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Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1864. (search)
hey seem to be putting forth their utmost efforts against us. I pray that our armies may be able to resist them and drive them to their own land. October 12th, 1864. The armies around Richmond remain quiet. Butler is digging the canal at Dutch Gap, and Grant is fortifying Fort Harrison most vigorously. General Rosser has had a little reverse in the Valley, losing some guns. He had a cavalry fight, overcame the enemy, and drove them for miles; but encountering a body of infantry which wd. His poor sister was wild with grief and horror, and his other attendants dreadfully shocked. November 23d, 1864. Military movements are kept very much in the dark. Nothing going on about Richmond, except cannonading, particularly at Dutch Gap. Sherman is moving across Georgia in direction of Milledgeville, looking towards Savannah, or perhaps Charleston, or to some intermediate point on the coast, where he may, if necessary, meet with reinforcements and supplies from Federal shi