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any houses or killed anybody in three whol days. What is going to happen? surely the rebels are coming once again to this God-forsaken village.
24th About an hour ago That Payne passed with his daughter and escort in the direction of the river; they are passing now going back Miss P. and two orderlies have a woman behind each one of them. I wonder what that means. They are "white contraband's ("refugees) I suppose.
Apr. 25th. Gen. P. and lady have just passed again They are gone to bring
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over more passengers from the boat I 'guess'. Mrs. G.Love and Mrs. Cartwright were buried this evening.
Apr. 26th Weather beautiful. Yanks behaving like human beings with a few exceptions. Today a Yankee officer made his appearance in the school room accompanied by a Northern being whom I supposed to be a man, as he was not a gentleman; he came to look at the church saying that he was president of a school and that six of his assistants had just arrived and was going to teach the "freedmen" He says he will have 3 or 400 scholars and will need the
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