NEW CREEK, WEST
VIRGINIA, April 19, 1865.
MY DARLING:— I have
just returned from Cumberland to meet Dr. Joe from Winchester and to
see the funeral ceremonies, etc., at department headquarters.
Had a good time. I
feel the national loss, but even that is nothing compared to the joy I feel
that this awful war is ended in our favor. Joe and I moralized over
it, and agreed that no one man, not even so great a one as
Lincoln, was anything by the side of the grand events of the
month.* We are to leave the service hereafter when things take shape a
little, if possible at the same time.
I asked you in a
late letter to be ready to come to me on short notice. I, or somebody, will
meet you at Parkersburg or somewhere. Come without much baggage ready to travel. We
will perhaps take a journey of three weeks or so when I quit. Joe
will go along and possibly two of my staff. Can we take
Birch without Webb? Can you leave George?
I am so anxious to
be with you. Your letter of the 5th, which I find here, is the first
I have from you in a great while. I am so happy in the prospect of being
with you for good soon. Reply at once.
* See Dr. Joseph T. Webb to Maria Cook Webb, April 20, 1865
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