p.

for a home affords better care than any hospital
can. You must cure him up soon and send him
back for we want him here.

I presume some history of my wanderings and
the sights I have seen would be of interest to you
if properly written out, but I am unable to write
even a hundredth part of what is transpiring daily
around us. We are in the most pleasant portion of
the world it was ever my fortune to see. The "White
House", so called, is a large Plantation of some 11,000
acres, in an excellent state of cultivation owned by
Col. Lee, Confederate Army, son of Genl. Robt. E.
Lee. Commander in Chief of the Confederate Forces.
This is a place of historical interest. It was former-
ly owned by Col. Custis, first husband of Martha
Washington. Here The Father of his Country wooed
and wed the woman no less celebrated as the wife
than Mary, as the Mother of Washington. The Custis
Family are buried here, but the Plantation is
so large that I have not seen their burial place.
The House is a nice wood building with an ample
Yard and is occupied by Genl. McClellan as his
Head Quarters. Vegetation is quite forward.
Wheat is [headed?]. Clover is a foot high. Peas are
in blossom in the Garden and the trees are
in full leaf. It seems like June at Home.
The weather is quite warm at midday but the heat
is rendered less intense by the breezes which blow