Steamer Warrior, James River, Va.,
Monday, May 29, 1865.
Dear Sister L.:—
I take the opportunity before we get beyond the reach of mails to drop you a note to say “good-bye, I’m off.”
The last of the second division sailed on Friday to rendezvous in Hampton Roads, and I was left behind in charge of the transportation and private horses of my brigade. It was the hardest job by far of the whole embarkation, but they are all on board and I am on my way to Texas or elsewhere.
The Warrior is one of the largest ships of the fleet— carries three hundred horses and mules and one hundred army wagons, and being the senior officer on board I shall command the ship during the voyage—that is, the military part of it. Of course the captain sails his own vessel.
