[Reminiscences of Morgan's and Hobson's Raid]

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be eat there and watehed her. Another soldier some to the window and asked
for a pices of bread. Mother breke off spiel*. and gari it to him* The
soldier in the kitehen said, "Don't you give eny more of that broad env* it
ionise."
my father lest two fine horses. We had sone large 'Merry trees in the
yard as the men rods past they out off the limbs and atthe eherries as they
rods along. Another rods into the yard and asked for vtiskey. We told him* We
de not have any.* Mr. Starr and tmaily had gone the night before to a*, with
his sister. When they were mating beak the neat morning they met two rebels
with a tela horse spring 'wagon. One of the Confederates asked mother if they
could drive in our oornfield* She said* *Tie." Re drove in a short distanee
unbitehing one of his horses* followed Mr. Herr *arose our barn lot and right
above our garden I sew one of themes take Mt. Keres horse sad leave him an
old sore booked horse.
After most of the rebels had passed* 'Wieser* stepped and wished mother
to trade blankets 'with them. She refused to do so. ?}Invent on up the reed
and stopped at spring whore they were captured by Captain John Meyers* George
Baxter and rica Gilbert.
The Confederates vent on up Big Creek passed my grandfathers* took his
bum* horse and OA. in money. Mr. Thomas Stout of Dupont piloted then over
to the old Miehigan Road. He vas forced to ride a horse without a saddle.
When the Miohigen Beadle's mashed he vas tensed to 'elk beak to Dupont.
After Rergan's nen began leaving Dupont July 12* ISS$ early in the morning*
the *don men outer Robson began owning thru between two and three o' slack in
the afternoon. My father had a eornerib between the house and barn* Robson
awe to nether and said* "I must have your oorn.* Mother replied* *Tau must
leave mese of it." The Union moldier* earns and sash took an are load vent to
his horse dropped the OWA on the ground for the horses to eat. Ea& soldier
sat dorm with the bridle rein over his arm. I soon went to sleep* Mother
welted all she Gould for the nin4 as they were passing thru• They followed
4tUda Amami trail that More= did to the old Miahiran vri. u (k)