Hi: Here is an editorial concerning the Union Refuge train mentioned in the previous message. Regards, Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: INTERNET:ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com, INTERNET:ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com To: [unknown], INTERNET:ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Date: 7/27/00 1:22 PM RE: Fort Smith Newspaper-Civil War Fort Smith - The New Era August 13, 1864 THE REFUGE TRAIN- It was the largest train that ever went North from this place and was composed of a better class of people than have gone heretofore. It was a sad sight to us, to see those who have been raised among the mountains and vallies of Arkansas leaving home which they have made by long years of toil, and turning thier faces to a strange land, not knowing that ever antother spot would be home to them, and as it were, having to begin life over again. This is but one of the results of the war which has been forced upon the Nation by a Slave Arristocracy. These refugees will for the most part become citizens of the new North-western States, adding to them wealth and prosperity, and making for themselves homes where they can follow the industrial arts, agriculture, & etc., in peace and quietude. Arkansas situated as it is, will be a battle ground during the existence of the rebellion, and be in an unsettled state long after the war is at an end thus keeping many persons who desire to make this their future home from returning. Truly, treason makes a fair field a desert. Fran Alverson Warren ----------------------- Internet Header -------------------------------- Sender: ARCRAWFO-L-request@rootsweb.com Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by spdmgaac.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) with ESMTP id QAA11621 for <71532.734@compuserve.com>; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:22:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e6RKKws22271; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:20:58 -0700 Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:20:58 -0700 X-Original-Sender: No1fran@aol.com Thu Jul 27 13:20:57 2000 From: No1fran@aol.com Message-ID: <17.8d7e4a5.26b1f3a3@aol.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:20:51 EDT Subject: Fort Smith Newspaper-Civil War Old-To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com Old-CC: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 119 Resent-Message-ID: <TecMu.A.gbF.qmJg5@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/487 X-Loop: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: ARCRAWFO-L-request@rootsweb.com