Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to [Judge William Johnston?], April 10, 1865

CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, April 10, 1865.

DEAR JUDGE:— I am told that my application for leave has come back without approval. I am sending it again today. At this rate it will be ten days before I see it again. The War Department wants to know my business. They mustn't be too crotchety or I'll get naughty on their hands.

I hope this cruel war is over. I shall resign probably in about six weeks.

Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
(JUDGE WILLIAM JOHNSTON (?), Washington.)

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 574

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