1862 June 26 Lynchburg, Va.

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


Thursday 26  Accounts of a sharp engage
ment on the lines--which resulted
in the loss of more than 300 on our
side--we drove them back but no
[?] followed--All eyes turned to
Richd.  The great fight daily expected
I look to it with great confidence
and the more that Jackson will be
there.  Mary went to the Dentists &
had the tooth which has been the
disturbing cause of her suffering
extracted.   She went then to Charles
where I was sent for to dinner Met
there Lewis Marshall, Son of  [?]
of Oak Hill--now a widower with
10 children--a Lt. of ordnance . He is
boarding at Sues--a most excellent
man --met young Malone, now
on Braggs Staff--He says he bore dis
patches to the War Department & was on
his return--Bragg is commanding the
army at Tupelo & would advance to
attack.

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