1862 October 14 Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

Tuesday, October 14, 1862

Margaret was late again to make the fire--
poor thing I pity her but wish she knew
her place feel very little like teaching
her.  Indeed it is a hard thing to do--Time
alone will cure her.  She thinks because her
face is white, that she is on an equality with
everyone & I dont think I can put up with
that, it irritates me--the idea of any one
acting in the capacity of a servant assuming
airs of importance--Give me black faces-
-You can make them what you please, &
feel too when you own them that you
are the gainer, Not in these whites-Teach
them what you will, they turn their backs
on you in the hour you need them most
if they feel inclined to,--
Gen Stuart returned from Md. today
It was quite a brilliant affair, went
into Penn & Md.  got about 1500 horses &
700 prisoners, so we heard & [crossed?] over
into Loudon.  Nat was with him
& we are most anxious to see him &
hear the truth--Soldiers have been comeing
all day--Jacksons men are tearing up
the railroad, presume that it indicates
the armie's moveing away--some think
into Md, but I fear towards Richmond
again & leave us once more.

[as transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]

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