camp Near Fox's Ford,
rappahannock River, Oct. 13, 1863.
Dear Mama.
We are once more on
the campaign. We had a running fight day before yesterday fighting all day. My
little grey was killed under me at the first position we went into. The battery
lost four killed and wounded, three of them from my section. We crossed at Raccoon
Ford that morning and camped at Brandy Station that night. We are about to move
and I must close. Love to all. Goodbye, dearest Mama. In haste,
Your affectionate
Halsey.
SOURCE: Louise
Wigfall Wright, A Southern Girl in ’61, p. 152
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