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After this it became a common thing for passing regiments to camp near / Oakland, and the fire blazed many a night, cooking for the soldiers, / till the chickens were crowing in the morning. The negroes all had / hen-houses and raised their own chickens, and when a camp was near / them they used to drive a thriving trade on their own account, selling / eggs and chickens to the privates while the officers were entertained / in the "gret house."
It was thought an honor to furnish food to the soldiers. Every soldier / was to the boys a hero, and each young officer might rival Ivanhoe or / Coeur de Lion.