1862 October 8 Chapel Hill, N.C.

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

Wednesday 8th  Cloudy this morning--No papers--But a letter from Tom
dated 28th of September--He was then then 4 miles from Winchester--They
moved up there the day before he wrote from Martinsburg.  He did not know
how long they would remain. He says the country about there is like a
wild waste--tis in that part of the Country the Yankees have camped-
& committed their depredations so long--Houses are burnt down, fences
destroyed & property of all kinds wasted & ruined  Our Army the
low & depraved kind destroy a great deal where they Camp.

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