Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887: Private Journal 1861:Page 130

Sept. 1861 Home

4.P.M. I rode down to the Depot with William & Ellen, & saw them start on their journey westward 
Called at Mr Heywards on our way home. Henry looks thin & fair but not as badly as I expected to see him. 
News unimportant. Nothing from the seat of war. 
Since the capture of Fort Hatteras our people seem more than ever alive to the importance of a thorough state of organization & efficiency. Volunteers are forming every where, mounted & foot, militia, active & alarm men, are being drilled, & every thing shows an earnest purpose to be ready for the enemy

F. 6 I rode into Aiken this morning with Mary & Carrie & the baby. We called at Mr Finley's. Mary & the children are spending the day with her mother. Nothing definite in the papers, but we have rumors from Passengers by the cars of an advance by our troops