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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 166 (search)
orses, sheep and cattle, a large number of which we succeeded in capturing. The country was highly cultivated; acres and acres of flowing grain presented itself to the eye. On the road we burned the large and extensive flouring mills of Colonel R. T. M. Hunter, late United States Senator, now a strong rebel. The mills were filled with Confederate flour; before they were consumed, a liberal portion was delivered to the poor families connected with these extensive estates. The forces then procbels advancing. We made a short turn (after securing all the stock), and made direct for the cover of the gunboats, the cavalry in the meantime burning all the mills containing Confederate flour, and visiting the extensive lands and mansion of Mr. Hunter. A large number of negroes left his plantation and followed us to the boats. We got our stock all on the transports, and started them again to Point Lookout. At Tappahannock we landed, and again had a skirmish with the rebels, we holding pos
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 169 (search)
tter having the old Sigel division — all under Hunter's control — marched out with flying colors andosition for defence, General Crook awaited General Hunter's and the other division. The whole commas by the Twenty-third Ohio at Buford's gap? Hunter reached Liberty on his retreat Sunday about twly a homeward march from a raid. And as we of Hunter's army draw nearer the Northern world — from take Lynchburg, and why? Simply because Major-General Hunter allowed a failure in the first, most ims are on a nearly equal footing. Now, did General Hunter move in accordance with this requisite? Gatteries, in what seemed to be more especially Hunter's command, of the First division. They were m an old army officer, was well acquainted with Hunter, and talked freely to him respecting his expedition. Hunter said that he had fifty thousand men, and could take Lynchburg easily — that we had beo. After the melancholy supper referred to, Hunter told Major Hutter that they wanted to hold a c[6 more.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 93. the burning of Chambersburg. (search)
invasion; and even then little danger was apprehended, as Hunter's army was known to have been brought to Martinsburg, and n which McCausland longed to glut his infernal vengeance. Hunter was compelled to manuoevre so as to prevent Early from getthree columns, each larger than his own; was isolated from Hunter, his chief officer, and his whole reserve in case he fell a week, and previously broken down by the movement of General Hunter upon Lynchburg and his retreat to Charleston. While ipare to arrest the stream of stragglers and deserters from Hunter's army — chiefly one hundred days men. Scores of them passen valueless. General Averell was under orders from General Hunter, and not subject to the order of General Couch. He wan retaliation for the burning of six houses in Virginia by Hunter. The burning of Chambersburg was therefore by order of one destruction of property in Virginia by Grant, Meade, and Hunter, and that the account was now squared. A number of the