Clinton Journal Entries for the years 1862 thru 1863

Clinton, LA - 29 August 1862

Yesterday I was interrupted while writing, to pack up for another move, it being impossible to find a boarding-house in the neighborhood.

Clinton, LA - 30 August 1862

Still no prospect of a lodging; so here we remain. I never before lived in a house without a balcony, and have only now found out how inconvenient it is.

Clinton, LA - 1 September 1862

How shockingly I write! Will I ever again have a desk or a table to write on? At present, my seat is a mattress, and my knee my desk; and that is about the only one I have had since the 2d of August.

Clinton, LA - 3 September 1862

But if we get home, what will we do for bedding? The Yankees did not leave us a single comfort, and only two old bars and a pair of ragged sheets..

Clinton, LA - 4 September 1862

I hear to-day that the Brunots have returned to Baton Rouge, determined to await the grand finale there. They, and two other families, alone remain.

Clinton, LA - 9 September 1862

It is said the enemy were cut off from Washington, and that we were pursuing them. O my brothers! If God will only spare them!

Clinton, LA - 10 September 1862

We cannot do too much, or even enough, for our soldiers. I believe that is the universal sentiment of the women of the South.

Clinton, LA - 14 September 1862

There is one thing in which Sophie and I agree, and that is in making Stonewall Jackson our hero.

Clinton, LA - 16 September 1862

Go or stay, the danger seems the same. Shall we go, then, for variety, or die here of stagnation while waiting for the Yankees to make up their minds?

Clinton, LA - 18 October 1862

I hardly know which I was most amused by: the giddy, lively girls to my right, or the two ladies to my left who were as cross and ill-natured as two old cats...

Clinton, LA - 8 April 1863

What a delightful sensation is motion, after five months inaction!