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They had not gone far, however, when they met an officer of higher rank. He, on inquiring into the meaning of two prisoners instead of one, gave the order to return with them saying, “that old man can do no harm, take him home.”
Cows at Poplar Shade
During the Civil War several engagements took place on Battle Mountain, about two miles from Poplar Shade, and Yankee soldiers frequently passed through the plantation. A story is told of Ann Taylor Miller, wife of William Henry Miller who was in the army at that time.
The Yankees were plundering the bams, shooting the turkeys and chickens and chasing the cows in an effort to milk them. With several of her faithful slaves, the mistress of Poplar Shade walked to the bam and said sweetly, “Gentlemen, I see you are exciting my cows and so I have brought my milkmaid to milk them for you.”
An F.T. Valley Girl
and Her Horse
The soldiers of the north, while passing through the F. T. Valley, stopped at Mont Medi to Despoil and to carry off the horses. Through the long day, the young daughter of the house stood on the front steps, holding the bridle-reins of her favorite horse. All day long the soldiers stopped, looked at the good horse and passed on.
At the close of the day a tired little girl was left alone with her horse.
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