ten at night
It was four days before the fall of Petersburg and Richmond ; and he was buried in Hollywood , just in time to escape the tramp of Federal feet around his coffin . His prophecy and wish were thus fulfilled . -LSB- 1 -RSB- -LSB- Footnote 1 : These details are strictly accurate . -RSB- When I left Mr. John M. Daniel it was past ten at night , and designing to set out early in the morning for Petersburg , I bent my steps toward home . The night was not however to pass without adventures of another character . I was going along Governor Street , picking my way by the light of the few gas-lamps set far apart and burning dimly , when all at once I heard a cry in front , succeeded by the noise of a scuffle , and then by a heavy fall . Hastening forward I reached the spot , which was not far from the City Hall ; and a glance told me all .