I am disappointed
to-night, and feel sadly. I had almost no letters from home lately. None
yesterday, to-day none. To-morrow I hope I
shall hear from home, and get news of the returning health of my family, and
then feel better. It is very hard to be shut up here, hundreds of miles from
those we love most dearly, and during their sickness, can have no hope of getting
to see them. I suppose the "necessities of war" demands the
sacrifice, and we must submit.
SOURCE: Alfred L.
Castleman, The Army of the Potomac. Behind the Scenes. A Diary of
Unwritten History; From the Organization of the Army, by General George B.
McClellan, to the close of the Campaign in Virginia about the First Day
January, 1863, p. 65
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