1862 June 13 Lynchburg, Va.

[from the diary of William M. Blackford, former diplomat, and bank officer of Lynchburg, Va., with five sons in the Confederate army]


Friday 13 Warm weather--Troops in
great numbers arrive from Richd
& Petersburg en route to join Jack
son. Johnston's division are is here
taken from the swamps of the chick
ahominy--At least 14,000 men with
[?] from Jackson. It is believed the
enemy are withdrawing some of their
troops from the mountains of Rock

to send them, as is believed, to Wash-
ington & the Valley--Young Rutledge
who was here sick in the early spring
arrived this evening from the Rock
bridge Artillery--He is sick again
He brought letters from Lanty--Keep
ing up the thread of his interesting nar
-rative. His account of the fight at
Winchester & the subsequent scenes, is
very spirited--a fre wound has been
discovered in Rob. Berkeley which
was not known before and which
will render his [?] tedious.
-He is much more seriously hurt than
was supposed.  That the hurt was
not discovered before is rather  discred
itating to the Physician.  This is a buck
shot wound.  The shot entered the
perineum and made its exit through
the scrotum, wounding the scrotum
uretha.

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