[from the diary of Lt. John Tyler, of Letcher's Artillery]
(Oct. 11th). Feel rather
better than did yesterday. Rained slightly
during night & is cloudy, with high wind this morning.
Mrs. Peyton rec-d note from her husband from
Richmond this morning & expects to see him in
a few days. My fate is rather different, having not
heard a word from home, or the army since
being here, and not the slightest prospect of
seeing anyone from there. Jas. has gone to
Leesburg this morning for Mrs. P-. Miss L- com-
-plimented me by reading my journal and fur-
-thermore honored me by speaking well of it. Mr. Miller
sent me over some very nice grapes this afternoon.
A body of our Cavalry passed down the road to-
-wards Leesburg. Some of these brought Mr Pusey
in here under arrest. Mr Braden has not returned.
Has been cloudy all day. Headaches more this eve-
-ning. Miss L, Mrs P & Jeanette passed the evening
with me, the former sewing on my flannel & the
two latter knitting. A most industrious set of
ladies. Query! Why do they knit & Sew.-They knit for
the good of souls (soles) & sew (sow) that they may
reap the fruit of their labors. (Pardon me this time
I’ll try & do better next.) Mrs Pusey brought over yester-
-day Baltimore paper. Very little news of interest. All
lies nearly.
[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]
MSS 6150
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.