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- GLC#
- GLC02233.41-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 May 1864
- Author/Creator
- Ayers, D.A., fl. 1864
- Title
- to George Wortham
- Place Written
- North Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Ayers, searching for African-Americans with his cavalry, so far has "arrested but one negro...and he was not armed." Believes more are between Jamesville and Washington and will continue to search.
Excerpt: "…I have been driving faithfully all day and have not arrested but one negro that I have found in the woods and he was not armed, though I have him with me yet. I have correct information from some of the Negroes and they were between Jamesville and Washington, some of them having stolen a canoe and crossed the River about Hyman's Ferry 4 miles above Plymouth. I am going to drive through another piece of land this afternoon, but I am afraid it will not avale anything though I will be sure of the fact as I have had so much trouble. The citizens that I have seen is so much pleased to think we are trying to relieve them of thare collard [colored] enemy…."
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