1862 August 7 Lynchburg, Va.

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


 Thursday 7.  Hot beyond endurance--No
news by telegraph or mail to-day
from Eugene--Got pleasant lodgings
for Taliaferro's family and the Willises
at Mrs. Nowlins--called there in the
eveng at 6 and took the girls to our
home where they staid until 10. Young
Capt Knox & Wm H. Blackford their
beaux--Mrs Watkins of Petersburg
-Maria Hall that was- returning from
the springs, called on the way.  It is
many years since I saw here--She
is now a sweet [?] looking woman --but
[?] married.

MSS 4763