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here for the day. It seemed so much like old times, that C. broke a war rule, and gave us pound-cake for supper.
October 9th, 1862.
A very pleasant day at S. H. The ladies all busily knitting for our soldiers-oh, that we could make them comfortable for the winter!
October 10th, 1862.
Bad news!
The papers bring an account of the defeat of our army at
Corinth.
It was commanded by
General Van Dorn--the
Federals by
Rosecranz.
They fought Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The fight said to have been very bloody-great loss on both sides.
The first two days we had the advantage, but on Sunday the
Yankees “brought up reinforcements,” and our men had to retire to
Ripley.
The Northern papers do not brag quite so much as usual; they say their loss was very great, particularly in officers; from which, I hope it was not quite so bad with us as our first accounts represent.
This bringing up of reinforcements, which the
Yankees do in such numbers, is ruinous to us.
Ahl if we could only fight them on an equal footing, we could expunge them from the face of the earth; but we have to put forth every energy to get rid of them, while they come like the frogs, the flies, the locusts, and the rest of the vermin which infested the land of
Egypt, to destroy our peace.
Richmond, October 15th, 1862.
Yesterday morning my sister M., J. W., and myself, drove up from W. to the depot, seven miles, in a wagon, with four mules.
It was a charming morning, and we had a delightful ride; took the accommodation cars at twelve and arrived here at two.
We drove to the
Exchange, and were delighted to find there our dear
J. McI.
and her little Bessie, on her way to W. to spend the winter.
Poor thing, her lot is a sad one!
She was excited by seeing us, and was more cheerful than I expected to see