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An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 6 6 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 18, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 29, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 39: (search)
est, says: In Monroe County, Missouri, near the Salt River railway bridge, as Mr. Lasley and family were returning from church, together with a party of young ladies ough finding the grounds guarded, they advanced towards their residence, when Mr. Lasley was ordered to get down and go to Palmyra. He replied, that they must permitlted grossly by the officer commanding, without explanation of any kind; and Mrs. Lasley, thinking they were going to be shot, rushed towards her husband; but Mr. LaMr. Lasley and young Price fell dead at the one moment, and from the same volley. Young Ridgeway ran to the woods, but was pursued and shot. Mr. Lasley and young RidgewayMr. Lasley and young Ridgeway had both taken the oath of allegiance, and were under heavy bonds. Before this crime was committed the soldiery had taken possession of Mr. Lasley's house, and helpMr. Lasley's house, and helped themselves to every thing they needed, had forced the old cook to prepare dinner for them, and destroyed many articles of furniture, etc. These are but mild insta
The Daily Dispatch: October 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], The murders in Missouri--pages from a book of horror. (search)
hristian. Yet he was shot down at mid-day, for no cause, save that he dared to differ with the marauders who were feasting on the blood of his friends. Messrs. Lasley, Price, and Ridgway were shot down by another band of these hell-hounds, right in the presence of Mr. Lasley's family, and while his wife begged and implored Mr. Lasley's family, and while his wife begged and implored them to spare the life of her husband. And for this triple murder not even a palliating circumstance could be found — Price was a boy. Lasley and Ridgway had both taken the oath of allegiance to the Gamble dynasty, and were under heavy bonds. There was no pretence that they had forfeited their lives or their bonds. They were siLasley and Ridgway had both taken the oath of allegiance to the Gamble dynasty, and were under heavy bonds. There was no pretence that they had forfeited their lives or their bonds. They were simply murdered, where they were found in the midst of their female relatives and friends. Col. Owen, of Marton county, was surrounded by Glover a marauders and surrendered himself as a prisoner of war. He bore a commission from the Confederate Government. Arrested on his own premises, he was permitted to go to his residence,
The Daily Dispatch: September 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ain J. Livingston Massie, of the Fluvanna artillery, killed; Sergeant-Major William M. Abell, of Charlottesville, acting adjutant of the Fifth Virginia cavalry, killed; Major J. M. Wilson, Seventh Louisiana regiment, wounded; Edward C. Minor, of Charlottesville, a member of the New Kent cavalry, arm shot off; Lieutenant Colonel Pendleton, assistant adjutant-general to General Early, mortally wounded; Captain Duncan, of Louisiana, killed; Lieutenant Henry Long, of the same State, wounded; Captain Lasley, company K, Second Virginia cavalry, and Hugh Garth, of Albemarle, same company, killed; Edward Wills, of Lynchburg, a member of Massie's battery, killed; Major Seaton Gales, of North Carolina, captured. General Wharton is reported wounded. From Petersburg. Since our last report no movements of importance have transpired on the lines in front of Petersburg. Save the occasional discharge of a musket, and, at long intervals, the boom of a cannon, everything continued quiet yester