The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-03-12

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the door. Mt sceinr rs he WAS very much
frightened but at being told that we were
Yankees he was ovcrioye l.took us in and
fed us then he hid Us in the woods. and
told us TO Law there until the next nipht.
when hc would bring rs more bread and
meat. lie was true TO his promise and
the Union. as every negro was, that we
met in the South. They all seemed to
realize. fully, the value Of our cause to
themselves. Crossed Broad river. the
1lth, but had to re cross so as to ret
clear of DAG thut we met with on the
other side.
Onr n'.''. as 900 vcr, -,r-euing our
| march. irvs,it n ar, rear. na,-.i.n hy n
rebels housc, three large dogs came out
after lis with cloud baying," the old
rebel, putting his head from the window,
shouted scet-'eH, seek ZEN: being armed
with heavy club, | laid out the
first one that came up: md the others
left US without further ado. We rot n
goose, sthe 14lh. A nirht or two
later, as we were marching. we heard
singing, it kept coming nearer and nearer
and. not knowing who il mirht be. we
hid ourselves, lay within ten feet Of the
road. While we were waiting. hearing
a man coming alono the road sinoino,
and knowing by his voice that il was n
negro, | said to him, " Sam! " il tricht.
ened him, but as soon rs | told him that |
was q Yankee he snid if,,on orn , YurLn
keen still until these noonle mass and thon
! will como hazel. +, y,, In - ,L,,r, ,;,,n
he was hack and lLroa otbcr hIorL moi,
with him. They were greatly r.;,;ca1 at
SEEING us. s,viny that thcv had nrvor .oen
nny Yankees before. and ifw wcro Yam.
KEGS thew roul like +, ece nm. Io,..s ,rhoy
took rs TO a I'nion womon's ho,so NIrs
Stalcs, the only Union woman we so,v in
South Carolina. Sho covo ma fn,J and
cooked our rco.c. Her husband was =
| carpenter by trade. and had bcen nressad
into the Confederate service TO work Tn,
10th, we came t0 n Union mans Louss
in North Carolina. he fed us. and sccretcd
D. in the woods nntil the next niobt. when
he brought us more food, and then piloted
US 10 Broad river. some five miles. to 4
ferry. After this, we heard of one John
Iogau, who was supposed 10 be a 'nion
man. At length we reached his locality
we came to nero hut about ten o'riorl,
ut night the negro said: "they sav
AIasea Logan is Union man. | don't
know but they say So" lie took Us down
20 negro hamlet. and they went to work
] Al fnp t,r ! Il . @
All said, "we dsn't know whether mas-u
Logan Is l'nion man or not, but we have
heardI Iim called friend to the Yanke,." ."
As we were nearly destitute of clothing.
Che was n mcrchant} we concluded that
one Of our number should 90 and see him.
ana the rest would wait outside for the
result Nt inns time, l had neither hat
OF !noe'' capt benson was chosen TO
wait upon MN lie lett u3 III yard
down from tho house. and then went into
Inc store TINS was about half past ten,
dark ana cloudy when he entered, a
negro was ,'Iuns IN the middle OF the
store, double oarrelIed shot gun was
Standing against the counter, loaded /;
Logan was in bed ut the further end, and
about SIX feet from the head OF the bed
was loaded r''ie. The captain enquired
the way TO huilerlordton, ho answered,
ny asking VINO he was the captain re.
pHed' am Il mani Logan said, /
know mat you are man bat | wish TO
eho" VINO YOU are ) the captain said
again. IL makes 10 difference who am.
m man, hey had some further talk
o' ms kihu' "hen The captain tod him, 81
am ankee officer, an escaped prisoner,
llcFc are ioUr OF u' III company, we are
nearly iiaHeH we have been told that you
are friend TO the Yankees, and therefore
am come 10 see you"
Mr. Logan returned answer thus: " I
thought tha, you were an escaped prisoner.
You have been wrongly informed / an,
not friend to the Yankees" ." benson then
said, 81 guess that will co;' Loran
replied, 81 guess YOU won't. think we
will keep you here" and then started TO
get up for his rifle. At this inncture
benson sprang back, grasped the shot pun
and aimed it at Ioran's mead Mt which
he laid down. The captain than backed
out Of the store, and as he went throucb
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