I set the men to drilling in the new target practice. Rode
with Bottsford over to see Mrs. Lilley, an old lady whose husband, James
Lilley, lately died at Camp Chase in prison. Her son James is still there. As
the only male member of the family old enough to do work, I am inclined to ask
for his release. Her daughter Emily, a well-appearing young woman, is accused
of giving the information which led to bushwhacking Captain Gilmore's cavalry.
I hope it is not so.
I received today letters from Stephenson and Herron and an
order from Columbus “authorizing” me to assist in raising a regiment, the
Seventy-ninth. I don't know what to think of all this. Am I required to go home
and assist?
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 313
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