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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 2 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 72: letters from Fortress Monroe. (search)
evils, every situation having its disadvantages. You recollect the instructive satire of Horace on the desire for change, etc. Remember me most affectionately to Ma. Tell her that the old one hit Le Roy at last, but that his faith held out and he never cried quarter. If my letter seems disjointed and obscure, do not infer any physical ill as the cause. The tramping and creaking of the sentinel's boots disturb me so as to render it difficult to write at all. Fortress Monroe, March 22, 1866. I am in the condition to give the highest value to quiet, it being the thing never allowed to me by day or night. The spring is slowly appearing and, as well as the calendar, reminds me of the many months during which I have been closely confined without any legal proceeding, or even informal notice of the charges and evidence on which I am held as a state prisoner. So I strive to possess my soul in patience, and by every means attainable to preserve my health against underminin