Camp Reynolds, Virginia, March 4, 1863.
Dear Uncle: — Getting on finely. The boys busy and very happy. Webb, I fancy, is a good deal such a boy is [as] Lorenzo was. He is to be seen driving some soldier’s team or riding whenever there is a chance. Lucy will probably leave in a fortnight or so, probably about the time we go to Charleston.
The new conscription law strikes me as a capital measure. I hope it will be judiciously and firmly administered.
I have an offer for my Hamilton property one thousand dollars cash, one thousand dollars in six months, and the balance of fifteen hundred in three equal annual payments. Before the war I would have taken it quickly enough, but I am not sure now but the real estate is best. It pays taxes and about one hundred dollars a year rent. What could I do with the money?
Sincerely,
R. B. Hayes.
S. BIRCHARD.
