Camp Maskell, Near Gauley,
Monday Morning,,
December 8, 1862.
Dear Mother:—
I got your letter, mailed the 2nd, yesterday morning. It was my first letter
since I left home and was very welcome. I like the coolness of the old Yankee
colonel and admire his earnestness. My speech at South Mountain was not quite
so religious, but I suppose it answered very much the same purpose. I don't
value what comes out of the mouth on such occasions so much as the spirit of
it.
We are having severe, but pleasant and healthful winter
weather. The men work hard getting up our log village and enjoy it much. I
spent Thanksgiving on the Ohio River very pleasantly with an intelligent crowd
of passengers. . . .
Affectionately, your
son,
Rutherford.
Mrs. Sophia Hayes.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 373
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