Camp White, August 30, i863.
Dearest: — . .
. These cold nights and autumn storms remind us of winter quarters. If we
remain in this region I mean to have you with me if possible all winter, and I
feel like beginning winter in good season. Already men are putting chimneys in
their tents: A few weeks will probably settle the question as to where we shall
spend the cold weather, and I shall send for you at the earliest possible
moment.
My little sorrel in a savage fit bit Carrington very
severely yesterday. In one snap he cut ten large gashes, several of them to the
bone, in the muscular part of the right arm between the shoulder and elbow. The
bone is not broken, but he will be disabled for a month. He shook him as a rat
is shaken by a terrier dog. Charley Smith and two others were looking on, and
jumped in, or it is possible he would have been killed. As soon as he was taken
out of his stall the sorrel was as good-natured as usual.
I see it stated that very few are to be drafted in Ohio on
this call. I am glad if it is really not necessary, although it would be
pleasant to see our ranks full again. If we are not filled up we shall of
course be mustered out of service at the end of our three years. — My love to
all. Good-bye.
Affectionately, ever
your
R.
Mrs. Hayes.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 431
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