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‘long side of nie ~ Sam i~ in Detroit ‚ Michigan. Henry in Flurida.. (F1orid~,) ‚t When de Yankeea come, what they do? They did them things they oug1~t

riot to have done and they left undone de things they ought to ~iave done. Yes, dat just ‘bout tells it. One thing you might like to hear. Mistrese got ai]. de money ‚ de si iver ‚ de go ].d. end de j eis, and got de weil dig~ ger to hide them in de bottom of de well. Them Yankees smart. ~Vhen they got dere, they aeked for da ve‘y things at de bottoniof~de well. I~istress wouldn‘t till. They held a court of ‘quiry in de yard; called slaves up, one by one, good many. Must have been a Judas ‘mongat us. Soon a Yankee was let down in de well ‚ and all dat money ‚ silver ‚ go ].d ‚ jewelry ‚ watches, ringe, brooches, knives end forks, butterdiahes, ~vatera, goblets, and cups ‘iaa took and carried ‘way by a army dat aeerned more concerned ‘bout st.o•aJ.in‘ ‚ than they was ‘bout de Holy War for de liberation of de poor African slave people. They took off all de hossea ‚ sheepe ‚ cows ‚ chickens, and geeee, took de seine and de fishes they caught~ corn in crib, meat in smoke~houae, and everything. Marse General Sherman said war was hell. It sho ‚ was. Mebbe it waa hell for some of them Yankees when they come to die and give account of de deeds they done In Suiirter and Richiand Coun. tiei.