﻿Proemial 
  Historic 
  Facts. 
  xv 
  

  

  AN 
  EYE-WITNESS. 
  

  

  We 
  arrived 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  at 
  a 
  small 
  bouse, 
  and 
  were 
  

   informed 
  that 
  Mrs. 
  Eliza 
  Christopher 
  lived 
  there, 
  and 
  

   entering 
  the 
  house 
  we 
  were 
  cordially 
  received 
  by 
  her, 
  and 
  

   stating 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  our 
  visit, 
  she 
  at 
  once 
  signified 
  her 
  wil- 
  

   lingness 
  to 
  give 
  us 
  all 
  the 
  information 
  in 
  her 
  power. 
  We 
  

   remarked 
  to 
  her 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  denied 
  by 
  some 
  pretend- 
  

   ing 
  knowing 
  ones 
  that 
  Johnston 
  and 
  Sherman 
  ever 
  met 
  at 
  

   the 
  house 
  of 
  her 
  father. 
  She 
  then, 
  in 
  her 
  own 
  plain 
  way, 
  

   told 
  us 
  how 
  she 
  stood 
  and 
  saw 
  the 
  two 
  officers, 
  Sherman 
  

   and 
  Johnston, 
  meet 
  at 
  the 
  gate, 
  shake 
  hands 
  and 
  walk 
  side 
  

   by 
  side 
  into 
  the 
  house, 
  talking 
  earnestly 
  all 
  the 
  while, 
  and 
  

   how 
  strange 
  it 
  looked 
  to 
  her 
  to 
  see 
  these 
  two 
  men, 
  who 
  had 
  

   been 
  fighting 
  each 
  other 
  for 
  four 
  years, 
  meet 
  so 
  friendly 
  

   and 
  act 
  so 
  gentlemanly 
  toward 
  each 
  other. 
  She 
  said 
  they 
  

   would 
  frequently 
  come 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  take 
  short 
  

   walks 
  together, 
  and 
  she 
  also 
  said 
  she 
  saw 
  them 
  take 
  a 
  drink 
  

   from 
  the 
  very 
  bottle, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  her 
  father, 
  that 
  Mr. 
  

   T. 
  D. 
  Jones 
  now 
  has 
  in 
  his 
  possession. 
  Continuing, 
  she 
  

   said: 
  "I 
  still 
  own 
  the 
  little 
  table 
  that 
  was 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  

   Generals 
  in 
  drawing 
  up 
  their 
  papers, 
  etc. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  offers 
  for 
  it, 
  but 
  none 
  sufficient 
  to 
  induce 
  me 
  to 
  part 
  

   with 
  it 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  will 
  sell 
  it 
  for 
  money 
  enough." 
  We 
  remarked 
  

   to 
  her 
  that 
  possibly 
  there 
  might 
  be 
  some 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   table 
  she 
  so 
  greatly 
  valued 
  being 
  the 
  one 
  that 
  was 
  used 
  on 
  

   the 
  occasion 
  mentioned. 
  She 
  said 
  she 
  thought 
  she 
  could 
  

   prove 
  it; 
  and 
  arising 
  she 
  brought 
  from 
  above 
  a 
  small, 
  old- 
  

   fashioned 
  table, 
  and 
  then 
  going 
  to 
  a 
  book-casein 
  the 
  corner 
  

   she 
  took 
  from 
  between 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  book 
  a 
  dilapi- 
  

   dated 
  page 
  from 
  Harper's 
  Weekly, 
  dated 
  May 
  27th, 
  1865, 
  that 
  

   contained 
  a 
  perfect 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bennett 
  House, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  that 
  

   was 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  two 
  officers, 
  these 
  gentlemen 
  being 
  

   seated 
  at 
  a 
  table 
  surrounded 
  with 
  papers, 
  writing 
  materials, 
  

  

  