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was at that time discharged. I saw on the road a yankey mounted turn towards the woods where he dismounted tied the reins of his horse around his wrist and layed down and went to sleep. I informed a rebel scout about the said yankey when the scout and my self repaired to the woods where the yankey was asleep. The scout with a knife cut the yankey's throat, rifled his pockets of fifteen (15) dollars in federal notes, took off his boots then dragged him farther into the woods where we dug a hole and threw him into it. The body of the said yankey can easily be found. The yankeys horse a large black with equipments I sold for eight hundred (800) dollars in Confederate notes to a man of Hampton, Va. } This is the most atrocious murder that has ever come under my notice and I deem it a duty to submit it for your consideration Yours with Resp't &c Jas N. Croft
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