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Bellows Falls Times
Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont
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Memphis letters of the 11th report a reign of terror against Unionists in northern Alabama and Mississippi, with guerrillas and bloodhounds pursuing men fleeing conscription, leading to deaths by shooting, hanging, and bloodhound attacks, house burnings, and over 1000 fugitives reaching Corinth to form a regiment.
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—Memphis letters of the 11th state that there is a perfect reign of terror in Northern Alabama and Mississippi. Guerrillas and bloodhounds are on the track of Union men who flee to the woods to avoid conscription. A young girl carrying food to her father was torn to pieces by bloodhounds— Not less than 1000 Union men have reached Corinth. A regiment is forming there which already numbers six full companies. A number of Unionists have been shot and hung, and their houses burned. Two women in Tuscumbia county were torn to pieces by bloodhounds. Among the fugitives at Corinth are men eighty years of age.
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Northern Alabama And Mississippi
Event Date
The 11th
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a young girl carrying food to her father torn to pieces by bloodhounds; two women in tuscumbia county torn to pieces by bloodhounds; a number of unionists shot and hung; their houses burned; not less than 1000 union men reached corinth, including men eighty years of age
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There is a perfect reign of terror in Northern Alabama and Mississippi. Guerrillas and bloodhounds are on the track of Union men who flee to the woods to avoid conscription. Not less than 1000 Union men have reached Corinth. A regiment is forming there which already numbers six full companies.