Camp Flat Top Mountain, May 24, 1862.
Dear Mother: —
I have written you twice this month, but am not sure as to your getting my
letters. The enemy have captured some of our mails, and possibly your letters
are in Secession. . . .
We are having pretty busy times in the mountains. One of our
brigades, under Colonel Crook, gained an important victory over the Rebels
under General Heth yesterday morning at Lewisburg, capturing cannon, etc., etc.
We shall not remain long in the same place. Our force is not so large as that
of the enemy, and we must make up the difference by activity. They are very
sick of the contest, and if our great armies are successful, we shall soon be
over the worst of the Rebellion. . . .
Affectionately, your
son,
R.
Mrs. Sophia Hayes.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 277
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