CHILLICOTHE, OHIO,
February 1, 1865.
DEAR HASTINGS:— I
returned here from Cincinnati last night and find your letter of the
23d ult. I am surprised and very glad to hear of your
arrival home. If the journey has not hurt you it is a capital thing. I shall
return to Cumberland in a few days via Columbus.
You will of course
be promoted. If the governor should remain fixed in his feelings against [Major
Edward M.] Carey, you will be lieutenant-colonel. I hear it said that you would not
accept. I can't suppose this is so. It surely ought not to be. I shall ask
Governor Brough to promote Carey. If he will not do it, there is no propriety
in your declining the promotion. My wife joins in regards to your
sister and yourself.
Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
CAPTAIN RUSSELL HASTINGS, Willoughby, Ohio.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary
and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 556-7
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