CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF PLYMOUTH GREY GHOST MOSBY CONFEDERATE WIDOWS LETTER 1864
"OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN YOU HAVE ONLY FOUR LEFT". FROM HER SOUTHERN BELLE FRIEND.
JOY OF BATTLE AT PLYMOUTH VICTORY. THE NEED TO DESTROY GRANT TO END THE WAR. HER SOLDIER BROTHER'S CONTINUED IMPRISONMENT.
AND THE CONTINUED SOUTHERN HEROICS OF. KEEPING THE YANKEES IN CONSTANT ALARM.Your sweet letter came duly to hand, and afforded me much pleasure. Though it was so sad we all wept over it.. We can only sympathize with you having lost so many precious. Out of thirteen children she has only four left.
They are the first angels in Heaven beckoning us on to that Heavenly sphere.. We have all been rejoicing so much over our victory at Plymouth. It was such a complete affair. If we can only destroy Grant I think the war will end. Thousands of the noble and brave have fallen during this cruel war. And if it lasts God only knows how many more will become victims..Mosby has been flying around as usual taking prisoners, wagons, horses, etc. Keeping the Yankees in constant alarm.. The Yankees having evacuated Warrenton a little village where they have. Had thousands of troops all the winter about a dozen miles from us.. The country is in such a state of disturbance we feel it more.
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