Until this moment our white enemies had offered no violence to ladies.

So this brutality toward the Major's lady astounded us.
Somebody said in a low voice: "They've fired the church, now." Major Lockwood's house was also burning furiously, as also were his barns and stables, his sheds, and the new, unfinished barracks.

We could see it all very plainly from the hilltop where we had gathered.
"Alsop Hunt was taken," said a militiaman.

"They robbed him of his watch and purse, damning him for a rebel broad-brim.

He's off to the Provost, I fear." "They took Mr.Reed, too," said another.