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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 reg
ulars? How glorious for our gallant army to be in Maryland
now the poor oppressed people there will have a chance
to throw off the heavy yoke they have been groaning
under, and show that they can strike for freedom. I
shall be much disappointed if there is not a great rise
in Maryland, for I feel as if the state were more nearly
related to VA than any other in the confederacy