Friday, January 23, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: September 18, 1861

I have been greatly interested in a letter, which has been sent me, written by my nephew, Lt. Wm. B. Newton, to his wife, the day after the battle of Manassas. I copy it here because I want his little relations, for whom I am writing this diary, to have a graphic description of the fight, and to know what their family and friends suffered for the great cause.

SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War, p. 55

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