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Chapter 30

           Later,theywouldrefightbattlesandtellchildrenandgrandchildrenofpranksandforaysandcharges,ofhunger,forcedmarchesandwounds,butnotnow.Someofthemlackedanarmoralegoraneye,manyhadscarswhichwouldacheinrainyweatheriftheylivedforseventyyearsbuttheseseemedsmallmattersnow.Lateritwouldbedifferent.

           Oldandyoung,talkativeandtaciturn,richplanterandsallowCracker,theyallhadtwothingsincommon,liceanddysentery.TheConfederatesoldierwassoaccustomedtohisverminousstatehedidnotgiveitathoughtandscratchedunconcernedlyeveninthepresenceofladies.Asfordysenterythe"bloodyflux"astheladiesdelicatelycalledititseemedtohavesparednoonefromprivatetogeneral.Fouryearsofhalf-starvation,fouryearsofrationswhichwerecoarseorgreenorhalf-putrefied,haddoneitsworkwiththemandeverysoldierwhostoppedatTarawaseitherjustrecoveringorwasactivelysufferingfromit.

           "Deyain’asoun’setofbowelsindewholeConfedrutahmy,"observedMammydarklyasshesweatedoverthefire,brewingabitterconcoctionofblackberryrootswhichhadbeenEllen’ssovereignremedyforsuchafflictions."It’smahnotiondat‘twarn’tdeYankeeswhutbeatourgempmum.‘Twuzdeyowninnards.Kainnogempmumfightwidhisbowelstuhnin’terwater."

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