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TENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Nor were eatables all that we found in this rich part of the Confederacy. Millions of dollars worth of cotton 'fell victim' to Yankee fire brands, and a large number of mills, cotton gins, presses, and other manufacturing establishments were burned. Hundreds of mules and horses were taken from the rich planters, which were all they had to till their lands with.
"The people were many of them very much frightened, and had buried fine clothes, silver plate, money, and other treasures, but it was a miracle if anything escaped our Yankee inquisitiveness.
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