VISIT OF YANKEE CAVALRY TO
MONROE, N.C.
Western Democrat (Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C.), March
7, 1865
On Wednesday
last, about 3 o’clock, a squad of thirty five yankee cavalry dashed into the
village of Monroe union county, remaining about an hour and left carrying off
all the horses and mules they could gather up.
A train of wagons, ten in number, belonging to a party of refugees from
Chester District, had just reached the village and were standing in the street
when the Yankees appeared. Of course
the train was seized, and horses, mules, and wagons with their contents, an 19
negro men, were carried off. 13 of the negroes escaped from the enemy and
returned to Monroe the same night. The loss is a heavy one to the unfortunate
refugees, for we suppose the wagons contained all the valuables they possessed. The women and children that accompanied the
wagons were left standing in the streets of Monroe.
No buildings were burnt in
the village – not even the Court House and Jail were injured – but the enemy
seized whatever they wanted and carried it off. Two couriers (sent out from
this place) stationed at Monroe, were captured – Charley Brem and Marshall Jones.
Read
more about the Yankee Invasion of 1865,
and the skirmish at Wilson’s
Store, Union Co, NC
A Wagon
Train Once Camped on the Public Square in March 1865
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This page originally created October 5, 2000
By Julie Hampton Ganis
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