We heard very heavy firing all day yesterday, and again
to-day. At one time the roar was so continuous that I almost fancied I heard
the shouts of the combatants; the firing became less about twelve o'clock, and
now (night) it has ceased entirely. Dr. N. and Dr. T. have been accused by the
Yankees of having informed our people of their meditated attack the other day.
They were cross-examined on the subject, and of course denied it positively.
They were threatened very harshly, the Yankees contending that there was no one
else in the neighbourhood that could have done it. Poor little W. was not
suspected at all — they little know what women and children can do.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 140
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