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Rome September 12, 1862 [?] Friday Morning

Darling Mother, I was so glad to get your last letter which came [of?] last mail day, it seemed a long time since I had heard from you all, and our letters do not seem to go straight - for it has been much more than two weeks since I have had a letter from my sister, and I have written to her twice since her last - except one which came a day or two ago, dated the 26th of June. The same mail which brought your letter brought me one from Father, saying we had good reason to think dear Charley was safe. God be prais- ed for that. I confess I could not greatly rejoice over our glorious victories until I heard that. What glorious victo- ries they were. I wonder what Gen Lee thinks of volunteers now, in the beginning of the war don't you remember with how much contempt Mildred used to speak of them and said her father said they could do nothing against