Ethan's Peach Tree - A Civil War Blog

"The negro suddenly peeked at Nathan from behind the doctor's pony.  The whites of his eyes were bold in his dark face when, in a slow heavy drawl, he asked, 'Is Abraham with y'all?'
     A spattering of laughter broke out, and he shrank back, staring wide-eyed at the officers in blue around him.  Nathan silenced the laughter with just a hard glance.
     'No, Lincoln is not with us,' Nathan answered.
     Rawlings pointed at the negro and explained: 'This is Ned.  After I convinced him that he'd been lied to, that Yankees don't have horns and an extra eye in the back of their heads, he decided to follow along with us.  I could use a strong man around the hospital wagons...'"

From Ethan's Peach Tree