The Government employed the cars yesterday bringing
Longstreet's Corps from Fredericksburg, on its way to Chattanooga. We all stood
at our gate last night to give the soldiers water; we had nothing else to give
them, poor fellows, as there were three long trains, and they had no time to
stay. They looked healthy and cheerful, and went off hurrahing for Virginia.
The year of our sojourn at this cottage is nearly over. Our
mess must be broken up, as some of our gentlemen are ordered away. We have had
a very pleasant time, and it is painful to dissolve our social relations. Not
one of the families is provided with a home; we are all looking out for
lodgings, and find it very difficult to get them. This change of home, habits,
and association is very trying to old persons; the variety seems rather
pleasant to the young.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 237-8
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