Tuesday, October 2, 2012

1862 October 2 Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

Thursday, October 2, 1862

Again I am more than a
week behind hand with my journal
& can not remember exactly what
happened. This much I know that
soldiers were coming all the time
begging, & buying.  Pa was compeled to
let them have whatever they wanted, as
they were so insistant, offered the
highest prices, gave 40 cts a lb. for honey
50 for butter, 35 & 40 for bacon 25 cts for
soap, 10 cts head of cabbage 1.25 bu for apples
2.50 bu for potatoes, of which Pa sold 150 bus.
=It is very troublesome to be feeding
soldiers all day, but they come so
starved & hungry that you can not
resist.

[transcript in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Ambler]

MSS 15406


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