Farm hands are scarce these days." "Farming is hard work." "Yes; but it's a lot safer than some other kinds men are doin' nowadays." "True, no doubt, but have you seen anything of the army ?" "What army ?" "The one under Lee and Jackson, the rebel army." "I ain't heard of no rebel army, mister.

I don't know of any such people as rebels." "You call it the Confederate army.

Can you tell us anything about the Confederate army ?" "What Confederate army, mister?
I heard last month when I went in to the court house that there was more than one of them." "I mean the one under Lee and Jackson." "That's cur'us.

A man come ridin' 'long here three or four weeks ago.
Mebbe he was a lightnin' rod agent an' mebbe he had patent medicines to sell, he didn't say, but he did tell me that General Jackson was in one place an General Lee was in another.

Now which army do you mean ?" "That was nearly a month ago.