I send you, with our letters, a pound of candy and a box of
Guava jelly which was given me. I know you have no sugar, and I have no doubt
that although you will laugh at the idea you will nevertheless enjoy the
sweets. Mrs. McLean (Genl. Sumner's daughter) has been staying with Mrs. Davis
for three weeks, waiting for a passport from the Yankee Secretary of War, and
Mrs. Chesnut told me the other day that it had been peremptorily refused — so I
doubt if Rose will be able to get to Baltimore to her children. We are all very
anxious to know the next move. I heard yesterday that Genl. Stuart was to go
immediately on an extensive raid, but your father says it is not so. Genl. Lee
is still here. Your father is talking of going up with Genl. Stuart in the
morning.
SOURCE: Louise Wigfall Wright, A Southern Girl in
’61, p. 128-9
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