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Title: Four years in Secessia : adventures within and beyond the Union lines : embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war ...
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Browne, Junius Henri, 1833-1902
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons
Publisher: Hartford : O.D. Case and Co. Chicago : Geo & C.W. Sherwood
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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abins, but foundno negro tenements, nor any place where we could staywithout danger of freezing. Our limbs became stifi and our lips blue when wepaused ; and as we were afraid to light a fire, we went onin the teeth of the biting wind, until the tears streamedfrom our eyes, and our faces and hands and feet werelike ice. It was nearly dawn when we descried, by the light ofthe moon, a plantation at a distance. One of us went tothe negro quarters, and returned with the informationthat we could go to a large barn near by, and cover our-selves with hay until the principal house-servant had anopportunity to bring us food. All five of us climbed into the barn, built of logs piled*cob-house fashion, and consequently very cold; thewind driving through the open spaces, and chilling usthrough and through. We buried ourselves completelyin the hay ; but there was no possibility of getting warm.I shivered against Mr. Richardsons side, and he againstmine. We put our arms around each other, and snug-
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THE KEV/ YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOXTlLDSa^ FOUi^DATION THE MARCH TO FREEDOM. 371 gled up, as cliildreu say, to no purpose. We thoughtwe would freeze to deatli if we fell asleep ; so we crawledout of the hay, and began moving about in the loft, andsoon induced our companions to come out also. Wewere still very cold, but we suffered less than we haddone, because our blood circulated more. About eleven oclock the negro came to us with a bas-ket of pork and corn-bread, which we ate with greatrelish. He was delighted to see us, and was very intel-ligent, having been a servant to a Rebel officer in thefield. He said his master was a violent Secessionist, andwould kill him, and us too, if he knew we were there;but that he was not afraid. He had helped the Yankeesbefore, and would help them again. After dark the negro took us to his cabiu, gave us oursupper, and let us thaw before his fire, guided us to theAllisons Mill—when we learned we had walked aboutfifteen miles and accomplished

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