The armies around Richmond remain quiet. Butler is digging
the canal at “Dutch Gap,” and Grant is fortifying “Fort Harrison” most
vigorously. General Rosser has had a little reverse in the Valley, losing some
guns. He had a cavalry fight, overcame the enemy, and drove them for miles; but
encountering a body of infantry which was too much for him, he had to retreat,
leaving his guns to the enemy.
The hospitals are full of the wounded; my afternoons are
very much engaged, nursing them. I was very sorry yesterday to find R. S.
painfully wounded.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 310-1
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