Harper’s Ferry, June 14,
1861.
We are about leaving this place. General Johnston has
withdrawn his troops from the Heights (Maryland and Virginia), has blown up and
burnt the railroad bridge across the Potomac, and is doing the same with
respect to the public buildings. Yesterday morning, I was directed to get ready
to evacuate the place, and in the evening expected to march, but up to the
present time the order has not come. I am looking for it at any moment, and, as
I am at leisure, will devote myself to writing to my precious pet. I am very
thankful to our kind Heavenly Father for having sent Joseph1 for
you, and I trust that you are now safely and happily at Cottage Home,2
and that you found the family all well. You speak of others knowing more about
me than my darling does, and say you have heard through others that I am a
brigadier-general. By this time I suppose you have found out that the report owes
its origin to Madam Rumor.
__________
1 My brother.
2 My father's place.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 160-1
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