Fayetteville, Virginia. — Thanksgiving at home. Dear
boys and wife! I hope they are enjoying a happy dinner at home. Here it is
raining and gloomy. We do not yet know where we are to winter; men are growing
uneasy and dissatisfied. I hope we shall soon know; and if we are to stay here
I think we can soon get into good case again. — Decided that we are to stay
here for the winter. Wrote to Uncle and Laura humorous letters — attempts —
describing our prospects here. Two small redoubts to be built soon. Quarters to
be prepared. Rain, mud, and cold to be conquered; drilling to be done, etc.,
etc.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 151
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