"Jean" writes to her brother at Ward J. 2nd Division, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, noting that she is glad he is improving and sending local Charlottesville, Va., news about friends and family. She mentions her poor health, that all men from 17 to 50 had to report at Charlottesville and that men above 50 were reporting at Palmyra. She reports on the deaths of young Powel Thomas and of "little black John"; the heads of the Sabbath school; learning to weave; and a rumor that William Black, John Haden and James Harlow were taken prisoners and Mr. Whitehurst killed "throwing up fortifications at the Bridge near Charlottesville." She advises her brother to point dying and wounded soldiers to the Lamb of God.
