Bellaire, July 26, 1861,
Friday morning, 7:30 A. M.
Dear
Brother William: — I write for
you and Lucy. Please send this note to her. We were ordered at Zanesville to
change our destination to this point and Grafton. Whether we are to go from
Grafton to the Kanawha country or to Oakland, Maryland, is uncertain; we think
Oakland is our point; we hope so. It is to hold in check a rising secession
feeling and to sustain Union men. We reached here at midnight and slept in the
cars until morning. All in good spirits. I will advise you as to the ultimate
determination of our course.
If my pistols come
to the express office, send them to me by express when you ascertain where we
are. You can probably learn at the governor's office, if not direct from me.
The express to the armies is very safe usually. Love to all.
Yours,
R. B. Hayes.
W.
A. Platt.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 44
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