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Lt. Shelton Diary, 1864
1864-08-14 Page 03
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for the corn with all their might. only one were the boys able to find and in running he got astride a row of corn & could not take time to get off. Here some negroes wanted to come to camp and after a long search the mules were found secreted in the woods and the horses in the opposite direction from the house they supposed that a co. would not be likely to find both miles and horses but Co "G" found them easily and took the whole of them 4 mules and 3 horses. the old gentleman and ladies wept considerably at the loss of one of their favorite horse
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for the corn with all their might. only one were the boys able to find and in running he got astride a row of corn & could not take time to get off. Here some negroes wanted to come to camp and after a long search the mules were found secreted in the woods and the horses in the opposite direction from the house they supposed that a co. would not be likely to find both miles and horses but Co "G" found them easily and took the whole of them 4 mules and 3 horses. the old gentleman and ladies wept considerably at the loss of one of their favorite horse
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