1862 September 23 Chapel Hill, N.C.

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

Tuesday 23d  A bright cool day; fire is very comfortable--Liz did not
return last night-I thought when she left-her friends would not let
her return.  Sarah went to bed with a bad head ache--Mrs Walters & I
waited until 10 'OClock for them-I did not rest well.  Kate frighten-
-ed me in the night by calling out "whose that" twice & when I enquired
what she meant? she replied someone was trying to get into the window.
No doubt she was dreaming--But she & I were the only two persons in this
part of the house, & on the first floor--I felt quite alarmed & could
not get to sleep again--Eleven O'Clock Lize & Liz have just dri
-ven up & appear in fine spirits they both profess to have had a
delightful visit & are charmed with all their relatives--Eliza found
a letter from Mr M___n awaiting her- & from it I learned that Tom was in
general McClaws division . Mrs. Campbell called & passed a half
hour with me--she appeared quite depressed--Everything she said was going
wrong with her--Mrs Walters spent the morning with Miss Sallie Mallet[?]
to get her to cut out Williams night drawers--Liz got me some paper
in Pittsboro--common brown & yellow papers & had to give $1.50 cts
for it--I shall have to make my letters "like angel's visits few & far between

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