Monday, July 14, 1862.
For several days we had no intelligence from any
quarter, in regard to the war. Yesterday afternoon a
report came by Railroad that the Yankees in consid-
erable force were at Culpeper C.H. or Orange C. H. —
I heard nothing more about it till I went home to dinner
to-day, when Va, Miss Agnes and Betty Lyle (the last
two having been down street) informed me that it was
currently rumored that the enemy was at Gordonsville —
a dispatch to that effect having come from Charlottes-
ville, and that hands had been sent from here to
assist in removing the public stores from the latter
place. Being busy making off Quartermaster's Quarter-
ly returns, I did not have my office during the
morning; but several persons were in to see me on
business, and it is strange that I heard nothing of the
reports alluded to.
quarter, in regard to the war. Yesterday afternoon a
report came by Railroad that the Yankees in consid-
erable force were at Culpeper C.H. or Orange C. H. —
I heard nothing more about it till I went home to dinner
to-day, when Va, Miss Agnes and Betty Lyle (the last
two having been down street) informed me that it was
currently rumored that the enemy was at Gordonsville —
a dispatch to that effect having come from Charlottes-
ville, and that hands had been sent from here to
assist in removing the public stores from the latter
place. Being busy making off Quartermaster's Quarter-
ly returns, I did not have my office during the
morning; but several persons were in to see me on
business, and it is strange that I heard nothing of the
reports alluded to.
[transcript by the Valley of the Shadow project]
MSS 38-248
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