Accounts from Gettysburg very confused. Nothing seems to be
known certainly; but Vicksburg has fallen! So says rumour, and we are afraid not to
believe. It is a terrible loss to us; but God has been so good to us heretofore
that we can only say, “It is the Lord.” A victory is announced to the War
Department gained by General Loring in the West; and another gained by General
Richard Taylor over Banks. For these successes I thank God from my heart. Many
troops have passed here to-day, for what point we know not. Our anxiety is very
great. Our home is blessed with health and comfort.
SOURCE: McGuire, Judith W., Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 229
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