[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]
Sunday, August 3, 1862
I am perfectly unsettled
I read, but I cant read. I wonder if I
will ever be settled in this world again-
I try to forget about this world, & prepare
myself for another. If I could
only believe & not have so little faith.--
God must take care of me. I know
that not a sparrow falleth to the
ground without his knowledge & still I
am troubled about what is to become of
us all--
Pa heard to day that the oath is to
be administered to all the men , women &
children left in the lines & those who
refuse to take it will be sent on foot
from their homes & without a mouthful
to eat=can an oath taken under such
circumstances be binding! -- I feel that
nothing would induce me to take it but I
know that I can never see my children
starving for bread.
Patty & her little ones left us. We told
them goodbye with heavy harts as there
is no knowing what may befall us before
we meet again.
[Portions of the entry were transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]
MSS 15406
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