Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: Friday, June 27, 1862

The roar of cannon and musketry has been incessant to-day; now as I sit in the yard it is terrific. I doubt not that a general engagement is going on. O God! be with us now; nerve the hearts and strengthen the arms of our men! Give wisdom and skill to our commanders, and grant us victory for thy great name's sake!

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

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