Friday [July] 4 [sic] 1861

The Militia are coming
in to day from the differ-
ent Counties

Thursday [July] 4 [1861]

Winchester, this is a
beautiful morning but the
excitement is still on
the increase. the reports
are so condoctory [contradictory] that it
is impossible to form
an idea of what is going
on. There ^ 'is' now about
50 prisoners here. 7 came
in this morning.

Wednesday, July 3, 1861

To-day there is a great
excitement in Winchester
caused by federal
troops crossing the
Potomac opposite Martinsburg
there was a little fight
near Martinsburg. The exact
number killed & wounded
on either side is not certain


[Battle of Falling Waters on 2 July 1861.
"By later standards the affair wasn't much
more than a skirmish, but it was Stonewall
Jackson's very first battle, so gets attention
on that basis." Robert K. Krick]

Tuesday [July] 2 [1861]

This day Martins
serveces [services] commence at 12. for month $2.00
H. B. Jones
    Paid him up to 2nd Aug. $2.00