Sunday, January 2, 2022

Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, January 1, 1865

CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, January 1, 1865.

DEAREST:— We reached here last night. We shall build winter quarters and soon settle down. I shall apply for a leave of absence as soon as we are all fixed, and then to see the dear ones!

On the 30th we were marching from Stephenson's Depot to Martinsburg. I often thought of the twelve-years-ago day (wedding-day), and of the happiness my darling has been to me since. I do hope I shall see you soon. — Love to all.

Affectionately, your
R.
MRS. HAYES.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 553

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