February 3d.
In answer to the
prayers of God's people, I trust He will soon give us peace. I haven't seen my
wife for nearly a year — my home in nearly two years, and have never seen our
darling little daughter; but it is important that I, and those at headquarters,
should set an example of remaining at the post of duty. Joseph would like very
much to go home, but unless mother gets worse, he had better not. . . . My old Stonewall Brigade has built a log
church. As yet I have not been in it. I am much interested in reading Hunter's “Life
of Moses.” It is a delightful book, and I feel more improved in reading it than
by an ordinary sermon. I am thankful to say that my Sabbaths are passed more in
meditation than formerly. Time thus spent is genuine enjoyment.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 415
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