Friday August 22nd [1862] McClellan and his whole army have evacuated the James river. Part left in transports, the remainder marched across the county to Fortress Monroe. It is supposed they are all going to Fredericksburg. Both sides ar…
Monday August 18th [1862] Hurrah for domestic manufactures, and a fig for the Yankees. We can do without them. Have just completed a hat of plaited wheat straw for Mr. Maury. I made it every bit myself and it looks elegant. I’ve been h…
Friday August 15th [1862] My dear husband spent last Tuesday and Wednesday with me. The visit was so short it hardly repaid me for the pain of parting. Jackson had a battle on the with a part of Pope’s army near Culpepper C.H. He…
Monday August 11th [1862] Last week General Stewart with fifteen thousand men made a raid to within three miles of Fredericksburg. He captured ninety odd prisoners. It is a significant fact that there were officers among them.
[Monday] August 4th [1862]Children take much more notice of grown persons conversation than we suppose they do. Nannie Belle and Sally Woolfolk were playing ladies the other day. Sally dressed herself up in the babies musquito net for a shawl and came …
Saturday August 2nd [1862]Jourdan Roper came down last night with his father’s horses. The Yankees were at the Bowling Green. Early this morning Mr. John William prepared to start with twenty five of the best negroes and some of the horses. He told t…
Wednesday July 30th [1862] General Pope has issued an order requiring all male citizens within his lines to take the oath of allegiance, or to leave his limits under penalty of being shot if they return. The Yankees have also passed a new c…
Tuesday July 29th [1862] My husband is thirty years old today. God grant him many happy returns.
Uncle Jourdan’s Sunday July 27th [1862] Aunt Betsy, Nannie Belle and I went to Dr. Morris’s last Tuesday. I went on to Richmond to bring Mr. Maury back that we might make a little visit together. I took him completely by surprise. He …
Sunday 20th [July] 1862 I wish I was one of the women of Richmond. They have made for themselves a name that will be handed down with praise and honour for many generations. During the battles that were fought around Richmond, in which the…
