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.