Sunday, August 19, 2012

1862 August 20 Lynchburg, Va.


[from the diary of William M. Blackford, bank officer and former diplomat with five sons in the Confederate Army]

Wednesday 20  Feel better--though still
indisposed--Nothing of interest in
the way of news--As I was leaving
the bank [?] near sundown Lewis step
-ped up.  He has come home on a
short leave not being well.  He
says Eugene last night rested well
-that the pain in his leg had dis-
appeared--and was on the whole
decidedly better.  The Doctor was
at a loss to know what was the
matter with his leg--som th Some
think it inflammatory Rheumatism
[others?] Neuralgia.


MSS  4763

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