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time. John Ashburn living on the road from Springfield to Darvey about 8 miles from Springfield told me that if I was a Union Soldier I had better leave for there was a colored man killed the other day for being a soldier. They shot him 5 times. Lewis Griffin living at Dan Hollands about six miles from Springfield on the Franklin Road told me that there was another colored soldier killed. After tying him to a horse and running him for about 9 miles, they loosed him and shot him. Henry his X mark Willis