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The Daily Dispatch: June 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], The fight with Hunter's command at Hanging Rock. (search)
The fight with Hunter's command at Hanging Rock. The Lynchburg Republican, of Sunday, has, from an eye witness, the particulars of the fight with Hunter's troops at Hanging Rock on the Wednesday before; At Bonsack's Depot the enemy made a clean sweep of almost everything. The extensive manufacturing establishment of Mr Bonsack was pillaged of a large amount of jeans cloth — about fifteen thousand yards; when the building was set on fire and entirely consumed. The enemy then made a pHanging Rock on the Wednesday before; At Bonsack's Depot the enemy made a clean sweep of almost everything. The extensive manufacturing establishment of Mr Bonsack was pillaged of a large amount of jeans cloth — about fifteen thousand yards; when the building was set on fire and entirely consumed. The enemy then made a prisoner of Mr Bonsack, for what reason is unexplained, and carried him off with them. The depot at this place, as before stated, was also burned, together with several other buildings. The loss of the Bonsack's mill is a very serious one as the Government was furnished with large supplies of cloth from its looms, while if gave employment to many poor people, mostly women, who are thus thrown on the cold charities of the world for a support. The friends, however, were made to leave Bonsack