March 16th.
Amy has gone to grace the wedding of one of her colored
friends by her imposing presence. George left for C's on the morning of March
1st, and I haven't seen his delectable face since. I am thankful to say that
everything is working well at home. I expect to continue sending you letters as
long as you stay away. You had better come home if you want to stop this
correspondence. I have been working to-day at your garden fence to keep your
chickens out, and also to prevent egress and ingress between our garden and
that of Señor
Deaver.
Your peas are just beginning to make their appearance above
ground. . . . The colored Sabbath-school is greatly blessed in numbers and
teachers, and is doing a good work. . . . Your friends here remember my darling
with much interest.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 138-9
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