1 o'clock
There a legion of dogs rushed at us , and several great , tall , black fellows surrounded us till the master was roused . He put his head through the window and said , -- `` I 'll let nobody in . The Yankees have been here and took twenty-five of my negroes to work on their fortifications , and I 've no beds nor anything for anybody . '' At 1 o'clock we reached Mr. Fetler 's , who was pleasant , and said we should have the best he had . The bed into whose grateful softness I sank was piled with mattresses to within two or three feet of the ceiling , and , with no step-ladder , getting in and out was a problem . This morning we noticed the high-water mark , four feet above the lower floor . Mrs. Fetler said they had lived up-stairs several weeks .