July 1.—Great excitement in town. News has come that the enemy is across the river, and intends shelling the place. We are having hospital flags put up, but I do not see that they will do any good, as it is said the enemy pay no respect to them. We are packing up in a hurry to move. Our hospital being near the river, we will be honored by the first shot. The house we are now in is marked by last year’s shelling. I believe the delay of the cars the other evening was owing to moving the wounded, as our army is hastily retreating.
Kate Cumming: A Journal of Hospital Life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
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