1862 May 8 Chapel Hill, N.C.

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

Thursday the 8th  the weather is again clear & bright--Mr
Powell leaves at one o clock for Mississippi--He has called
to bid Eliza goodbye--The conscript law is taking away all
the students from the Hill--It will soon be very lonely--
Eliza Bradley has measles--No letters to day--Tom will soon be off

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