Negro. Down about a mile from Ninety-six.
Yankee. Ninety-six. Let's see! That's on the railroad, isn't it?
Negro. Yes, sah, reck'n it is.
Yankee. Whose boy are you?
Negro. Massa Gen'l Haygood's.
Yankee. That's his plantation about a mile down this road, isn't it?
Negro. Yes, sah. Dat's Massa's plantation whar de big house is.
Yankee. Well, boy, what do you think of the war now going on? Your master's in the army, I suppose?
Negro. Yas, sah. Massa in de ahmy. I do'no jus' what I does tink 'bout it.