_Dec. 28._ Arrived this evening. No fellow passengers that I knew.
Most of them were Sherman's officers who had left him at Atlanta for
various reasons and now come to join him. Very pleasant men, with a
degree of hearty good sense and whole-souled patriotism that was truly
refreshing.
1865
_The Georgia refugees--Sherman's army at
Beaufort--Discontent of the negroes about wages--W. C. G.'s
work at Savannah for the refugees--Return home of most of
the letter-writers--The death of Lincoln, its effect on the
negroes--End of the war and return of the planters--Stealing
of cotton by the negroes--Superintendents "demoralized on
the negro question."_