Mr. Fuller has come and brought pleasing accounts from Edwin.

August 13^th [1864]

I’m much better today. It is a bright morning and very warm. I expect to hear from Edwin this afternoon, as I look for his father to return. Mr. Fuller has come and brought pleasing accounts from Edwin.

** Edwin left on the 10th to go to Chapel Hill for college.

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

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I’m in bed this morning but feeling better. Oh, how I do miss Edwin. #cw150

August 12^th [1864]

I’m in bed this morning but feeling better. Oh, how I do miss Edwin. I often listen for his footstep and merry whistle. It is hard to realize that he has left me for so long a time.

** Her son Edwin left on the 10th to attend college in Chapel Hill.

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

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our darling boy left his home, not again to enter it as a child. He started this afternoon for Chapel Hill. #cw150

August 10^th [1864]

A day to be remembered for being the one our darling boy left his home, not again to enter it as a child. He started this afternoon for Chapel Hill.  How sad I feel and how I shall miss him. It is the first time that he has ever left me for any length of time, and then I know he goes into scenes of novelty, temptation and trial that he has never known before; that he is a Christian and knows where to look for strength to resist evil. Oh God, be thou near him when danger is nigh.

 

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

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May 1864: Bought four and one half dozen eggs, $2 per dozen. #cw150

May 5^th [1864]

Bought four and one half dozen eggs, $2 per dozen. We had frost this morning, and the two previous morning, but I hope it has not injured the young, tender plants. Vegetation of every kind is backward. Opened a barrel of flour.

 

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

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Estelle and Livit Lovelace were married last night, She was indeed a lovely bride

April 27^th [1864]

Estelle and Livit Lovelace were married last night at Sister Margaret’s at nine o’clock and left a little after ten o’clock for the railroad on route for Alabama. I felt very sad at parting with her, for we know what awaits her. Her husband is in the Army and may soon fall, a martyr to his country. God grant to spare his life and make them happy. She was indeed a lovely bride.

 

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

 

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My children have gone about eight miles in the country to see a cavalry regiment on dress parade. #cw150

 

April 18^th [1864]

I am very unwell this morning, but able to be up. I am all alone. My children have gone about eight miles in the country to see a cavalry regiment on dress parade. It is too cloudy and cold, but many of their companions were going and of course they wanted to, too. They little know the anxiety their mother feels about them, particularly our little Annie. She is a delicate child, so good and kind. Our boy is all we could ask him to be; noble and generous and endowed with more than ordinary intellect. They are Christians, too, both of them. Ought I not to walk humbly and thankfully before the Lord every day for giving me so many blessings.

 

 

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

 

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The scarcity provision of all kinds is alarming. Corn is selling at $230 per bushel #cw150

April 17^th [1864]

Sabbath quite cold. Vegetation is very backwards. The buds of the forest trees are scarcely swollen. The scarcity provision of all kinds is alarming. Corn is selling at $230 per bushel, butter at $5, bacon at $7 to $8 per lb. I was not able to attend church today because of a severe cold. My throat and chest are very sore.

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

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Louisburg, March 21st – 26th 1864: Snow is 6-7 inches deep and on the ground for days. #cw150

March 21^{st [1864]}

Snow fell for a short time this forenoon and then ceased, and at night the moon shone out brightly

March 22^nd

This morning a violent storm has set in, the ground is being thickly covered and it is cold and windy.

 

March 23^rd

Snow is 6 to 7 inches deep. The sun has come out and I hope will soon make it disappear.

 

March 25^th & 26^th

Snow still on the ground.

 

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

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I prefer to attend to it myself, because then I am sure it is nicely done, and because it is my duty as a housekeeper. #cw150

January 14^th [1864]

Very dark and cloudy still. We have had no pleasant weather since the sleet mentioned above [January 7]. Brother, his wife, Estell, and Ella came from Petersburg yesterday.

I have just got through having my sausage meat put away in cases; not a pleasant job, but I prefer to attend to it myself, because then I am sure it is nicely done, and because it is my duty as a housekeeper.

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

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When I awake in the morning, I expect to see a heavy sleet or deep snow. My thoughts and feeling again turn to our dear soldiers. #cw150

January 7^th [1864]

In the past two days the weather has been threatening. Today it has been hailing most of the time. Past nine o’clock and hail is falling rapidly. When I awake in the morning, I expect to see a heavy sleet or deep snow. My thoughts and feeling again turn to our dear soldiers. Oh, Lord, I pray thee take care of them. I have just read the account of Gen. Morgan’s escape from the Yankees. It is thrilling and very wonderful. He and his men were guided by a kind of Providence, I’ve no doubt. We are all in good health tonight, for which I am thankful.

Source: Myrtle C. King, Anna Long Thomas Fuller’s Journal, 1856-1890: A Civil War Diary. (Alpharetta, Georgia: Priority Publishing, Inc., 1999)

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