Camp, near Winchester,
October 24, 1862
I had a very pleasant visit to Rosser's Camp where I spent
the night. On my way down I met Genl. Stuart and stopped and had some
conversation. He was in as high spirits as ever, and told me particularly to
tell you, when I wrote, that in his recent raid into Pennsylvania he got
nothing but “Apple butter” and “Dry water.” You know he is a “Total Abstinence
Man” in practice. The next day I rode down to Shepherdstown about eight miles
from Camp with Rosser and through the town to the river bank (the Potomac)
where our cavalry pickets are stationed. The Yankees who still picket entirely
with infantry have their lines on the opposite bank. While I was in that
neighborhood Jackson's Corps, and McLaw's Division from this Corps, were hard
at work destroying the B. & O. R. R. They have also torn up the track of
the road between Winchester and Harper's Ferry and it will be a long time befor
these roads can be repaired. I put my last postage stamp on this letter and I
understand there are none in Winchester.
SOURCE: Louise Wigfall Wright, A Southern Girl in
’61, p. 95-6
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