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May 1-7
A bright day but parts of the road too bad for the carriage to get up ....[Letters written and visitors call.] A letter from Sam. [He] is with his command near the Warm Springs. Expects soon to start west on his expedition. A dangerous undertaking. I feel uneasy about him. The fight on the Rapidan [The Wilderness Campaign] commenced this week on Thursday the 5th. I believe up to Saturday we were successful but oh, the suffering around us. Charlottesville is full of the poor wounded soldiers and the cry is "still they come." Col. Warren, Jennie Magruder's husband, is among the killed ....
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