1862 October 11 Chapel Hill, N.C.

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

Saturday 11th  I have been busy all day mending clothes--Eliza
spent the whole forenoon in the parlour entertaining young
Mr Guthrie--Quite  a fine young [man]--she likes the two brothers very
much, thinks they are agreeable well behaved young men--
one belongs to the 9th Virginia Regiment                     the
other to the Navy--One has just been released from prison  &
lately exchanged--The other has been ill in Virginia--They are
both at home on a sick furlough--& came up here to see their
Mother & sisters--But find Chapel Hill too dull to remain
here long--William is well & lively again--but his mother
says quite troublesome at night--Since dinner there has
been quite a change in the weather--A cold wind has sprung
up & every one is putting on thicker clothes.

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