Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: July 2, 1862

My boys and nephews safe, God be praised! McClellan in full retreat. C. and M. are sending off a wagon with ice, chickens, bread, eggs, vegetables, etc., to our hospital at Cold Harbor.

SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War, p. 148

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