1862 March 14 Staunton, Va.

[from the diary of Joseph A. Waddell, owner and editor of the Staunton, Va., Spectator]

Friday night, March 14, 1862.



Nothing further from the battle in Arkansas. The
North claim a victory, and we fear it is so. At at[sic]
last accounts the enemy were advancing upon New
bern, N. C. It was thought that a battle was going on
at Fernandina, Florida. A great battle is expected
soon at New Madrid, and Island No. 10, on the Mis-
sissippi, to which our army retired from Colum-
bus. A number of fugitives from Winchester have ar-
rived in town. Our army, when last heard from, was
sixteen miles from Winchester. The militia were in
town to-day, and expect to start down the Valley to-
morrow.

[Transcription by the Valley of the Shadow project]

MSS 38-258