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largest house in town. What a learned city -- or rather yankee nest -- this will be. I suppose some of us citizens will get a situation as assistant teacher in the "Freedmens University".
April 27th Sis has just come home from Mrs. Lanes: while there she visited the grave of the stranger soldier who was shot Friday. The yankees took his coat and boots off and put him in the grave without coffin or wrappings of any kind.
Apr. 28th Remarkably quiet: no murdering for several days
Ap 30th Gen. Payne leaves tomorrow for Nashville. I recon we
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will have rest now for awhile.
May 1st This is the dullest May-day Gallatin ever seen; no picnics or anything else.
May 2nd A reg. of East Tenneseans have come to hold this Post. They are the meanest men I ever saw; but they have one good trait they make the negroes 'walk a chalk'
May 3rd The East Tenneseans burnt a school hous last night it was a contraband school. They say they will have none of that while they stay here.
May 4th The soldiers are behaving very well I do not suppose the negroes think so though
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