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The old ~ man then got up and eiziptied his mouth of the tobacco juice ‚ scrat ched
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his bald head and continued. Yer know, I was one of de first colored cavalry soijers,

and I fought in Couipany “K“. I fought for three years and a half. Sometimes I slept o~zt doors, and sometimes I slept in a tent. De Yankees always give us plenty of

blankets.“
“During the war some un us had to always stay up nights and watch fer de

rebels. Plenty of ~iights I has watched, bt~t de rebels never ‘tack~ us when I wuz



	“Not only wuz dere men slaves dat run to de Yankees, but some un de women slaves followed dore husbands. Dey use to help by washing and cooking.“

	;:t~Ofl5 day when I wuz fighting, de rebels shot at me, and dey sent a bullet through my hand. I wuz~lucky not to be kilt. Looks See how my hand is?“

	The old man held up his right hand, arid it was half closeth Due to the wound he received in the war, that was as far as he could open his hand.

	Still looking at his hand L~r. Jones said, “But dat didn‘t stop me, I had it bandaged and kept oi~ fighting.‘1

	“The uniform dat I wore wuz blue wif brass buttons; a blue cape, lined wif

red flannel, black leather boots and a blue cap. I rode on a bay color horse - fact every body in Company “K“ had bay color horses. I tooked my, .nap~‘sack and blankets
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on de horse back. I~ mY~na~~sack I had water, hard tacks and other food.‘~

	•“~en de war ended, I goes back to my mastah and he treated me like his brother.

Guess he wu~ scared of me ‘cause 1 had so much ammunition on me. ~y brother, who went wif r~ie to de Yankees, caught rhet~thatism doing de war. He died after de war endeth“