NOVEMBER 30, 1863:
Union
prisoner Major Henry McDaniel C.S.A., wounded and captured at Gettysburg,
receives a letter from his wife:
"...For the
first time in five months am I permitted to pen you a brief letter. What a
privilege! Yours of 26th Oct. has been received with a welcome it were idle to
attempt to describe. Do you know that for three long months we heard not one
syllable from you? Yes, the faintest ray of hope had well night fled when the
news reached us that you still lived. With what a silent thrill of gratitude to
Almighty God did the tidings come! ..."
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