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April 1863
Wednesday 15th
Wind NE & E. Rained all day, Shelled Corn to
send To mill in Mr. J. Hands. Could do nothing else, indeed
I have scarcely any hands left to do anything when the weather
is good. Old Younger, Joshua (a Cripple) Nick, Alick (a boy
& Susan & Milly girls are all the out hands that remain & their stay
is very uncertain -
Thursday 16
Wind NW, Cloudy, Cut & hauled wood, Finished
opening drains in Oats, Joshua went to mill -
Friday 17
Wind E Cloudy, Joshua Nick & Alick all the hands
I have left spaded up squares in Garden, Younger
Daphne, Milly Susan & Maria a little girl of Jane's
and Lucy hired to Col Page went to the Yankees
last night - Younger burnt his house & carried off
150 lbs my Bacon - I went to Wilson's Creek [in Mr J?]
Thirty odd of Mr Curtis' negroes have gone to the Yankees
within the last few days, They carried off a Cart & 4 fine oxen
Bacon Wheat Flour and a good many other things from Mr Curtis -
Saturday 18
Wind SE Clear, Nick & Joshua ploughing,
Sowed some Cabbage & other seed in Garden,
I went to Ct-house, Longstreet is said to have completely
surrounded Suffolk -
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April 1863
Sunday 19th
Wind SE Clear, We staid at home, -
Heavy cannonading in the direction of Suffolk, all day
and for several days and nights past -
Monday 20
Wind NE & E Cloudy, Began to rain about 1, O.clk
& rained the bal of the day and all night -
Nick & Joshua ploughing -
A Yankee Gun Boat The Crusader, Capt Andrews,
came up the river Today, Landed Three Barges & about
40 men, Searched the house & every where else -
Took all the Bacon from the smoke house except 4 little pieces
about 2500 lbs four fat hogs, all the Turkeys and all the
Hens, Ducks, & geese they could catch about 50 in all -
They insisted repeatedly & persistently that I should take "The
Oath of allegience to the US Govt" and everything should be
restored to me, I of course most positively refused, when Capt
Andrews arrested me, put me under a guard of four men & said
he must carry to York Town, I got ready to go but when he
left, he said would not carry me, but would give no reason
either for arresting me, or for not carrying me to York -
