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The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], The voice of a Virginia mother. (search)
en they hear this voice of a Virginia mother in the midst of her desolation ! "I have now nothing on earth of all that I ever possessed but my children; and I would fain have them worthy their country's service and their own race. "I am now among the tens of thousands of our mourning land who have been robbed of everything on earth by the enemies of God and man. General Hunter, in his retreat by this place, ordered the plunder of my house, and was with difficulty restrained by General Averill from burning it and every other building in the Valley. I lost in a single hour the labors of a life time, and with it every single vestige of a happy life in a fair and sufficient home. Every line of love, every token or memorial of the living or the dead is gone; and I can truly say in that hour, too, there was not a sentiment or an affection that the human heart was capable of, whether relating to time or eternity, that was not shocked and insulted by such atrocious brutality as I
The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Northern Presidential campaign — the War. (search)
militia. In his proclamation, he says: "I cannot too earnestly urge upon the people of this State the necessity for the immediate presence of this force." General Couch has issued an appeal to the people of Pennsylvania. He urges them to prepare themselves for defence, to put their guns in order, get in the cover of their corn-fields, forests, buildings, &c., as a rebel raid is not impossible at any time during the summer. Harrisburg, August 5.--Five messengers from General Averill have reached McConnellsville, and repeat that the rebels, three thousand strong, were crossing the Potomac at Hancock. They further state that our pickets were being driven in towards Cumberland. Later. Intelligence, just received, confirms the fact that the rebels occupied Hagerstown in force at nine o'clock this morning. The greatest consternation once more prevails along the southern portion of the Cumberland Valley. The farmers are hurrying from their homes with thei