meridian, Nov. 12th, 1863.
My dear Wigfall,
I received your letter of the 2nd yesterday and tried in
vain to find the person who brought it. It was left with Col. B. S. Ewell A. A.
G. by a contractor on his way to the Trans-Mississippi Country. . . . I congratulate you with all my heart
upon Halsey's narrow escape. To have a horse killed under one puts a tall
feather in his cap. (I hope, however, it was not the sorrel mare.) Even at
present prices1 I'd freely give a good horse to the same fate. I
have been having a very quiet time since July. Almost a peace establishment so
we have gone to house keeping. I say we, for Mrs. Johnston joined me two weeks
ago. I think Fanny would be delighted to see the style with which her namesake
trots up to the door when she sees her mistress in it. Her mistress enjoys it
greatly. I am at last making a report.
Very truly yours,
J. E. Johnston.
1 Horses were worth at this time about $3,000.
SOURCE: Louise Wigfall Wright, A Southern Girl in
’61, p. 155
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