenny (search for this): article 8