From E. S. P.
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.”