"The home, barn and store of Samuel Schmulen were looted and burned. He and his children managed to carry the ill Mrs. Schmulen to safety, placing her on a mattress in the yard as flames consumed their residence. Benjamin George, a fifty year old slave who lived nearby, saw the situation and tried to help his neighbor at least save the store. The effort was in vain. Then a group of drunken soldiers surrounded George, demanding to know why he, a black man would try to assist this white Southerner. They demanded his money, and when George pleaded that he did not have any, one of the soldiers shot him in the right thigh. He survived the wound but was crippled for life." WAR CRIMES AGAINST SOUTHERN CIVILIANS Walter Brian Cisco 2013
