Saturday, March 14, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Saturday Night, March 15, 1862

Spent to-day at the hospital. Heard of the shelling of Newbern, N. C., and of its fall. My heart sickens at every acquisition of the Federals. No further news from Arkansas. Yesterday evening I went to see the body of our dear Bishop; cut a piece of his hair; kissed his forehead, and took my last look at that revered face.

SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War, p. 102

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