South Carolina women in the confederacy (1903) (14759571661)

Identifier: southcarolinawom00unit (find matches)
Title: South Carolina women in the confederacy
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: United Daughters of the Confederacy. South Carolina Division Taylor, Thomas, Mrs Conner, Sallie Enders
Subjects: Charities -- Confederate States of America United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate South Carolina -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: Columbia, S.C., The State company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ir wells. Some hidthem in the chimneys. These marauders took away all guns or fire-arms they found about the house, and took away clothing. Theyalso ripped up the silks, tied them around their horses necks, andparaded the streets as an aggravation to the citizens. We dressed ourselves and children in all the clothes we had, pilingon two and three dresses at once, and went about looking like stuffedanimals; we hid everything else in the way of clothes between mat-tresses, to save them from being destroyed by the vandals. The men were all taken prisoners as soon as these soldiers enteredthe town. They were locked up in the courthouses and kept securefor one night, and then let out on parole and sent by a guard hometo their families, to remain a few hours. These wretches remained in our town two days and nights,committing all kinds of depredations, and left us in a deplorablestate, with nothing to eat, and our homes looted of everything valu-able. Anderson, S. C. Mrs. Sylvester Bleckley.
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. SARAH WATTS,CHARLES rON, THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOFi, LENOXTILDEN FOONDATION8_ The Yankee Raid Through Anderson. 369 The Yanhee Raid Through Anderson. Indelibly impressed on the mind of the writer was the visit ofStonemans raiders. It was May day, 1865. For days rumors hadcome to us that a contingent of the Yankee army was passingthrough the State, and would surely reach Anderson soon. Al-though Lee had surrendered in April, and there was no excuse forthis visitation, Stoneman paid no attention to that, and continuedhis march through the South, accompanied by about two thousandmerciless invaders, pillaging and destroying everything within reach. Early on the morning of this beautiful May day, a party of youngfolks had determined to have their annual May picnic, just on theoutskirts of the town, and enjoy themselves. Thev were remindedthat the Yankees might come, but nothing deterred them, and brightand early a crowd of sweet young girls and happy-hearted boys wereoff to the pi