. Battleground adventures, the stories of dwellers on the scenes of conflict in some of the most notable battles of the civil war . y dodged me and hid and let me come right upto em. I was goin along a road that day and hit took me rightthoo a mans field. He was ploughin his com, which wasknee-high. Two or three colored boys and men were hoe-ing. The man saw me, and I started to run. Halt! hecried, but I kept on as fast as I could go. I passed thoo the mans yard and on into the thick was sure I could give him the dodge in the woods. He went to his house and got a gun, and him and anoth
. Battleground adventures, the stories of dwellers on the scenes of conflict in some of the most notable battles of the civil war . y dodged me and hid and let me come right upto em. I was goin along a road that day and hit took me rightthoo a mans field. He was ploughin his com, which wasknee-high. Two or three colored boys and men were hoe-ing. The man saw me, and I started to run. Halt! hecried, but I kept on as fast as I could go. I passed thoo the mans yard and on into the thick was sure I could give him the dodge in the woods. He went to his house and got a gun, and him and anotherman follered me. By and by they saw me when I did ntsee them, and they hid and let me come up to whar theywas, like I tol you. Stop! the man called, stop or Ill shoot. Shoot and be hanged! I shouted, and I started to fired at me and I heard the shots flyin past my head,I stopped in about ten mile, I reckon. But that same day I got betrayed. They never did ketchme fairly. I was betrayed by my own color. Id goneto a house to git something to eat, and the people tharsent word to their master that I was at their house. I. THE RUNAWAY BROILS SOME MEAT
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