[from the diary of Eliza Oswald Hill,  refugee from Wilmington, N.C.]

Thursday 30th  A beautiful clear pleasant day–Everything looks
so bright & lovely out of doors–that we can scarcely imagine trou-
-ble any where about.  But the lady in the room above me is n
great distress & I feel sincerely for her–She is quite young & only been
married 6 months-& her husband who has just been exchanged has
left to join his company.

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