1862 July 3 Chapel Hill, N.C.

[from the diary of Eliza Oswald Hill, refugee from Wilmington, N.C.]

Thursday 3d pouring down rain--2 letters one from Joe---The other
from Mrs Jewett--She mentions the death of Clarence Martin-A
very fine young man killed in the battle before Richmond--Her
son Shepherd had also gone off as substitute for some gentleman--He
is only 16 years of age--War news still favourable to the Confederates..
Our forces have driven the Federals to their gunboats--or at best
McLennan's endeavouring to get there--But Stone Wall Jackson
if nothing unforseen occurs will take them all--Mondays fight
has been a terrible one--Thousand[s] of our brave men have fallen--
McGruder's &Huger's divisions were engaged--

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