April 1.—I have just been told that Spanish Fort is closely besieged. The day is very beautiful, but I can not enjoy it on account of the bad news. I wish, now, I had remained at home, so as to help take care of the wounded.
Kate Cumming: A Journal of Hospital Life in the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
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