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June 1863
Friday 12th
Wind S Clear. Weeding Corn. Richard came from school very unwell with a cold. Joshua came with Flour.
Saturday 13
Wind SW Clear & hot. Ploughing & weeding Corn.
Sunday 14
Wind NE cloudy & cool. Mr Curtis & Sister Harriet here.
Monday 15
Wind SW Clear Ploughing Wests’ Corn. Weeding Corn. Mr J Sinclair & Mr Curtis here. Sister Ann & Martha went to Wilsons Creek in Evg.
Tuesday 16
Wind SE Clear Working Corn. Maj Sinclair got home from Fort Norfolk where is has been kept a prisoner for four or five weeks. Richard very unwell
Wednesday 17
Wind SW clear. Working Corn. It is very dry vegitation parching in Fields and Gardens.
Thursday 18
Wind SW Clear till Evg. Then a Thunder cloud but no rain here. Mary Booth here.
Friday 19
Wind SW Rained in Mg. Clear in Evg. Working Corn.
Saturday 20
Wind E Cloudy. Working Corn.
Sunday 21
Wind E cloudy. Rained in Evg and nearly all night We staid at home. Genl Ewell has taken Winchester & all
there
the forces and every thing except Milroy & 600 cavalry who escaped to Harper’s Ferry.
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June 1863
Monday 22nd
Wind W Clear. Broke up land to plant Peas Thinned Corn. I borrowed Deal’s horse & carried Mary booth and Barney home in Evg. Genl Lees Army has gone to Maryland & Pennsylvania in force. They took Chambersburg Pa. last Monday & the NY Herald said were advancing on Harrisburg. Ewell is said to have taken Maryland Heights which commands Harpers Ferry. The Panic is described as very great in Washington & the whole North. Lincoln has issued a proclamation calling out 120,000 Militia for defence Hookers Army has retreated precipitately to Washington for its defence. Major Sinclair got from Richmond last Evg. He met some Yankee Cavalry from Gloster Point in King & Queen Friday, he escaped but lost his horse & Buggy & letters & other things he was bringing from Richmond. The Yankees returned to Gloster Point yesterday carrying with them Thirty of Stephen Field’s Negroes, all of T Armsteads and a good many belonging to other persons & a large number of Horses, Mules & Cattle & some Carriages, &c. plundered from the people of Gloster & King & Queen.
