I arrived here this
morning about ten o'clock. My trip was all very pleasant, except when I passed
through Petersburg and Richmond both those places are so crowded. The citizens
of the latter place are greatly alarmed for fear their city will be captured.
We are close to the
enemy now, but there is no certainty of our having a big fight soon. Captain
Hunt's men shot at the Yankees this morning while on picket duty. The report
about our losing ten men is true. The Yankee cavalry came across the
Rappahannock River and captured them.
Our regiment moved
after I arrived to-day and we are now near Summit station in a place where the
chinquapin bushes are very thick.
The regiments are
moved every two or three days to give them practice in moving quickly. All the
tents have been taken away from the men, and that, together with the change of
climate from the coast of South Carolina to this place, has caused much
sickness in our regiment. I will sleep in the medicine tent, a very comfortable
place.
It is bedtime now. I
will try to write you a longer letter next time. The thought of you and our
little George makes me happy, even though I am away off here in Old Virginia.
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