. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . 134 REMINISCENCES. c?--^ bout this time I went South. I tookClara with me. The winter was quietly-spent at Edgefield, without much tonarrate. We lived in the same housewith Captain and Mrs. Hewitt, andmessed together. A few letters to Father Lyon areall the letters I have for a couple ofmonths, and there is but little in them. MRS. LYONS DIARY. Jan. 1, 1864.—The weather is very cold. It is tendegrees below zero, the coldest weather ever known inNashville, so the citizens say. Captain and Mrs. Hewittand William and I received calls together. We had callsfrom G
. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . 134 REMINISCENCES. c?--^ bout this time I went South. I tookClara with me. The winter was quietly-spent at Edgefield, without much tonarrate. We lived in the same housewith Captain and Mrs. Hewitt, andmessed together. A few letters to Father Lyon areall the letters I have for a couple ofmonths, and there is but little in them. MRS. LYONS DIARY. Jan. 1, 1864.—The weather is very cold. It is tendegrees below zero, the coldest weather ever known inNashville, so the citizens say. Captain and Mrs. Hewittand William and I received calls together. We had callsfrom General Ward* and his staff oflflcers, and all theofficers of the 13th. In the evening we had all the ladiesin our regiment to spend the evening and to help dis-pose of the eatables that were left over. The band sere-naded us. January 2, 1864.—Still very cold, six degrees belowzero. The houses here are not built for warmth, butto keep cool in summer. Jan. 16, 1864.—A large party of us went in ambu-lances to visit the penitentiary. COLONEL LYONS
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