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The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], The raid into Southwestern Virginia--depredations of the enemy. (search)
t. If the Northern army cannot vanquish such a miserable set of starved and naked wretches, then may the Yankee nation become a by-word with all nations on earth! In the North treason stalks forth in the broad daylight! Here everything is subservient to the cause, and one word of remonstrance is instant death. Stoneman had within his grasp the plantations of several of the most prominent rebels — Seddon, Secretary of War; Anderson, of the Tredegar Iron Works; Hobson, son-in- law of Gen. Wise; C. C. Lee, brother of Gen. Lee; Harrison, Colonel at Drewry's Bluff; besides the farms of hundreds engaged in the Southern service. The damage done canal and railroad was repaired in twenty-four hours after the retreat. Oh, sir! the universal cry here is to raise the black flag. Oh! for the hour when the avenging angel shall appear, with torch in one hand and the avenging sword of justice in the other, and consecrate to death and destruction this land and these people, rewarding t