Friday night, January 30, 1863.
A
general impression that the war will soon be over. The signs from
Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, certainly indicate a great
reaction in those regions. Many Yankee soldiers will go out of services
in May (their terms of enlistment expiring then), and it seems very
doubtful if their places can be supplied. Popular meetings in Illinois +
Indiana have recently spoken out boldly for peace, denouncing Lincoln,
and threatening themselves to cut loose from New England. It was
reported in Richmond yesterday that Commissioners from the Western
States just named have arrived in that city — not so of course. Reported
to-day that the Union legislature
of Ky. has ordered out 60,000 troops to resist Lincoln's proclamation.
How natural was poor Sister's feeling, that peace would make her grief
more poignant! Often does her account of Addy's leaving home the last
time occur to me — "He looked so well," she said "and Oh, I kissed him
over and over again." May God comfort her. We hear that Rev. Dr. Boyd
was recently shot and instantly killed in Winchester, by a Yankee
sentinel.
MSS 38-258
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