January 5th, 1863.
. . . How much I do want to see you and our darling baby! But I don't
know when I shall have this happiness, as I am afraid, since hearing so much
about the little one's health, that it would be imprudent to bring it upon a
journey, so I must just content myself. Mrs. General Longstreet, Mrs. General
A. P. Hill, and Mrs. General Rodes have all been to see their husbands.
Yesterday I saw Mrs. Rodes at church, and she looked so happy that it made me
wish I had Mrs. Jackson here too; but whilst I cannot see my wife and baby, it
is a great comfort to know that you have a darling little pet to keep you
company in my absence. . . . I heard a
good sermon at Grace Church (where General Hill has his headquarters) by an
Episcopal minister, Mr. Friend. Colonel Faulkner is with us again, and I expect
him to take the position of my senior adjutant-general.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 411-2
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