Thursday, October 10, 2013

Major Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, November 28, 1859

CHARLESTOWN, Nov. 28th, 1859.

I reached here last night in good health and spirits. Seven of us slept in the same room. I am much more pleased than I expected to be; the people appear to be very kind. There are about one thousand troops here, and everything is quiet so far. We don't expect any trouble. The excitement is confined to more distant points. Do not give yourself any concern about me. I am comfortable, for a temporary military post.

SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 129-30

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