Moved yesterday into a house I call “Fair Rosamond's bower” because it would take a clue of thread to go through it without getting los...

We moved again two days ago. SOURCE: George W. Cable, “A Woman's Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg”,  The Century Illustrated Mont...

I did not enjoy quiet long. First came Martha, who announced her intention of going to search for her sons, as she was free now. I was hard...

It is evening. All is still. Silence and night are once more united. I can sit at the table in the parlor and write. Two candles are lighte...

H—— was going to headquarters for the requisite pass, and he saw General Pemberton crawling out of a cave, for the shelling has been as hot...

Some months ago, thinking it might be useful, I obtained from the consul of my birthplace, by sending to another town, a passport for forei...

A horrible day. The most horrible yet to me, because I’ve lost my nerve. We were all in the cellar, when a shell came tearing through the r...

I had gone upstairs to-day during the interregnum to enjoy a rest on my bed and read the reliable items in the “Citizen,” when a shell burs...

To-day the “Citizen” is printed on wall paper; therefore has grown a little in size. It says, “But a few days more and Johnston will be he...

The gentleman who took our cave came yesterday to invite us to come to it, because, he said, “it's going to be very bad to-day.” I don...

Shell burst just over the roof this morning. Pieces tore through both floors down into the dining-room. The entire ceiling of that room fel...

The churches are a great resort for those who have no caves. People fancy they are not shelled so much, and they are substantial and the pe...

In the cellar. —Wednesday evening H— said he must take a little walk, and went while the shelling had stopped. He never leaves me alone for...

Since that day the regular siege has continued. We are utterly cut off from the world, surrounded by a circle of fire. Would it be wise lik...

Hardly was our scanty breakfast over this morning when a hurried ring drew us both to the door. Mr. J––, one of H––'s assistants, stood...

This morning the door-bell rang a startling peal. Martha being busy, I answered it. An orderly in gray stood with an official envelope in h...

It is settled at last that we shall spend the time of siege in Vicksburg. Ever since we were deprived of our cave, I had been dreading that...

I never understood before the full force of those questions — What shall we eat? what shall we drink? and wherewithal shall we be clothed? ...

We have had to move, and thus lost our cave. The owner of the house suddenly returned and notified us that he intended to bring his family ...

The slow shelling of Vicksburg goes on all the time, and we have grown indifferent. It does not at present interrupt or interfere with dail...