This day two years
ago the battle of Bull Run was fought, a kind of prelude to that of Manassas,
on the 21st. Since that time what scenes have been enacted! Battles have been
fought by scores, and lives, precious lives, have been sacrificed by thousands,
and that, too, of the very flower of our country. Again I have heard of the
death of one of our dear E. H. S. boys — William H. Robb, of Westmoreland. He
was with us for four years, and was very, very dear to us all. He died of
wounds received in a cavalry fight at Brandy Station. We thought he had
recovered, but this evening brought the fatal tidings. The news of the New York
riots, which they got up in opposition to the draft, is cheering! Oh! that they
could not get up another army, and would fight each other! Fitz Lee's cavalry
had a fight yesterday at Shepherdstown, and repulsed the enemy handsomely. All
eyes turn gloomily to Charleston. It is greatly feared that it will have to
succumb to Federal force. I trust that our Heavenly Father may avert so dire a
calamity!
SOURCE: Judith W.
McGuire, Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War, p. 231-2
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