in the meantime, general ben mcculloch was called up to the ridge and in that battle, he was killed by a union star sharpshooter. because of this, jonas was exonerated and the charges were dropped. he was allowed to come back home. he came back to the house. not long after that, not long after he got back, neighbor came and told matilda mrs. tebbetts, , there is a group of men who are confederate supervisors who are going to finish the job that ben mcculloch could not finish. matilda left the parlor where she was entertaining the neighbor and went and talked to jonas. jonas came in, said hello, and walk. down the front he waved goodbye to matilda, got on his horse, and quietly road out of town. just past the confederate lines, he spurred his horse on and headed up to the union line. once he was there, he shared information about what he knew about the area and the people in the area and never lived in this house again. the information that we have is from the oldest daughter's journal, which was actually her memories that she wrote when she was in her late 80's, 90 years old. what she