Letters and diary entries from the corresponding day in the Civil War posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Friday, November 16, 2012
1862 November 17 Fauquier County, Va.
[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]
Monday, November 17, 1862
Had a quiet hour whilst Jack was asleep-
& the children played in another room=
enjoyed the X chapter of II Cor=. Why
is it that I cant always read my bible as
I did this morning. Sometimes my heart feels
so cold that I never respond to any of
the beautiful thoughts it contains---
---Sewed all day till 4 o'clock then
went to dinner Ma has only two meals
a day now & coffee at dinner that is an
excellent plan for these short days--we need
nothing more & it gives some time-
The children are all unwell, i.e. Patsys three &
Tom & Jack,-Daisy is well--but wants some
judicious managing is rather cross & disposed
to be disobedient-Tom is a changed boy-rarely
indeed now disobeys me positively-last
night for the first time for months put
on some of is old airs, but I feel like
passing it over as I know he is sick- poor
little fellow--asked me some nights
since whose father he would be, when he
got a man;-
It is late= all have gone to their rooms=this
is the hour I miss my own loved husband=
when all was quiet I most [enjoyed?] his
presence--How often have we sat over a few coals
chatting- I miss him, But I will hope.
[as transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]
MSS 15460
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