. As seen from the ranks; a boy in the Civil War . heysaw now that we were trying to joke we left them, but as we were in the ad-vance that day, and thousands of the freed-men were following on behind, they wereprobably convinced before night. But not all of them were so slow in graspingthe thought. In one of our night campsthere was an old white-headed negro whowent limping around from one camp-fire to MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA 219 another, and the excitement of it all hadfairly wrought him into an ecstacy of feelingin which he seemed to be contemplating him-self complacently as being
. As seen from the ranks; a boy in the Civil War . heysaw now that we were trying to joke we left them, but as we were in the ad-vance that day, and thousands of the freed-men were following on behind, they wereprobably convinced before night. But not all of them were so slow in graspingthe thought. In one of our night campsthere was an old white-headed negro whowent limping around from one camp-fire to MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA 219 another, and the excitement of it all hadfairly wrought him into an ecstacy of feelingin which he seemed to be contemplating him-self complacently as being in some sort aprophet. De Lor bless ye, boys! he exclaimed,raising both hands above his crown of whitewool; I knowed it d come; I s looked forit dis fifteen year, and I pray de Lor I mightlive to see de day. And then this Simeon of his race leanedheavily on his staff again and went totteringon into the night towards other fires, nodoubt to again congratulate himself and callblessings on the Northmen because of theearly fulfilment of his
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