Sarah Dawson journal entry written 18 February 1863

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[ Linwood Louisiana ], Wednesday, February 18th. [1863]

Gibbes has gone back to his regiment. I can't say how dreary I felt when he came to tell me good-bye. I did not mean to cry ; but how could I help it when he put his arms around me? . . .

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Author:: Sarah Dawson
Source:: A Confederate Girls Diary, Dawson, Sarah Morgan 1842-1909, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1913