Near New Market.
This morning is warm and spring-like, and this country is
one of the most beautiful that I ever beheld. . . . On last Wednesday the enemy
advanced on me at one o'clock A. M., and I fell back to this place, where I
arrived on Friday. My route was through New Market and Harrisonburg. I am about
midway between Harrisonburg and Stannardsville. The enemy did not advance as
far as Harrisonburg on the Valley turnpike. The advance of the two armies is
within a few miles of each other. ... I do want so much to see my darling, but
fear such a privilege will not be enjoyed for some time to come.
Swift Run Gap.
. . . Dr. Dabney is here, and I am very thankful to God for
it. He comes up to my highest expectations as a staff-officer.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 253-4
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