Camp White, July 28, 1863.
Dear Uncle: —
. . . We are again in our old camp. We have lost some valuable officers and men
since we left. Captain Delany, commanding one of my cavalry companies, was
killed in storming Wytheville. He was a man to trust. He received his promotion
on my recommendation and was one of my best friends. . . .
We hear Morgan is himself taken at last. This is important.
At least ten thousand of our mounted men have heretofore been kept busy
watching him. They will now be at liberty to push against the weakened enemy.
It now seems probable enough that the war will be
substantially ended with our original enlistment.
Sincerely,
R. B. Hayes.
S. BlRCHARD.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 425
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