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tion in the FT. Valley, just south of Sperryville. She was a young woman of 18 years when the Civil War broke out, and she told James about an incident in which she was nearly killed by a Union soldier.

A squad of blue-coated troopers stopped at the plantation one afternoon looking for food and a place to rest. After eating, one Yankee lieutenant began showing off, dancing along the rocky edge of a lily pond, hoping to impress the young ladies present. One rock came loose, and into the pond the lieutenant

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