For some days the cannon has been resounding in our ears,
from the south side of James River. Colonel Garnett has come in to tell us that
for the first two days there was only heavy skirmishing, but that on yesterday
there was a terrific fight all along the lines. Yesterday evening a brigadier,
his staff, and 840 men, were lodged in the Libby Prison. Nothing definite has
been heard since that time. The impression is, that we have been generally
successful. Very brilliant reports are afloat on the streets, but whether they
are reliable is the question. My nephew, Major B., has just called to tell me that
his brother W. is reported “missing.” His battery suffered dreadfully, and he
has not been seen. God grant that he may be only a prisoner! We suppose that it
would have been known to the fragment, of his battery which is left, if he had fallen.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 268
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