CAMP RUSSELL, December 6, 1864.
MY DARLING: – We are very comfortable and very jolly. No army
could be more so. We have had no orders to build winter quarters, but we have
got ready for rough weather, and can now worry through it.
We have horse-races, music, church (sic!), and all
the attractions. No fighting, which makes me hope I shall get off the
last of this month to see my darling and the dear ones.
Affectionately,
R.
MRS. HAYES.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 543
