University of Virginia Library

April 20-26

Easter Sunday and a rainy day. Very quiet, happy times. Begin school....[Letters received and written.]

[Sally]has gone back to Castalia. The little woman is restless and uneasy about Jabe. She has [not] heard from him since he got to Yorktown. Saturday evening our eyes are gladdened by the sight of Bob. His Regiment is between here and Gordonsville and he has been up twice in the last week or ten days. Reports reach us this week that the Yanks are very near us on the west but we have Stone Wall Jackson to watch them so I can't feel very much frightened ....