Winchester, Va., Nov. 16th, 1861.
My Dear Maggie,
— More than once your kind and touching letter respecting the sainted Amy
brought tears to my eyes. For several months before leaving home, I was
impressed with her great devotion to the cause of our beloved Redeemer. She was
evidently ripening rapidly for a better world, where I hope that we, and the
ransomed of the Lord, may be privileged to join her.
I am very grateful to you for your Christian kindness to
her. If the money I sent by Dr. White is not enough to meet the little demands
connected with her funeral, please let me know how much more is required, and I
will promptly attend to having it forwarded. I am much gratified to know that
you gave her a decent burial, and that so many followed her remains to the
grave. Though such numbers cannot affect the dead, yet such demonstrations of
regard are gratifying to the living.
Remember me very kindly to Mrs. Cocke, and the different
members of your family. I sent your letter to A. Your dear husband has gone to
Richmond for a few days. I received a letter from him since he left, in which he
expressed the desire of spending one day with yon, but his services are so
valuable to me that I regret to say he cannot be spared.
Very affectionately
yours,
T. J. Jackson.
SOURCE: Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and
Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, p. 130-1
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