Letters and diary entries from the corresponding day in the Civil War posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Friday, November 16, 2012
1862 November 17 Lynchburg, Va.
[from the diary of William M. Blackford, bank officer and former diplomat with five sons in the Confederate Army]
Monday 17 nothing of any particular inte
rest. Mary continues very unwell Wea
ther very fine--Late at night
after we had all gone to bed 10.30
Richd Davis & his wife came--The
cars were detained three hours
beyond their time--We did the
best we could--It was long before the
baggage came and late before we
got quiet again.
MSS 4763
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