Tuesday, June 5, 2012

1862 June 6 Fredericksburg, Va.

[from the diary of Dr. Brodie Strachan Herndon, of Fredericksburg, Va.]

6th  Everybody is anxious about loved
ones in the great Battle of the 30th and 1st
near Richmond.  We cannot hear a word
Sister Ann though generally bearing up
remarkably well gave way to a severe
nervous paroxysm today.

MSS 2563-b

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