Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday Morning, February 18, 1862

The wires are cut somewhere between this and Tennessee. We hear nothing farther West than Lynchburg; rumours are afloat that Donelson has fallen. We are too unhappy about it to think of any thing else.

SOURCE: McGuire, Judith W., Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War, p. 93