"dear sir, i read your comments concerning looting and destruction of Catholic churches in the southland during the Civil War.
i was born & raised up in this parish as a Catholic & was an altar boy & am now an adult layman here.
one of my "volunteer jobs" while attending secondary (parochial) school was to read, condense,copy & collect archives of our parish. ======>
on the evening of December 23, 1863, a group of bluebelly cavalry came to Mass, asked that they might worship with the congregates & were admitted. thereafter, according to the records, they then ROBBED EVERY PERSON of their valuables, vilely assaulted several parishioners & the PRIESTS, rode horses into the sanctuary shooting wildly, pulled down the statues of the Mother of God and other blessed saints, spat upon HER, all the while screaming :KILL THE PAPISTS!
the parish records state that the group of "soldiers" fled into the night with their ill-gotten gains."
NOTE: i do NOT know this person, so i cannot at this time give you either a source for or more information about the alleged incident. (in fairness to all/my correspondent, i have asked him for additional information by e-mail. when/if i receive such additional information, i will post same, asap.)
for a FREE dixie,sw
I think they also burned a convent IIRC.
Sounds like something the Klan would do. Could very well have been Nathan Bedford Forrest and his lunatic fringe having a good old time dressed as "bluebellies."
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