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Our bit:; house is the one where the ladies of Sokosis (Sorosis) has their ~1ub House, an‘ our yard spread all round there, an‘ our house serva~ts, an‘ some of the best artisans in Wilmin‘ton lived in our yard.

	“Y~~ know, I‘r~i not tellin‘ you things what have been t9~ me, but I‘m tellin‘ you things I ~ioit~.

	fil remember when the Loabbes company came from Georgia here to ~ilri‘ ton an‘ they had all ladies as officers .*

	nI remember when the Confederates captured part of

the Union Army at Fort Sumter ‚ S ~ C • ‚ and they brought them here to ~ilmin‘t~n ami put them out under Fourth Street bridge, and the white ladies of Wilmin‘ton, N. C. cooked food and carried it by baskets full to them. ~IIe all had plenty of food. A warehouse full of everything down there by the river nigh Red Cross Street, an‘ none of us ever went hungry ‘till the war was over.

	t, ~ remeinb e r when Gen ‚ rai Grant ‚ s Army e aine to the river. They mounted ~ tO boombar the city. Mr. John Dawson an‘ I~ir. ~i1as Martin, they went on the corner of Second ant Nun Streets • on the top of Ben Berry‘ s house an‘ run up a whit e sh e e t for a f lag ‚ ant the Yai~e e s di ~ n‘


*Note: Have not been able to verify this memory, and think perhaps the unusual uniforms of the Zoaves caused the small bo~ to think they were women, or some adult may have amused themselves by telling him so.