{"id":12124,"date":"2021-07-24T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dotcw.com\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2021-07-27T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:39:56","slug":"rutherford-b-hayes-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/rutherford-b-hayes-58\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We are to be a part of General Rosecrans&#8217; force against Wise.&#8221;\u2014Rutherford B. Hayes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">CAMP CHASE, July 24, 1861.<\/p>\n<p>DEAR UNCLE:\u2013I am surrounded by the bustle and confusion attendant upon a hurried leaving of camp. We go tomorrow at 5 A. M. to Zanesville by railroad, thence down the Muskingum on steamboats to Marietta, and on the Ohio to Ripley Landing, a short distance from Point Pleasant in Virginia. We are to be a part of General Rosecrans&#8217; force against Wise.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I had a good chat with Fr\u00e9mont. He is a hero. All his words and acts inspire enthusiasm and confidence. He and the governor reviewed our regiment today. Lucy, Laura, and many friends were present. It was a stirring scene. I wish you could have been here. You would subscribe heartily to General Fremont. Good-bye. My saddest feeling\u2013my almost only sad feeling\u2013is leaving you in such bad health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\">Affectionately,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">R. B. HAYES.<\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u2013Always send me full sheets of paper\u2013the blank sheet is so useful. The use and scarcity of paper is appalling.<\/p>\n<p>S. BIRCHARD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMP CHASE, July 24, 1861. DEAR UNCLE:\u2013I am surrounded by the bustle and confusion attendant upon a hurried leaving of camp. We go tomorrow at 5 A. M. to Zanesville by railroad, thence down the Muskingum on steamboats to Marietta, and on the Ohio to Ripley Landing, a short distance from Point Pleasant in Virginia. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":66751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-diary-and-letters-of-rutherford-birchard-hayes"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rutherford-B-Hayes-1852.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}