Letters and diary entries from the corresponding day in the Civil War posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
1862 November 16 Lynchburg, Va.
[from the diary of William M. Blackford, bank officer and former diplomat with five sons in the Confederate Army]
Sunday 16. cloudy morning and
cool--a slight drizzle just as
church commence, which did not
however prevent the assembling of
a large congregation--Good serious
sermon by Rev. Mr. Hanson, who prea-
ched at qr past 3-an admirable
discourse to a very thin congregation
rain having commenced--Spent the
whole day quietly--not a visitor
of my [?] read little
or none
MSS 4763
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