Monday, May 14, 2012

1862 May 14 Clarke County, Va.



[from the diary of Matthella Page Harrison as copied at a later date]

Wednesday, May 14th

A close, rainy day.  A company of Northern vandals passed through Millwood
enroute for Front Royal.  We were rejoicing yesterday evening that we had not
seen any for a week.  Those dreadful ones remind us of the fearful struggle
going on in which our loved ones are engaged, and the next tidings that reach
us may be that some are gone, cut off in the brightness of their days, in the
glory and strength of their youth, in the full blossom of their hopes.

MSS 9759

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