Onslow County NcArchives News.....The Yankee Raid in Onslow September 3, 1862
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The Standard Of Raleigh: Sept. 3, 1862 September 3, 1862
The Standard of Raleigh: Sept. 3, 1862
               THE YANKEE RAID IN ONSLOW
   An intelligent and reliable citizen of Onslow, informs us that the enemy 
did not land in the County more than 500 or 600 men, during the recent raid.
Five or six steamers made their appearance near Swansboro' on the 22nd ultimo, 
but did not land in force until Saturday. They destroyed MR. BARNUM'S salt 
factory entire at Swansboro, and then went up Queen's Creek, and landed on Mr. 
I. N. SANDERS' farm, destroying much of the standing corn -- passed on to MR. 
HAWKINS' and COL. SANDERS' salt factories -- destroyed the former and damaged 
the latter considerably. Fortunately, the destruction of the salt factories 
was not as great as reported, some of them being at points they did not reach.
They plundered houses, killed the hogs and cattle, and stole everything they 
could well remove, taking off about 50 negroes with them. They left on Sunday. 
Our correspondent says, that at the time, there were from 300 to 500 
Confederate troops in the county, "who are paid by the government to protect 
the property of the citizens, but they did not lift a finger to prevent their 
depredations." He thinks by proper management our forces there could have 
taken or destroyed the entire force sent to destroy HAWKINS' and SANDERS' salt 
works.

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