The people of
Charlotte received us with unbounded kindness, and are treating us with royal
hospitality. They met us in their carriages and, although utter strangers,
conducted us, as honored guests, to their beautiful homes. How is that for
Confederate Treasury girls? Bet has gone to General Young's, but the others of
us have fallen to the lot of Mr. Davidson, and a very enviable lot it is for
us, in a home so well ordered and abounding in plenty. I do not know how long
we shall be here. Mr. Duncan, who has charge of our division, says until
transportation can be secured. Tonight some troops were passing through the
city, and I could hear in the far, faint distance, a band playing
"Dixie" and "Old Folks at Home." It made me cry, the sound
was so sweet, so mournful, so heart-breaking. How fare my old folks at home?
Are there any old folks left at my home? Maybe not! Alas! we can hear nothing
definite!
SOURCE: South Carolina State Committee United Daughters of the Confederacy, South Carolina Women in the Confederacy, Vol. 1, “A Confederate Girl's Diary,” p. 276
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