Camp Reynolds, Near Gauley Bridge, May 1, 1864.
Dear Mother: —
We have been marching now three days. We have a considerable force and are
setting out on a campaign. We expect our full share of active service. We are
under the immediate command of General Crook.1 We all feel great confidence
in his skill and good judgment. General Averill is also with us in command of
the cavalry. I have the First Brigade of Infantry, consisting of [the]
Twenty-third and Thirty-sixth Ohio, Fifth and Thirteenth Virginia Volunteers.
The last named is not yet with us.
Lucy and the boys left on a steamboat at the same time I
did. You will perhaps not hear from me often for a while. — Goodbye.
Your affectionate
son,
R.
Mrs. Sophia Hayes.
_______________
1 George Crook.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 454-5
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