Camp Near Strasburg, Virginia, October 15, 1864.
Dear Mother: — We have remained quiet in camp during this week with the exception of one afternoon’s skirmishing. Early, or somebody with a considerable force, is entrenched near us. We may fight another battle with him, but I have no information as to the intention.
Colonel Comly is very well. He has had great luck to get through all this fighting with so little injury. He and the Twenty-third have been in all the hottest places. Over twenty officers in the regiment have been killed or wounded since the first of May. . . . My love to all.
Affectionately, your son,
R.
Mrs. Sophia Hayes.
