Item Description: Rev. Overton Bernard states the rumors of a Confederate evacuation of Norfolk, Virginia, which would occur in less than a week from his diary entry.
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Item Citation: From folder 2 of the Overton and Jesse Bernard Diaries #62-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Item Transcription
Monday 5 May. It is said Norfolk and all this region of Country is to be evacuated by the Confederate Troops!!