Manassas Junction
23 July 1861
My dear Mother,
I send you a line to
allay your apprehensions. I
cannot find that the Alb L.H.
were in the fight at all on yest-
-terday; and as bro E. was in Holmes'
Brigade, wh was on the right &
unengaged, I am quite confident
he was not hurt. Neither was
Robt. Saunders hurt--He was in
the action, but had no severe
work. We have won a vic-
tory but the cost is awful.
Oh! what a horrid thing is war!
Let any one go to a military
hospital after a battle to be
convinced of it. With love
to all, in haste,
Yr affectionate Son
Richard T[?]. Davis
Richard Terrell Davis, 1830-1892, chaplain of the 6th Virginia Cavalry, after the war rector of St. James P.E. Church, Leesburg, Va.
Davis refers to his brother Captain Eugene Davis of the Albemarle Light Horse
MSS 9852-i, -j, -k
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