Congressman Farrow
asked me today if I were feeling well. Come to think of it, I do not feel well.
My nerve forces seem to be all out of tune, and my digestion is impaired—in
fact, a general malaise appears to be the result of hardtack on my
constitution.
SOURCE: South
Carolina State Committee United Daughters of the Confederacy, South
Carolina Women in the Confederacy, Vol. 1, “A Confederate
Girl's Diary,” p. 283