Cincinnati, February 22, 1862.
Dear Mother: —
I am ready to start back to Virginia on the first steamer for the Kanawha
River. I expect to get off tomorrow or next day.
I found Uncle in good health for him. The other friends were
as usual. . . . I returned home Monday
finding all here as I left them.
The recent victories convince everybody that the Rebellion
can be conquered. Most people anticipate a speedy end of the war. I am not so
sanguine of a sudden wind-up, but do not doubt that the Confederacy is fatally
wounded. We are having a gaudy celebration of the 22nd here with the usual
accompaniments which delight the children.
Affectionately, your
son,
Rutherford.
Mrs. Sophia Hayes.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 200
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