Thursday, June 20, 2013

July 30, 1862---Dinner in Paris



JULY 30, 1862:         

400 Bushwhackers raid the Unionist town of Paris, Kentucky, imprisoning the Sheriff and town officials, relieving the townspeople of their cash and specie, forcing the Court Clerk to issue indictments against certain citizens, harassing the young ladies, and then forcing the townsfolk to cook a great dinner for them all, punctuated by brandy and cigars. For dessert, they loot all the stores in town, loading wagons with their plunder before decamping. Soon afterward, the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, having been alerted, arrives, and gives chase. They soon overtake the guerrillas, killing 27 and capturing 39.


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