"The utmost quiet and good order prevailed. Guards were placed at every house immediately, and with a promptness that was needful; for one residence, standing a little apart, was entered by a squad of bummers in advance of the guard, and in less than ten minutes the lower rooms, store-rooms, and bed-rooms were overhauled and plundered with a swift and business-like thoroughness only attainable by long and extensive practice."
From "The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina," a fascinating old book available on the Web from the University of North Carolina.
Via No Left Turns.
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