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to the sick and wounded strangers lying in the numerous hospitals. Opposite to the home just described arose the spacious but unpretentious residence of President Davis, the Confederate White House (in this case only in a figurative sense, for the executive mansion was of dark brown stone or stucco). As nearly as I can remember, the main entrance was on Clay Street. On one side the windows opened on Twelfth Street, on the other lay a beautiful garden extending quite to the edge of Shokoe Hill, which overlooked the classic valley of Butchertown, through the midst of which ran Shokoe Creek. The boys of this region, from generation to generation, had been renowned for exceeding pugnacity. Between them and the city boys constantly-recurring quarrels were so bitter that sometimes men were drawn in through sympathy with their boys. The law seemed powerless to put an end to this state of things. Regular arrangements were made, definite challenges were given and accepted, and fights