William went to Marietta where he found this dispatch from Major E. C. Dawes dated at Nashville June 5” -- “I leave for Cincinnati tomorrow -- wound doing well.”
Peggy's note:
On June 6, Rufus wrote to his wife Mary about her brother:
Peggy's note:
On June 6, Rufus wrote to his wife Mary about her brother:
I have received your father's note announcing Charley's death. How strange that so suddenly, while you have suffered so long in dread of harm to me, I am safe, and Charley is called to his grave. Truly, we can not tell what is in store for us.Rufus had not yet heard that his own brother, Ephraim, had been wounded.
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