VALLEY MOUNTAIN, September
1, 1861.
We have had a great deal of sickness among the soldiers, and
those now on the sick list would form an army. The measles is still among them,
but I hope is dying out. The constant cold rains, mud, etc., with no shelter or
tents, have aggravated it. All these drawbacks, with impassable roads, have
paralyzed our efforts.
SOURCE: John William Jones, Life and Letters of
Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 146
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