1862 August 3 Chapel Hill, N.C.

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

Sunday 3d--Communion day=We all went to Church tho' it was
raining--I received two letters to day one from Joe enclosing a
$5 bill for Eliza--They were all well in Georgia & Joe had
gone to house=keeping--The company to which he belonged when
he got a Substitute he says has been ordered to Virginia & have
had new Officers elected--He regrets now he did not remain
as he would certainly have been elected Captain or 1st Lieu-
tenant.  But I am glad he is just where he is---He can do a
great deal for the Confederacy where he is--In making provi-
-sions for the Army--Tom is getting on better now he is out
of the ranks--& can ride--But how sincerely do I wish he was at home


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