Monday, September 19, 2011

1861 September 19, Lombardy

[From a letter of Mary Maxwell to General John Hartwell Cocke congratulating him on attaining his eighty first birthday]

"....You will be glad to hear that
the streets of the old Metropolis
have been occasionally watered with
whiskey, by order of the commanding
Colonel--to prevent intoxication
among the troops. Gen Hill at
York is a strong temperance
man--and commands the respect
of his men--almost to devotion
I wish I could say that Gen
Magruder is also a cold water
man, but I fear tht he is more
courageous than temperate....

MSS 640

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