A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868
CHAPTER XVI.—SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT-HOUSE.
Elijah “Cut.”—Richard “H.” Hicks.—Poor Whites and the War.—Dead Men’s Clothes.—A “Heavy Coon Dog.”—Traces of the Battle.—View of the Court-House.—Grant’s Breastworks.—County Clerk.—Whites and Blacks in the County.—Ignorance of the Lower Classes.—The Negro “Fated.” 129