Wednesday, October 3, 2012

1862 October 4 Lynchburg, Va.


[from the diary of William M. Blackford, bank officer and former diplomat with five sons in the Confederate Army]

Saturday 4.  Warm weather--at the Bank
today it was ordered that the Board
of the officers should be reviewed
This was done in consequence of my
stating that Read had requested
his name to be withdrawn--It was
[?] troublesome to get he signatures
of some of my securities--I am at
a loss to know who to ask to take
Read's place--There are some who
would readily do so to whom I we
not like to be under the obligation
--Letter from Lanty--very interesting
How well he writes!  His description
of the mode of life at Edgewood
is painfully striking--He attributed
it to excentricities[?] cropping out
I fear it is simply intemperance.
I do not know a family more to be
pitied--no news of any particular
interest, except a demonstration
of the enemy south of Savannah
Eugene improving slightly.

MSS 4763

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