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mac, yid soldiers were also camped in Woodville, Amissville and Washington.
During the six weeks he spent at Oak Hill, Gen. Sigel did not endear himself to Mrs. Lucy Miller Wood, whose five sons were serving in the Confederate Army. Among his transgressions was spilling green ink on the floor of the dining room, which he used as his personal office, according Mr. and Mrs. Johnson’s book.
Their book recounts a tale attributed to one of Mrs. Wood’s daughters, who also stayed at the house through the occupation. One day a Union officers spoke to her, adding that it appeared as though a storm was approaching. Miss Mandy looked out toward the hill where the Union soldiers were encamped and replied, “Yes, it looks like it might storm. Lightning strikes quite often in those locust trees where your men are camped. I hope it strikes there today and kills the last one of them!”
“Sure enough, it did strike, and killed a man and a couple of horses,” the Johnsons’ book reports.
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