Rob is home again for tomorrow. That dear General Gordon,
feeling that he ought to be at home for Sue's wedding, and not being able to
get him a furlough, sent him to New York on official business. We thought he
was on the advance, far away, when suddenly at 2 o'clock he appeared, having
come down with Annie Haggerty,1 whom he had gone to see in New York.
He looks splendid and seems in good spirits. To have him at home is lovely. We
were saying this morning that we were all together but one, and now that one
has come. He said tonight, poor boy, that he wished we were done with this
fighting and expected to be “slaughtered before it was over.” I suppose they
must all feel so, seeing so many of their friends and companions dying around
them. Tomorrow, Harry and he meet. They've not seen each other since Cedar
Mountain. So far the Lord has been very merciful to us, in turning all our
sorrows to joy.
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1 Afterwards Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw.
SOURCE: William Rhinelander Stewart, The
Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell, p. 36-7
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