Sunday June 22nd [1862] Mrs. Dickerson came up to day to take Nanny down to Old Mr. Corbin’s. She and Mrs. Dick Corbin intend to start for Richmond tomorrow in Mrs. Dickerson’s carriage to see their husbands. Mama was opposed to Nanny?…
Thursday June 19th [1862] Received such a precious budget yesterday of dates as late as the 13th of this month. Dick is getting on well though his arm is broken. Papa, Will and all are still in Richmond. Papa has been engaged in putting t…
Thursday 12th June [1862] Jackson is doing great things. He has whipped three of the Yankee Generals on three successive days. Windham, Fremont, and Shields on the 7th, 8th, & 9th. He is somewhere between Winchester and Staunton. We …
Sunday 8th June [1862] Such good news! Sue has just brought us a Richmond paper of the 3d giving further particulars of the battle. It says “the ‘immortal 24th’ was commanded by Major Richard L. Maury, the officers above him having been wo…
Saturday 7th [June 1862] Have just read a Richmond paper of last Monday giving an account of the battles of Saturday and Sunday 31st [May] and 1st [June]. We were victorious on both days. Took the enemy’s camp and drove him back three mile…
Wednesday 4th June [1862] All the Yankee bridges were washed away to day by the freshet.
Tuesday 3d [June 1862] There has been a battle near Richmond on the 31st and 1st. The Yankees claim the victory. We have only their account of it. They say that Early’s brigade was in the fight. God grant that my brother is spared.
Sunday June 1st [1862] I succeeded, after two trials, in getting a pass for Mr. White to bring Molly in and sent a man with it yesterday. He returned this morning. Molly is not at Mr. Whites though he expected her for some days. He thinks…
Friday 30th [May 1862] A few days ago, I believe on the 25th, Ewell and Edward Johnson with a part of Jackson’s command attacked Banks routed him and drove him out of Winchester, Martinsburg, and Harpers Ferry and across the Potomac. There …
Sunday 25th [May 1862] We hear that Molly has left Richmond and is on her way home. That she is twelve miles from here at Mr. White’s. Abraham Lincoln was in town on Friday [May 23, 1862]. Our Mayor did not call on him, and I d…
