One hundred fifty years ago, on October 8, 1864, the Fort Smith New Era reports the plight of Texas Unionists: From Texas. Several families of refugees came in from Texas, yesterday. They are the wives of Union men who are in the service, and were driven from their homes by the same class of rebels who now murmur at Gen. Shermans order removing them from Atlanta. They report that all the men that could be found have been conscripted, and that a great many are secreted in the hills and brush. They were five weeks on the road. Will the Copperheads make a note of this: that while they are growling at the way their rebel friends are treated, these same gentry are oppressing the poor and defenceless families that are left in their midst. We feed the families of the rebels and they in turn, starve ours.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:00:00 +0000
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