1862 September 26 "Eudora," near Leesburg, Va.

[from the diary of Lt. John Tyler, Letcher's Artillery]


(Sept 26th)  Heavy
frost last night, very cold this morning.
Feel quite feverish this morning & head
pains a good deal.  Our cavalry have just
been heard from in Leesburg & Waterford, it
is supposed they are trying to capture quite an
obnoxious Yankee cavalry captain, who has annoy-
-ed the inhabitants of this part the country
very much by horse stealing etc:  he was out

of their way though too quick.  Mr Gregg went
to Lovettsville near the Potomac about 7 or 8 miles
from here, & was to see me this evening, says at a
store there can be gotten almost anything in
the dry goods line.  Finished “Liberty & Slavery”.
& commenced Macaulays Hist. of England.
The ladies spent the evening with me.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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