Sunday, September 11.[1]—The alarm-bell rang early this morning—a sure sign that the enemy had come this time.” All the home guards turned out, with them the “burly British Guard,” and their “venerable” Captain Wheeler. In the guard are a few more “venerables,” one being a paternal relative of mine. The women folks went to church, but I know that their thoughts often wandered to the intrenchments.
It has been one of the coldest days we have experienced this season. About 10 P. M. one of the “venerables” came from the intrenchments, and informed us that it was another “wolf” alarm. So “Richard is himself again”—”till next time.”
[1] Note: This entry is dated Sunday, September 11 in the book, but appears after the December 12 entry. December 11 and September 11 were both on a Sunday. To preserve the book sequencing in the blog, the entry appears on the 12th of December 2014, after the entry for December 12, 1864. – Mike Goad, September 30, 2013.
