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"I think I have heard the name. He is a Confederate colonel now, with
Pemberton's army. No doubt we'll have to fight him later on."
"Meanwhile, we're using his house."
"Fortune of war. But all war is in a sense unfair, because it's usually
a question of the greater force. At any rate, Dick, we won't harm
Colonel Woodville's home."
"Yet in the end, sir, a lot of these great old country places will go,
and what will take their place? You and I, coming from a border state,
know that the colored race is not made up of Uncle Toms."
"Well, Dick, we haven't won yet, and until we do we won't bother
ourselves about the aftermath of war. I'm glad we found so large a
place as this. At the last moment I sent part of the men to the cabins,
but at least three or four hundred must lie here on the piazzas. And
most of them are already asleep. It's lucky they have roofs. Look how
the clouds are gathering!"
As much more room had been made upon the piazzas by the assignment of men
to the cabins, Colonel Winchester and some of his officers also rested
there.


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