Near Bull Run, October 17, 1863.
My dear sister:
I have just received your letter of the 13th instant. I have
not written for the last few days, owing to events over which I had no control.
You must be aware that in the last few days we have made a retrograde movement;
whether there was a necessity for it I have no means of judging. We have had no
fighting that deserves the name. What there has been has been decidedly in our
favour. General Meade has always been ready to give the enemy battle, but with
such a long time to bring up his supplies, he was always anxious for his line
of retreat. I presume we shall move forward again and offer battle.
I am very glad to hear that you had such a pleasant visit
with our Massachusetts cousins; when you write, give them my best love,
especially Cousin Catherine. I am sorry you did not see her, as she seems so
fond of you and kind to every one. Captain Halsted went off quite sick the day
the movement commenced, and has not been heard from. I rely upon him for
writing all my descriptive letters. He is very fond of it and happy at that
style; I am not. The weather continues delightful, and were it not for that
favour we should have suffered severely.
I will write again as soon as we are settled, but my fear is
that this is the last of the “Army of the Potomac,” and that I may have to go
South.
Yours affectionately,
J. s.
SOURCE: George William Curtis, Correspondence of
John Sedgwick, Major-General, Volume 2, p. 160-1
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