Just from the depot. The cars have gone to Richmond, filled
with non-combatants from Fredericksburg — ladies, with their children, many of
whom know not where to go. They will get to Richmond after dark, and many
propose staying in the cars this cold night, and seeking a resting-place
to-morrow. The feeling of desolation among them is dreadful. Oh, how I wish
that I had even one room to offer! The bombardment has not commenced, but
General Lee requested last night that the women and children who had not gone
should go without delay. This seems to portend hot work.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 172
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