ng of his accuracy at shooting the bottles. Colonel Shaw came out to see how we were doing. He went up to the soldier that was shooting and say shoot the man proceeded and shoot the bottle with ease. Now he asks Cabot for his gun and she said shoot again, colonel shoot up into the air and startled the man put he kept on going. Colonel said faster faster to the man while he was reloading until the man drooped the musket and look at each other. Colonel Shaw wanted to speak with Cabot put did not know want he said put it looks to me as if they were arguing about us or something else. The next day a man which I never herd or seen before was yelling and saying obscenities to one of the soldiers while we were marching. I really did not like what he was saying to him, so I went up to him without knowing the punishment. I struck him and a fight broke out some of the white men about five of them came down on me and apprehended me. I was tied to a carriage and the colonel came out side to see what was happening the man that I fought said "sir may I proceed" the colonel agreed to the punishment. The man pulled out a whip with seven or more whips attach to it. He struck me about ten times I screamed the first two times put then I kept the screams to my self and my eyes were filed with tears of hate. When the whipping was coming to the end I saw blood on the man's faces as he walk away from me and said untie him. I saw a pool of blood on the ground near were I was whippet. My skin was pilled off my back and my back was opened up so mush that the bleeding did not stop until the next day. Colonel Shaw send me to the get healed they put salt rags on my wounds I was yelling vulgarity as they were doing this. Colonel received a letter from Abraham Lincoln that said something about us. I did not under stand so I ask Trip what he meant. Trip said me that who ever was captured in war was to be killed at site and any white person leading the black soldiers was also to be killed at site. In addition, if we were to be captured we would have to return to being a slave in the south or face death. Colonel Shaw also said anybody that is whiling to leave is welcome to just wait to pick up your check tomorrow. The next say Col

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