District 7

AdeUa S. Dixon
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Freedom was discus~d o~th~4-w, plantatjon~ffor many years before the Civil
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War began. &a contented as ~ey ~re ~beva-so~±!~i~g ~—L.e~f.mr4.~
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~ ~ b~ thg abaolulely free. An ex&.ve‘ e dscription of the
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	•~al cause	O f the Civil War ‚ de aerves a place here •		~4:	~ ~ that Lincoln


had sent ~ aèvere~ message a to T~via rsque et ing that he free the slave s. Ne favorable- response was mce ived. Lincoln had a conterenee with IvJr. I~vi s

a~d~to ~ a Bible and a gun. He tried in vain to convin~-~ Davis ~. that he wa~ wrongaecoi“ding to the Bible ‚ so he finally threw the two

upon t1~e table and aI~s4 I~vis te-~te)~e hie ehoice • Be chose the gun. Lincoln grasped the Bible and ~ home • ¶~e Davis began the war but «~‘Liucoln had•

Godonhisside and so heen~it.


Oxie f GOT. TOiIiB ‚ sons went to the ai~ny and Phil ~s sent to care for him

.	while he was there; ~ an ariatocratiã~~~~r went to ~ war without his
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Valet. ~ duty ~as to cook tor him, keep his cloth~i~ clean, and ~e bring the
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body home if he was killed ~ ~ poor p.e~±e ~re either buried ~ior.~ or left lying on the field for vultures to cons~mie. Food ~a not so plentiful in the
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~ and #.hs4r diet ot tlapjacke end canne d goods was varied only t~~urjh 4~ ~t
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~	~ß~:;;;f coffee end ihiskey w~e~ uaa ~tvew ~ All cooking was done 4~t~r between two battles or during the lui]. in a battle.
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J‘obn Toms was so on sent back hoitm as ~ felt he was too	~ ttLbJ~1~ to be killed in batt1e~‘~iis serviœa were needed at home.


Near the close ot the war, Sherman made a visit to this vicinity. As was his .1~4~k ~

usual habit, he had s~to1i~d this reputation o~ Go,. Towns before he arrived
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8t_~I~_I±1~r~e • He tound condit ions 80 ideal that &~t ~ ~ usi- tou~~J~-“ ‚ ~: ~