Yesterday M. P. and myself spent several hours riding about
to visit our friends. The news of the day was, that General Patterson, with a
large force, had crossed the river and taken possession of Martinsburg, and
that General Johnston had sent Colonel Stuart, with his cavalry, to reconnoitre
and cut off his supplies, and to prevent a retreat. All these things make us
anxious, particularly as the booming of cannon is not unfrequent; but my faith
in the justice of our cause is strong.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 36
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