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The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], A case of Yankee barbarity. (search)
Yankee invader in Virginia, none have exceeded the murder of Mrs. George R. Smith. at Suffolk, a full account of which we take from the Petersburg Express: Mr. Smith resided about one mile from the town, a well to do farmer, having around him an interesting family, the eldest d Suffolk a sharp artillery and infantry skirmish took place near Mr. Smith's residence, and many balls passed through his house. The Yankeeally advanced and fired the houses, forcing the family to leave. Mrs. Smith, with her seven children, the youngest only ten months old, at ted.--The children, frightened, hid themselves in the bushes, while Mr. Smith sat down upon the ground by his wife, to see her breathe her last the graveyard. Nor did the ernest of the fiends stop here. Mr. Smith was denied the privilege of going in search of his little childrehan his associates, took it on his horse and carried it to town. Mr. Smith is still in the lines of the enemy, his house and everything else