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Hd. Qs V.D April 10th 1863
My Dear Cousin,
You must excuse me
that I have not written till now to ackno
wledge the receipt of your letter [?]
the pretty comfortable cap which ac
companied it. My reason for not writing
immediately and [?] thanks was
that a plan was on foot to go down
and attack [Milroy?] and I expected it
to be coming into affect in a few days
and then hoped to give you some
news from Winchester knowing how
much you are interested the place, but
Gen'l Stuart interefered with that [?]
[management?] and we were waiting on
him for a long time expecting him every
day but he did not come. Finally
giving him out I went off on my
furlough which I had gotten some
weeks before. I took advantage of it.
On my return I found your letter of the
23 [?] and hasten to reply. I went from
here to Charlottesville where I spent several
days very pleasantly. Saw Miss Mary [?]
several times and the Misses [?] from
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