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Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1862. (search)
per yard; calico $1.75, etc. This last is no great hardship, for we will all resort to homespun. We are knitting our own stockings, and regret that we did not learn to spin and weave. The North Carolina homespun is exceedingly pretty, and makes a genteel dress; the only difficulty is in the dye; the colours are pretty, but we have not learned the art of setting the wood colours ; but we are improving in that art too, and when the first dye fades, we can dip them again in the dye. November 30th, 1862. The Yankee army ravaging Stafford County dreadfully, but they do not cross the river. Burnside, with the greatest army on the planet, is quietly waiting and watching our little band on the opposite side. Is he afraid to venture over? His On to Richmond seems slow. December 10, 1862. Just returned from a visit of a week to my old friend Mrs. C. Her home in Richmond is the very picture of comfort and hospitality; having wealth, she uses it freely, in these troublous times,