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were reported her husband sent a courier to the cottage to instruct her to pack up quickly and be prepared to leave with children and nurse as soon as he could come to bid them good bye. The garrison barge with a trusted crew was stationed at Craig's Landing, near the cottage.
After midnight, when all necessary orders were given for the coming attack, the colonel mounted his horse and rode to the cottage, but all was dark and silent.
He found the message had been delivered, but his brave wife had been so undisturbed by the news, that she had fallen asleep and no preparations for a retreat had been made.
Precious hours had been lost, and as the fleet would soon be shelling the beach, and her husband have to return to the fort, he hurried them into the boat as soon as dressed, with only what could be gathered up hastily, leaving dresses, toys and household articles, to fall into the hands of the foe. Among the articles left was a writing desk, with the following unfinished letter, which after many years had been returned.
It is such a touching picture of those old Confederate days that consent has been given to its publication:
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Reunion of
Company D
.
First regiment
Virginia Cavalry
, C. S. A.
chapter 1.6chapter 1.7chapter 1.8chapter 1.9
Addenda.
chapter 1.11
The Medical history of the
Confederate States
Army and Navy
chapter 1.13chapter 1.14chapter 1.15
The life and character of
William
L.
Saunders
,
Ll.D.
chapter 1.17chapter 1.18
Unveiling of the monument to the
Richmond Howitzers
chapter 1.20chapter 1.21
The
private
Infantryman
.
chapter 1.23chapter 1.24chapter 1.25
The man who killed
General
A.
P.
Hill
.
Unveiling of the statue of
General
Ambrose
Powell
Hill
at
Richmond, Virginia
,
May
30
,
1892
.
General
David
Bullock
Harris
,
C. S. A.
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