JULY 28, 1864.

I rose early and had the boys plow the turnip-patch. We were just

rising from breakfast when Ben Glass rode up with the cry: "The

Yankees are coming. Mrs. Burge, hide your mules!" How we were

startled and how we hurried the Major to his room! [The Yankees did

not come that day, but it was thought best to send Major Ansley away.

He left at 2 A.M.]

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