. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . OF THE CIVIL WAK 183. ,tevenson, Ala., Dec. 4. 1864.—Here weare, safe and sound. We evacuatedHmitsville last Sunday morning, wentto Brownsboro that night, to Paint-rock bridge Monday, to LarkinsvilleTuesday, to Bellefonte Wednesday, tothis vicinity on Thursday, and camein on Friday. We had pleasant weath-er for our trip, but we had an im-mense wagon train, the roads w^ere very bad a part of theway, and I found myself overworked. W^e were not pur-sued by any considerable force, but were bush-whackedconsiderably. An immense crowd of refugees and contrabandsfoll
. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . OF THE CIVIL WAK 183. ,tevenson, Ala., Dec. 4. 1864.—Here weare, safe and sound. We evacuatedHmitsville last Sunday morning, wentto Brownsboro that night, to Paint-rock bridge Monday, to LarkinsvilleTuesday, to Bellefonte Wednesday, tothis vicinity on Thursday, and camein on Friday. We had pleasant weath-er for our trip, but we had an im-mense wagon train, the roads w^ere very bad a part of theway, and I found myself overworked. W^e were not pur-sued by any considerable force, but were bush-whackedconsiderably. An immense crowd of refugees and contrabandsfollowed us, not less, I think, than three thousand; andthere is much suffering amongst them, as they are allvery destitute indeed. General Granger, who marchedwith us, did everything in his power to alleviate theirsufferings, which act raised him in my estimation verymuch. This refugee crowd was bushwhacked the thirdday out and a terrible panic resulted. It is reported thata great many young children and infants were aban-doned by their mothers. This oc
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