Mr. Knowles, our circuit preacher, came. I like him. We
agree upon a good many contested topics. He loves the old flag as well as
myself and would be glad to see it floating where it ever has.
I had a long conversation with my man Elbert to-day about
freedom, and told him I was perfectly willing, but wanted direction. He says
the Yankees told Major Lee's servants they were all free, but they had better
remain where they were until it was all settled, as it would be in a month's
time. We heard so many conflicting rumors we know not what to do, but are
willing to carry out the orders when we know them.
SOURCE: Dolly Lunt Burge, A Woman's Wartime Journal,
p. 50-1
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