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Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1861. (search)
he Charlestown road, about four miles beyond Winchester. Messrs. B. and R. M. called this morning, nforced. Measles prevailing there, and near Winchester, among the troops. There has been a slight g among our friends, near Berryville, and in Winchester. The wheat harvest is giving the most abundothers to do unto her. War still rages. Winchester is fortified, and General Johnston has been , who seems slowly approaching. While in Winchester, I heard of the death of one who has been fong our acquaintances, Mr. Charles Powell, of Winchester, Col. Edmund Fontaine, of Hanover, and Mr. W by reports that the enemy is advancing upon Winchester; but are enabled to possess our souls in patremony in the church, and then to proceed to Winchester, where the bridal party would take the stage11, 1861. To-day M. P. and myself went to Winchester, and thence to the camp. We took Mr. P. N's look sunburnt and soldierly. I returned to Winchester to see my dear S. S. R. C. was sitting with [11 more...]
Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1862. (search)
ave-taking of our kind friends in Clarke and Winchester. It was very sad, because we knew not when circumstances we might meet again. We left Winchester, in the stage, for Strasburg at ten o'clock o us all. General Jackson has had a fight at Kernstown, near Winchester. No particulars, except thd was left in the enemy's hand. Poor, noble Winchester, to what degradation is she brought! Our den Sunday, 25th, the other part was routed at Winchester. At last accounts, Brigadier-General Georgequote from the General's own telegram, dated Winchester, May 26th. And now, notwithstanding our cones all passed safely through the fights. Winchester once more disenthralled. My dear S. B. S. a down the Valley, Dr. S., in passing through Winchester, stepped into the open door of his house; folemen! October 1st, 1862. Letters from Winchester, giving cheering accounts of our army. It imber 4, 1862. A letter from my dear S. at Winchester. She says she is wearing herself down in th[7 more...]
Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1863. (search)
battery was shot down about the same moment-our young friend David Barton, of Winchester. Three months ago his parents buried their oldest son, who fell nobly defendboy had scarcely recovered from a most severe wound received last summer near Winchester. To God we commend his afflicted, though quietly submissive, mother. He alod from the curse of sin forever. I remember so well when, during our stay in Winchester, the first summer of the war, while General Johnston's army was stationed neatelegram from General Lee, announcing that General Early's Brigade had taken Winchester by storm. So again Winchester and all that beautiful country, Clarke, etc., Winchester and all that beautiful country, Clarke, etc., are disenthralled. It is said that our army will go to Pennsylvania. This I dread; but it is in God's hands, I believe, for good and not for evil. June 21st, ours of fights. It is said that Ewell's Division captured 6,000 prisoners at Winchester, and that General Edward Johnson went to Berryville and captured 2,000 that w
Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1864. (search)
urg; had a fight on the old battle-ground at Kernstown, and we drove the enemy through Winchester tWinchester to Martinsburg, which our troops took possession of. Poor Winchester, how checkered its history throuWinchester, how checkered its history throughout the warl Abounding with patriotism as it is, what a blessing it must be to have a breath of frthe office is a victim of Millroy's reign in Winchester. She wrote to a friend of hers at the Norths it wonderful that our soldiers should love Winchester so dearly and fight for it so valiantly? Nopatience, the generosity, the patriotism of Winchester. Other towns, I dare say, have borne their ng, its night of gloom and darkness. Unlike Winchester, it has no bright spots — no oasis in its bll Early has had a defeat in the Valley, near Winchester, and has fallen back to Strasburg. Our lossound him residing with his large family near Winchester, his native place. The Confederate Governmeness towards him, injuring his property near Winchester, etc., would arrest him, determined to keep
Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1865. (search)
window shutter, and was too impatient for the preliminaries of ringing a bell and waiting for a servant to open the door. He was in exuberant spirits, but much disappointed that his wife was not with us. So, after a short sojourn and a cup of tea, he went off to join her on Union Hill. They both dined with us to-day. His confinement has not been so bad as we feared, from the treatment which many other prisoners had received, but it was disagreeable enough. He was among the surgeons in Winchester in charge of the sick and wounded; and when we retreated before Sheridan after the battle of the 19th of August, it fell to his lot, among eighteen or twenty other surgeons, to be left there to take care of our captured wounded. When those duties were at an end, instead of sending them under flag of truce to our own army, they were taken first to the old Capitol, where they remained ten days, thence to Fort Delaware, for one night, and thence to Fort Hamilton, near Fortress Monroe, where