Whitelaw Reid: “We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives…”

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We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid describes the precarious situation of Union supporters living among former Confederates.

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Whitelaw Reid: “We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.”