Thursday, September 3, 2015

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: June 21, 1863

We hear of fights and rumours of fights. It is said that Ewell's Division captured 6,000 prisoners at Winchester, and that General Edward Johnson went to Berryville and captured 2,000 that were on their way to reinforce Millroy. They have driven the enemy out of the Valley, so that now we have possession of it once more. Our cavalry has been as far as Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, but I do not know what they have accomplished.

SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War, p. 223

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