We hear of a little cavalry fight at Orange Court House, in
which we drove off the enemy. General Pope continues to commit depredations in
his district of operations. He seems to have taken Butler as his model, and
even to exceed him in ferocity. Our President has just given most sensible
orders for retaliation.
The Misses N. are spending the summer here. Their home in
Clarke in possession of the enemy, together with their whole property, they are
dividing their time among their friends. It is sad to see ladies of their age
deprived of home comforts; but, like the rest of the refugees, they bear it
very cheerfully. Born and reared at Westover, they are indignant in the highest
degree that it should now be desecrated by McClellan's army. They are deeply
mourning the death of their noble young cousin, Captain B. Harrison, of Upper
Brandon, who was killed at the head of his troop, in one of the battles near
Richmond.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 131
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