Suffolk Christian Sun

March 28, 1862

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THE VANDALS AT WORK—From information deemed perfectly reliable, we learn that the Yankee vandals in the Valley of Virginia are prosecuting their outrages with great spirit. In the town of Winchester, the elegant residences of Senator Mason and C. I. Angus W. McDonald have been burned to the ground; together with their valuable contents, including libraries and furniture. In the county of Clarke, besides enticing hundreds of negroes away from their homes, the incondiaries have laid in ashes the fine mansion, stabling, etc., of Major Oliver R. Funsten, of Ashby’s cavalry regiment. Other outrages, equally disgraceful to civilization, have been reported, but it is needless to detail them.

--Richmond Dispatch--

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]