Camp Chase, July 18, 1861.
Dear Uncle: —
I have just read your letter of the 16th. I hope it is good proof that you are
mending rapidly. It is pleasant to see your own handwriting again.
Our men are uniformed and we are daily receiving our needful
equipments. The indications are that we shall soon move. In what direction and
under whose command, we do not know. We are not very particular. We prefer the
mountainous region of Virginia or Tennessee.
If Ned, Jr. was down here, I would try what could be done
with him. But the travelling is done so much by rail, that I hardly need two
horses. My sorrel is a good one.
My notion is that we shall go within a fortnight. Lucy and
the two boys will stay until we go with Platt. Come down if you can, but not at
the risk of health. Write often. No letters are so good as yours.
Sincerely,
R. B. Hayes.
S. Birchard.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 38-9
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