[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]
Monday July 21, 1862
Anniversary of the battle of Manassas,
Fannie & I with Mark & Tom took a long walk--
- gathered some very fine blackberries--
Uncle Cary asked sis b wt. bro. C Y mother
down there to spend the day right before
our faces & never even looked at us--
Isnt it strange, you remember how polite
they were visiting us before you left-
the only thing that has ever been said
about it since was when aunt Susan spent
the day here--she turned to me & said in an
offhand way she would be glad, if I
would bring my sister & the children &
stay some with her. I thanked her, & then
it ended.....
Mother sat all day in my room. I
had read a little before we walked--&
after that didn't have a moment to
myself
Jack is better - though I am still
giving him the calomel.
We see the Maryland News Sheet & it gives us great
news Our prospects seem as bright as possible
I can't help hoping we will have peace
soon & settle down at Clifton again
next fall. McClellan it is said, must
surrender. Mere matter of time Can not
be provisioned much longer
[as partially transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]
MSS 15406
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