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WPA L. C. PROJECT tj UNIT
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Title... "vv.\ -ctsti
Place of origin D.4...14.1 J-",..44/
Date I
.a1/2)
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Iris Cook
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Scott County
UORGANIS MIT AT 111E1EIL
!MORGAN STORY
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Ref: Observation of E. A. Gladden, Scottsburg, whose groat -grandfather
was first settler of Scott County.
News reached Vienna, the little village in Scott Co., that
Beri;en and his men wore headed that way. Great excitement reigned in the
town. A dozen or mere men armed themsdlves with guns and axes, and rushed
to Finley Unobs, to fell trees across the road and block it, thus hoping to
turn the Confederates north.
But before many trees had fe:len, no many of the soldiers appear-
ed that the small handful of men had to give up without accomplishing anything.
Pete Ringo had a new ax and one of the Confederates forced him
to hit it three times, with all his strength an a nearby rook, which of course
completely ruined the ax.
On into Vienna the raiders went, where they burned the bridge
and depot. Here they tapped the telegraph line and learned that Hobson was
in pursuit and also sent a message that "Bergen's men were at Salem", but
the telegrapher at Jeffersonville recognized from the click of the instrument
that something was wrong. The raiders allowed Fete Ringo, who was stdion master,
to take his private possessions from the depot before they burned it. One
large Irish Confederate had to have a little amusement so he forced Lawyer
rillima Larshall to dance on a plank at the point of his gun, and when he did
not dance to suit the Irishman, he proceeded to show Earshall how it should
be done. Co the, lawyer got free dancing lessons.
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