[for the Richmond Dispatch.]
Old Fair Grounds, near Richm'd, Va., July 4th, 1861.
Allow me through the columns of your paper to return to the ladies of Richmond my grateful thanks for the kindness shown the sick of our regiment during its stay at this place, and I can assure them that, in leaving Richmond, each and every man of the regiment will carry with him the most grateful recollections of the kindness of the ladies during our stay here.
Very respectfully,
J. W. C. Smith,
Surgeon 19th Regiment Miss. Vols.