Evening star., 1941-11-23
Saturday, March q. 1862.

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Raining.
Not much news. Island No. 10
still holds out.
Two canal boats went ashore at
SeawellS Point in a storm and were
captured by the Confederates. Ru-
NOR that Capt. Buchanan, Lindsay,s s
West Point friend, had been killed;
do hope it is not true.
Monday, March "a, 1862.
Clear and pleasant.
l spent a restless night, tried to
read but could not keep nv mind
on what I read.
A number of Confederate prison.
ers arrived from Winchester, looking
most forlorn.
Tom Buckler and Anne went to
the Jail to see if young Burwen was
among them, but the warden would
not admit them or give them any
information.
I shall see what I can do tomor-
row.
Thursday, March n, 1862.
This day 20 years ago my dear
Page breathed his last at Water
town Arsenal, where he was in COM
mand. What world of misery he
he has been spared by being taken
before this Government disgraced
itself by entering into this unholy
war.
went to the Jail this morning
to see young Burwell. Armed with
permit from a Federal officer, I
was admitted and soon found young
BurWell He was i'll and in need of
all of the necessities of ife-clothes,
shoes, comb and brush, everything
The rest of the day we spent in
making up basket filled with
things to contribute to his comfort.
The boy was so overcome with
gratitude that he could hardly
speak.
1t was reported that the prison.
ers had had nothing to eat for two
days. The news spread quickly and
within an hours time they had
carloads of all kinds of provisions.
The Baltimore people never fail to
respond to an appeal for kindness
and assistance.
Saturday, March 20, 1862.
Cloudy.
Mrs. Stephens called this morn
ing. She has a daughter married
to Daingerfield Lewis-their place
is on the Potomac and she is very
unhappy about her daughter. I was
glad to be able to secure her a pass
which enabled her to join her
daughter
Accounts have come in of several
battles, which were afterWard de-
MED: so now we are simply waiting
until the truth is made known.
The prisoners have been sent to
Fort Delaware. How glad l am
that 1 sent the things to young
Burwell before he was sent away.
Wednesday, April 2, 1862.
Cold and unpleasant.
Startling reports of battle be-
tween Newport News and York
town, but can hear nothing more.
Sunday, April 6, 1862.
Beautiful day. Spring is gradually
coming to us. and oh, how welcome
it will be after the long, unhappy
winter!
On the bulletin board yesterday
it said the Army had marched on
Yorktown the day before, and we
have since heard that the Merrimac
is in York River attacking the
transports.
The penny post today brought me
several letters, one from Matte
Poor and one from Col. Carr from
Springfield, Mass.
Col. Carr (of the Federal Army
wrote to me, saying he had received
letter by flag of truce from L. L.
Lomax, inclosing a letter to me to
relieve my anxiety, but the COM
manding general thought it best not
to send my letter. Col. Carr said,
however, that Mister Lomax" (then
colonel in the Confederate Army
was well and at Fort Smith, Ark,
on the 10th of March.
It would have been a great COM
fort to have had the letter from my
darling boy.
Copyright, 1o41 by Lindsay Lomax Woody