July 10, 1864.
I was pleased, on the arrival of my little courier this
morning, to hear that you were better, and that Custis Morgan1 was
still among the missing. I think the farther he gets from you the better you
will be. The shells have scattered the poor inhabitants in Petersburg, so that
many of the churches are closed. Indeed, they have been visited by the enemy's
shells. Mr. Piatt, pastor of the principal Episcopal church, had services at my
headquarters today. The services were under the trees, and the discourse on the
subject of salvation.
__________
1 A pet squirrel.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 318
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