Rained all day, came
within four miles of Charlotte. A very poor country. I and Reuben Slaughter
went out and staid all night with Mrs. Hood. Her husband had been conscripted.
She boiled a ham, baked some pies, filled our haversacks and started us on our
way rejoicing. Came down to Mr. Ventress.
SOURCE: Ephraim
Shelby Dodd, Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd: Member of Company D Terry's
Texas Rangers, p. 6
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