Parkersburg, West Virginia, July 12, 1864.
Dear Mother: — We are here
on our way East. I managed to slip ahead of my command and spend Sunday with
Lucy and the boys at Chillicothe. I should have been very glad to get to
Columbus and would have done so if it had been possible. But we are being
hurried forward as fast as possible to aid in putting an end to the trouble in
Maryland. I know very little about it but hope it will turn out much less
serious than is now represented.
I found my family
well homed and in good health. It was an unexpected but very happy meeting.
My love to all the
family. Letters directed to me in Crook's Division, via Cumberland, will
probably find me. I think all your letters have finally reached me.
My health, after all
our severe campaigning, is excellent.
Your affectionate son,
Rutherford.
Mrs. Sophia Hayes.
SOURCE: Charles
Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard
Hayes, Volume 2, p. 482
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