WASHINGTON, D. C., [July 1, 1866].
MY DEAR ONE:— We missed you so much at Gettysburg [June 28-30]. It was cool, fine weather. The company good. "All things lovely." The battle-field must be one of the finest in the world. We had for guide and chaperon a gentleman who has made it a study for a long while, and I now feel that I know the battle as if I had seen it. There was nothing more in the generalship than I had supposed, but the stubbornness and good conduct of the army, of men and officers generally, was worthy of the cause. The Rebel attack was a very brilliant but rash thing.
Pick a cool day to go to Fremont. Every week or two, even in this weather, there is a little cool spell.
I shall not come home until the end of the session, now supposed to be on the 16th. - Love to all.
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