[from the diary of William M. Blackford, former diplomat, and bank officer of Lynchburg, Va., with five sons in the Confederate army]
Saturday 7 Our Board directed to day that
I should invest 180,000 in Confederate
or state bonds--& procure small notes
-I think it will be necessary to go to
Richd--and think I shall start Tues
day--provided it is safe to go there
another letter from Eugene--He has
endured and is enduring great hard-
ships & privations--I fear it will tell
on his health hereafter--All accounts
say the enemy's loss this day reach
ing thousands--much greater than
ours. which
seeing they fought under cover--Met
in the evening my old teacher Wm
L. Clark of Winchester--Capt Getty[?]
& his lady took tea with us. They
are pleasing people and are to look
up Charles
MSS 4763
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