1862
_Arrival of the "missionaries" at Port Royal.--The household
at Pine Grove.--First impressions of the blacks.--General
Hunter's attempt to recruit a negro regiment.--The Planter
episode.--The labor situation.--Establishment at Coffin's
Point.--Hunter's proclamation of freedom.--Details of
plantation work.--Lincoln's preliminary proclamation of
emancipation.--Unwillingness of the negroes even to
drill.--General Saxton's efforts to raise a negro
regiment.--The cotton crop of 1862.--Mr. Philbrick's plans
for buying plantations._