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Killing sheep / Thos L. / Webster County
took the half from them A. C. Williams came eat dinner & left for home. A portion of the troops are moving South on the Mt Pleasant rode the rest has not crossed the river I saw Thomas L. in Town on yesterday all was well. The soldiers are not doing so bad in the Webster country as they are around us
Mon 16
Majr Fidler 6 Kentucky / took the black Mule / give no recpt / Sidale Col & Maj came to see our Stock / Dick & Jim Thomason
This morning is a little cloudy ground frose wind from the N. W.
7 men, Fedrals Soldiers, came about 8 oclock, said they were authorised by there Majr Fidler of the 6 Kentucky Cavalry to press & hunt horses for there men traveling on the Mt. Pleasant pike South. They took a black Mule from us 15 hands high 7 or 8 years old & carried him off, give no recept said if I would go to the command Majr Fidler would give me a receipt but I had nothing to ride & did not go. This mule was left here in place of one of the rebels took from me in November last it was branded C. S. A. Col. Sydale former commander of the post at Columbia & Majr rode out late in the evening to see our young Blooded stock They found but few of them here Dick & Jim Thomason & several others came at night campt in the Shop an then rode to Nashville Give me a Venison ham | 34-30-
Killing sheep / Thos L. / Webster County
took the half from them A. C. Williams came eat dinner & left for home. A portion of the troops are moving South on the Mt Pleasant rode the rest has not crossed the river I saw Thomas L. in Town on yesterday all was well. The soldiers are not doing so bad in the Webster country as they are around us
Mon 16
Majr Fidler 6 Kentucky / took the black Mule / give no recpt / Sidale Col & Maj came to see our Stock / Dick & Jim Thomason
This morning is a little cloudy ground frose wind from the N. W.
7 men, Fedrals Soldiers, came about 8 oclock, said they were authorised by there Majr Fidler of the 6 Kentucky Cavalry to press & hunt horses for there men traveling on the Mt. Pleasant pike South. They took a black Mule from us 15 hands high 7 or 8 years old & carried him off, give no recept said if I would go to the command Majr Fidler would give me a receipt but I had nothing to ride & did not go. This mule was left here in place of one of the rebels took from me in November last it was branded C. S. A. Col. Sydale former commander of the post at Columbia & Majr rode out late in the evening to see our young Blooded stock They found but few of them here Dick & Jim Thomason & several others came at night campt in the Shop an then rode to Nashville Give me a Venison ham |
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