While in the midst of preparation to visit my sisters at W.
and S. H., we have been startled by the account of Yankees approaching. They
have landed in considerable force at the White House, and are riding over the
country to burn and destroy. They have burned the South Anna Bridge on the
Central Railroad, and this evening were advancing on the bridge over the South
Anna, on this railroad, which is but four miles above us. We have a small force
there, and a North Carolina regiment has gone up to-night to reinforce them. We
are, of course, in considerable excitement. I am afraid they are ruining the
splendid wheat harvests which are now being gathered on the Pamunky. Trusting
in the Lord, who hath hitherto been our help, we are going quietly to bed,
though we believe that they are very near us. From our army we can hear
nothing. No one can go farther than Culpeper Court-House in that direction. Why
this has been ordered I know not, but for some good military reason, I have no doubt.
It is said that Stuart's cavalry have been fighting along the line of the
Manassas Gap Railroad with great success. We can hear no particulars.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 223-4
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