Negro man Wilson states that some time last night some men came to his house on the plantation of Abram Putnam and called him by name & said they were Yankees, & inquired how they were getting along at home, and wanted to know when the Other negro man were and carried himself & the deceased, Ben to a grove of trees about 2 or 300 yards from Mr Shells field and tied him and whipped him seriously, and before they got Ben tied, he made his escape that 3 men ran after him and he heard as many as three shots, that one of the men was called Lieut & one a sergeant...