richmond, June 25th, 1862.
. . . I am getting a great deal better, and went out this
afternoon to take a drive with your father. We stopped at Genl. Johnston's to
see how he was, and Mrs. Johnston came out and sat in the carriage with me. He
is recovering rapidly, but will not be in the fight, which has in fact, begun.
There has been very heavy firing all the afternoon, and there will be a regular
attack made at daybreak to-morrow, if the present plan is followed out. I
presume it will be, as Genl. Jackson is to move into position to-night, and of
course, has to be supported. This was agreed upon last night. What has caused
the fight this afternoon we do not know — but I trust it is all right. Jackson
and his forces are to make the attack on the rear, and I trust it has all been
so planned that McClellan will find himself glad enough to take the road away
from, instead of on to Richmond.
SOURCE: Louise Wigfall Wright, A Southern Girl in
’61, p. 80
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