1862 May 26 Chapel Hill, N. C.

[from the diary of Eliza Oswald Hill, refugee from Wilmington, N.C.]

I have felt unwell all day bodily & very much depres
-sed in spirits--It is reported here that they are fighting at
Richmond if so Tom must be in the battle & I may any moment
hear he has fallen--I have kept busily employed to divert my
thoughts.  Eliza has taken a good cry at not receiving a letter
from Mr M--Every one suffers more or less from the War.
& every one has to feel sorrow--

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