Camp Hastings, March
25, 1865.
Dear MOTHER: — We
have had a sudden and severe change of weather. For the
first time this month the ground is white with snow, and the mountains
look like midwinter. The wind blows our tents down once in a while, and makes
a little trouble. In other respects the change does not trouble us much.
General Crook has
been exchanged and given a command under Grant before
Richmond. He was placed in command of his old Department a few days
to show that Grant had not lost confidence in him. He came out to my camp,
where the troops gave him a most enthusiastic reception.
We are ready to move
from here at any time. It is not known, I think, by anybody where [and] when we
shall go.
Affectionately, your son,
R.
MRS. SOPHIA HAYES.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary
and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 570
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