The papers to-day give no account of our army in Maryland.
General Loring has been successful in the Kanawha Valley, in driving the enemy,
taking prisoners, and 5,000 stand of arms, etc. Our success in the West still
continues. Kentucky is represented to be in a flame of excitement. General
Kirby Smith asks for 20,000 stand of arms to be sent him to arm Kentuckians,
who are rushing to his standard. Cincinnati preparing for defence, etc.
Yesterday I was surprised and delighted to see my
nephew, W. B. C. After passing through the bloody fight at Manassas, he found
he could not march into Maryland, in consequence of the soreness of his wound
received last spring at Kernstown. He gives a graphic account of our army's
trials, tribulations, and successes at Manassas. Our dear ones all passed
safely through the fights.
Winchester once more disenthralled. My dear S. B. S. about
to return to her home there — but in what state will she find it? When Jackson
drove Banks down the Valley, Dr. S., in passing through Winchester, stepped
into the open door of his house; found it had been Banks's headquarters; the
floors covered with papers torn up in haste; the remnant of the General's
breakfast on the dining-room table, and other unmistakable signs of a recent
and very hurried departure.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 154-5
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