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told him I was his wife, and asked what he had struck me for. He said "I will strike her and you to, you dammed niggers". My husband said "no you wont, if you strike her again I will strike you" They called me all kinds of bad names. I was frightened and ran off. They kept cursing me and calling me bad names, and threw rocks at me. I left my husband there and ran home. I did not see the soldiers beat my husband. On Wednesday a soldier came to me and told me they had got my husband the night before and took me to the Provost Marshals. They brought my husband in and the Provost Marshal showed me his cap and cravat and asked me did I know them. I told him, yes, they were my husbands. That was all he asked me. I didn't hear him