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Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1864. (search)
rday to find R. S. painfully wounded. October 13th, 1864. The day has passed as usual-six hours in the Commissary Department, and the remainder occupied in various ways. Rumours of fighting below Richmond; we hear the cannon, but it is said to be merely a skirmish. October 20th, 1864. Nothing new in the field. Armies quiet; perhaps preparing for dreadful work. I got a note last night from J. P., written with a pencil. He and other prisoners are working ten hours a day on Dutch Gap Canal. They work under the fire of our own batteries. Poor fellow! my heart yearns over him. October 26th, 1864. The armies around Richmond continue quiet. General Early's second misfortune was very depressing to us all. We are now recovering from it. I trust that God will turn it all to our good. A striking and admirable address from him to his soldiers was in the morning papers. Oh, I trust they will retrieve their fortunes hereafter. October 28th, 1864. Very much interest