March 30, 1864.
. . . Did not get off to Butler's Department, but will go
to-morrow. . . Everything here still and
quiet. Deserters from Lee's army say there is a rumor in their camps that
General Lee said recently that the Army of the Potomac has been long enough at
Culpepper and that he intended to start it from there soon. They keep rations
constantly on hand for a march, but whether he designs to attack us here or
simply to be in readiness, should we move to attack him, is not known. Probably
the latter. . . .
I send herewith the answer to the letter I sent General
Grant in rear of Vicksburg, which you will please take special pains to
preserve. . .1
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1 This letter has not been found, and no member of the
Rawlins family knows what became of it.
SOURCE: James H. Wilson, The Life of John A. Rawlins,
p. 408
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