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Wood as he supposed he had killed him, the two privates and Wood were walking together when they stopped and one of them named Cox, struck Wood on the leg with a large pine club about five feet long and three inches thick, some words passed between them and then he struck him a heavy blow on the back of the neck causing him to fall to the ground, he stuck him two blows while down when Maj" Johnson interfered and took the stick from him, the other man had a brick bat and swore he would kill the black son of a b-h. 

When the affray commenced I was at the stable. I heard the noise, looked and saw Maj" Johnson contending with the man. I started for them at full speed, thinking they were assaulting him, when I got on the ground and heard the disturbance, I ordered the Corporal of the guard, (who was present,) to take the man to the guard house, he said he would not do so, as he had no information that I was an officer. I took one of them to the 

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