Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . istant, meeting withbut slight resistance on their march. At Jackson, some twenty buildings were destroyed bythe slaves in retaliation for the cruelties perpetrated uponthem by their masters. At Brandon, similar scenes werewitnessed, and the outraged bondmen and bondwomen re-venged the brutality of those they once were compelledto call masters. Our cavalry, wrote a correspondent who accompaniedthe expedition, arrived at Brandon on the afternoon ofFebruray 7th, skirmishing all the way with a Rebel scout-ing party, who fired annoying volleys at the advance guarda
Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . istant, meeting withbut slight resistance on their march. At Jackson, some twenty buildings were destroyed bythe slaves in retaliation for the cruelties perpetrated uponthem by their masters. At Brandon, similar scenes werewitnessed, and the outraged bondmen and bondwomen re-venged the brutality of those they once were compelledto call masters. Our cavalry, wrote a correspondent who accompaniedthe expedition, arrived at Brandon on the afternoon ofFebruray 7th, skirmishing all the way with a Rebel scout-ing party, who fired annoying volleys at the advance guardand then ran. Nearly all the citizens had left the placewith the retreating Confederate army. It was found thatthe enemy had succeeded in removing nearly everythingwith him. The work of destruction was, however, mostthoroughly done, and the houses of prominent Rebels (ofwhom there was once a large number, though they havenow sought safety further east), were burned. Up to thispoint every horse or mule that could be found had been. 32 KH H P3 bo» p<i wW «i—i W ft i LOOKING FOR BATTLE. 291 gathered in, and they had become so numerous that aspecial detail had to be made to take care of them. Ofhogs and beef-cattle there were but few, but such as werefound were taken possession of. In fact, everything of anedible nature was levied upon and made an item in ourcommissariat. Hundreds of blacks, who had been left tocare for themselves by their masters, came into our lines,begging for something to eat, and asking Government pro-tection. The railroad track had been torn up all the wayout, and every bridge and depot burned. We camped onthe night of the 7th two miles east of Brandon. The enemys rear guard continued to hover over ouradvance during the whole of the following day, and untilwe arrived within eight miles of Morton. This was thenext place of importance after leaving Brandon, from whichit is about twenty miles distant. It was understood that alarge quantity of Confederate s
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