Naushon. It
doesn't seem very pleasant, after eighteen months of anxiety, loss and sorrow,
to be back in the forts around Washington with the Rebel Army besieging us, but
such is the case. There have been sundry battles, skirmishes, etc., and that's
the result, — we've got into such a custom of masterly retreat, that we don't
know how to advance. Of course, all our friends are constantly in danger now,
because the army is concentrated in front of Washington, and besides that,
things look dark enough, for the Rebels are very energetic.
SOURCE: William Rhinelander Stewart, The
Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell, p. 33
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