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The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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out and hung. Such was the fate of Benjamin Hide, a neighbor of hers, and a man highly respected in the community. A good Union man, named Beal, was hung, in Morgantown, simply because he remarked, that if he had his choice he would vote for the old Union. A prominent lawyer, named Trett, was carried from the State line, between Alabama and Tennessee, where he resided, taken to Tuscaloosa, and there died in prison of sheer starvation. William Thompson, an unflinching Union man, of Benton, Tennessee, near the State line, was taken out to the graveyard, blindfolded, and shot, and thrown into a hole with his clothes on. A number of days elapsed before his relatives were allowed to bury him decently. These are but a few of the inhuman and barbarous acts committed upon Union citizens. Mrs. Davis says that the people of the North know nothing of the persecutions the Union people of the South have to undergo; and adds, the truth of the sufferings can never be written. Starvation star
quilts, 4 pillows. From New Canton, Hawkins county, Tenn.--30 blankets, 16 towels, 21 sheets, 17 comforts. From Mrs. Sarah E. Colloutry, Knox county, Tenn.--2 blankets, 3 quilts, 2 pillows. From Mrs. Donaldson and Mrs. Harton, Benton, Tenn.--8 bed-quilts, 4 blankets, 1 sheet. From Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Hannah, and Mrs. Wallick, Benton, Tenn.--19 bed-quilts, 6 blankets, 3 sheets, 10 pillows. From Mrs. Nancy Gooch and Mrs. M. J. Bagby, East Tennessee--6 pillows, 2 sheets. Benton, Tenn.--19 bed-quilts, 6 blankets, 3 sheets, 10 pillows. From Mrs. Nancy Gooch and Mrs. M. J. Bagby, East Tennessee--6 pillows, 2 sheets. From the ladies of Murfreesboro, Tenn.--18 quilts, 11 blankets. From Mrs. Julia Lany, Greensville, Tenn.--17 blankets, 6 pillows. From Mrs. L. Bradford, Mrs. W. J. Moore, Mrs. N. Hood and other ladies of Dandridge, Tenn.--16 bed quilts, 37 blankets. From ladies of New Providence, Tenn.--13 blankets, 5 comforts. From ladies of Cleavland, Tenn.--4 sheets, 1 pillow-case, 11 bed-quilts, 2 pillows. From ladies of Boone Creek, Washington county, Tenn.--34 blankets. Fr