Another warm day and much excitement in our family,

for sympathy with a neighbor and friend

whose only son was wounded at Atlanta,

and after four week’s suffering, this morning had his leg amputated,

reaction has barely taken place, and very little hopes of his life…

No news from home yet – Maj. Cheatham arrived from Atlanta today,

seems very hopeful. God grant our Armies may be victorious.

 

—Belle Edmondson, entry in her diary

Sunday, September 4, 1864