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Sunday March 2nd.
Another week of suspense, gloom & oppression has passed over us. The weather has been mostly spring-like, and the birds are beginning to be singing everywhere. I should have gone to church to-day notwithstanding the high wind, but Mrs Spurlock has our buggy__ (she went down to Murfreesboro to see her husband who is in the army & sick,)__ and I did not feel well enough to walk. During the past week the Federals have taken possession of Nashville. Gen. Buell it is said made a speech to the citizens, in which he told them to go on with all their accustomed business__ that he was there, not to molest, but to protect them! etc. etc. __ we shall [see] how this will be. Our forces are falling back from Murfreesboro. Harris has called out the militia, & every man is obliged to go. While I was instructing the children in their Sundays lesson this morning__ a messenger came for cousin John to come to town to attend to some meeting of the men. In this meeting it was resolved that no organization could go on here, now, as we are all under Lincoln rule, and his army is so near us. It is quite uncertain what will be done.__
We were all very much surprised this evening at cousin Jimmies arrival. He is not well & does not look well, __ but has raised a cavalry company for the war. I dont think he will be able to remain long in the army. __ __ __
Wednesday. Mollie and Jimmie left this morning on the train for Mississippi. I was sorry to see Mollie go and yet I was glad or rather I was satisfied, for it is better for her. She will not feel the privations & hardships of these trying times half so much there as here.
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I received a letter from Lide night before last__ all was in status quo with them. Mollie & Jimmie will stay a day with her as they go down.
Sunday 9th March.
The past week has been one of very cold & disagreeable weather__ on Wednesday & Thursday especially__ we had snow, etc. Yesterday it was clear & the weather moderated__ today is a very pretty day. We went to the Baptist Church to hear Bro. Powell__ after church was over I called in at Grandma Lyons__ met there Grandma Cain, Josie Warder, & several other friends__ they all appeared very glad to see me.__ We have had no war news of interest during the past week. We are now in Yankee Land__ as Grandma Lyon mentioned today. Why dear she said, I havent shaken hands with you since we all got into Lincolndom!__ Things seem to be quiet here__ how long they will continue so, we cannot tell. Report says that goods, salt, coffee etc. which are so scarce & dear here, are plenty in Nashville__ as they have opened the blockade and have connection with Louisville and Cincinnati. How true it is we do not know. I have been confined closely at home since Molly left__ sewing most of the time. I have read Mount Vernon & its Associations__ in our ^ present revolution it seems to cheer me to read the history of our former one. Both were dark days__ may we be enabled now as then to trust in God & hold out to the end!
Object Description
| Title | Lucy Virginia French diary |
| Transcription Link | http://tn.gov/tsla/TeVAsites/PDFs/36059Transcription.pdf |
| Subject - TGM |
Civil wars Women |
| Creator | French, L. Virginia (Lucy Virginia), 1825-1881 |
| Historical Note | Lucy Virgina Smith French was the daughter of Mease W. and Elizabeth Parker Smith. She was born on March 16, 1825. She was married, on Jan. 12, 1853, to Col. John Hopkins French. By the time of the 1860 U.S. Census of McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, they had three children ages six and under, one boy and two girls. Her profession on the 1860 census is listed as "Poetess, Author." She died on March 31, 1881. |
| Microfilm number | 1816 |
| Physical Location | VII-M-2 |
Description
| Title | Lucy Virginia French diary entry, March 2, 1862 |
| Description | March 2, 1862 diary entry - LVF writes that the Federals have taken possession of Nashville. She did not go to church as Mrs. Spurlock had borrowed the buggy to go to Murfreesboro to see her husband. Gen. Buell made a speech to the Nashville citizens. Harris has called out the militia, and every man is obliged to go. Cousin John attended attened one and it was resolved that no organization could go on here, now, as we are all under Lincoln rule. Mollie & Jimmie left in the morning [Mar. 5] for Mississippi |
| Transcript | 12 Sunday March 2nd. Another week of suspense, gloom & oppression has passed over us. The weather has been mostly spring-like, and the birds are beginning to be singing everywhere. I should have gone to church to-day notwithstanding the high wind, but Mrs Spurlock has our buggy__ (she went down to Murfreesboro to see her husband who is in the army & sick,)__ and I did not feel well enough to walk. During the past week the Federals have taken possession of Nashville. Gen. Buell it is said made a speech to the citizens, in which he told them to go on with all their accustomed business__ that he was there, not to molest, but to protect them! etc. etc. __ we shall [see] how this will be. Our forces are falling back from Murfreesboro. Harris has called out the militia, & every man is obliged to go. While I was instructing the children in their Sundays lesson this morning__ a messenger came for cousin John to come to town to attend to some meeting of the men. In this meeting it was resolved that no organization could go on here, now, as we are all under Lincoln rule, and his army is so near us. It is quite uncertain what will be done.__ We were all very much surprised this evening at cousin Jimmies arrival. He is not well & does not look well, __ but has raised a cavalry company for the war. I dont think he will be able to remain long in the army. __ __ __ Wednesday. Mollie and Jimmie left this morning on the train for Mississippi. I was sorry to see Mollie go and yet I was glad or rather I was satisfied, for it is better for her. She will not feel the privations & hardships of these trying times half so much there as here. ? 13 I received a letter from Lide night before last__ all was in status quo with them. Mollie & Jimmie will stay a day with her as they go down. Sunday 9th March. The past week has been one of very cold & disagreeable weather__ on Wednesday & Thursday especially__ we had snow, etc. Yesterday it was clear & the weather moderated__ today is a very pretty day. We went to the Baptist Church to hear Bro. Powell__ after church was over I called in at Grandma Lyons__ met there Grandma Cain, Josie Warder, & several other friends__ they all appeared very glad to see me.__ We have had no war news of interest during the past week. We are now in Yankee Land__ as Grandma Lyon mentioned today. Why dear she said, I havent shaken hands with you since we all got into Lincolndom!__ Things seem to be quiet here__ how long they will continue so, we cannot tell. Report says that goods, salt, coffee etc. which are so scarce & dear here, are plenty in Nashville__ as they have opened the blockade and have connection with Louisville and Cincinnati. How true it is we do not know. I have been confined closely at home since Molly left__ sewing most of the time. I have read Mount Vernon & its Associations__ in our ^ present revolution it seems to cheer me to read the history of our former one. Both were dark days__ may we be enabled now as then to trust in God & hold out to the end! |
| Subject - LCSH | French, L. Virginia (Lucy Virginia), 1825-1881 -- Diaries; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives |
| Place | McMinnville (Tenn.) |
| Date | 1862 March 2 |
| Collection Name | Lucy Virginia French Smith Diaries |
| Accession Number | 1989-200 |
| Owning Institution | Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| ID# | 36050_01 |
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