Camp White, April 9, 8863.
Dear Uncle: —
Yours of the 3rd received. Yes, Jenkins made a dash into Point Pleasant, but he
dashed out before doing much mischief with a loss of seventy-five killed and
prisoners. He attacked one other post garrisoned by men under my command but
was repulsed. His raid was a failure. He lost about one hundred and fifty men
while in this region and accomplished nothing. But we expect repetitions of
this thing, and with our present force we shall probably suffer more another
time.
I do not look for an end of the war for a long time yet. I
am glad the late elections show the second sober thought to be right. We can
worry them out if we keep at it without flagging.
Come on, it will be good weather in a few weeks.
I send you a soldier's photograph of our log-cabin camp near
Gauley. It is not good. You can see the falls beyond the camp and the high
cliffs on the opposite side of the Kanawha. My quarters were at the long-roofed
cabin running across the street towards the back and right of the picture.
Sincerely,
R. B. Hayes.
S. Birchard.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 403
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