Camp White, May 17, 1863.
Dear Uncle:— .
. . We are in no danger here. We have built a tolerably good fort which we can
hold against superior forces perhaps a week or two or more. We have a gunboat
which will be useful as long as the river is navigable. My whole brigade has
been here. The most of it is good and the rest is improving.
I like your bank project.
The Richmond hoax was a severe one. It did not reach us in a
way to command belief. I still stick to Hooker. The Rebel loss of Jackson gives
us the best of that effort. I hope the Potomac Army will get a victory
sometime.
Sincerely,
R. B. Hayes.
S. BlRCHARD.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 410
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