Fayetteville, July 16, 1863.
Dear Mother: —
We have been into Dixie and are safe out again into our own lines — a very
lively and pleasant raid.
I see Morgan is raiding in Ohio. I hope he will be caught.
It will not surprise me if we are called home to look after him. I regard this
as one of the reckless efforts of a despairing and lost cause. Certainly the
Rebel prospects were never before so dark, nor ours so cheering.
I am very well. No time to say more.
Affectionately,
R. B. Hayes.
Mrs. Sophia Hayes.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 419
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