A rebel of 61 . ji, 11 tod. I. ki;i,m:i;. Il li:iM ).si:it. iM !,l,... •! ?,, A Rei?i:l of 61. 43 ? time I had never committed any overt act against the Govern-ment, and thonght it ])oth unfair and unreasonable {o he re-quired to take the oath. lie said take the oath or go to jail,so to the jail under an escort of a hody of soldiers I went. Whileon the way, one of my fellow townsmen followed on l)chind cry-ing hang him. It was he thai hatl jnit the sohliors cm mytrack. Some nionths })rior to this event, in a street fight, I gavethis same fellow a sound thrashing. Now he had
A rebel of 61 . ji, 11 tod. I. ki;i,m:i;. Il li:iM ).si:it. iM !,l,... •! ?,, A Rei?i:l of 61. 43 ? time I had never committed any overt act against the Govern-ment, and thonght it ])oth unfair and unreasonable {o he re-quired to take the oath. lie said take the oath or go to jail,so to the jail under an escort of a hody of soldiers I went. Whileon the way, one of my fellow townsmen followed on l)chind cry-ing hang him. It was he thai hatl jnit the sohliors cm mytrack. Some nionths })rior to this event, in a street fight, I gavethis same fellow a sound thrashing. Now he had a cowards re-venge. When I reached the jail, I found Jos. R. Williams andS. J. Keller, citizens from my town, wdio had been incruTerateda few days befoie, besides many more from all over the fact the jail was so full that many of us were huddled togetherin the yard, wdiere I slept the first night, with the cellar doorfor my bed and the Heavens for my covering. It rained duringthe night, much to my discomf
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