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June 1-7
No church. Roads too bad. Do so much work this week. Fighting all around us. Old Stone Wall in the West and Johnson before Richmond. The River is now so obstructed...they cannot get up to Richmond in their boats so they will have to fight us on land. Thursday night we are all roused up to hear the bad news that Dr. Leitch is dead (June 5.) He died very suddenly Thursday night after he had gone to his room. His death is a public calamity; hardly any man could be more generally lamented both by rich and poor for he was a friend to all .... Dr. Leitch was buried on Sunday with masonic honor. Poor Sam [Dr. Leitch's son, who is in the Confederate army] did not get up.
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