To Mary Milroy From RH Milroy Feb 23 1863

              Headquarters Milroy’s Division, 
                    Winchester, Va. Feb. 23rd, 1863 
My Dear Mary 
	Yours of the 17th was recd. last  
evening & I assure you it relieved me very much  
to learn that you was getting better & also little  
Brucy.  I recd. Ella’s letter of the 10th four days  
ago, she said that you & Brucy were very sick &  
that he was taken Saturday night & had four spasms  
on Sunday.  How thankful I feel to know that you  
are both getting well again!  I hope you will be  
careful of yourself until you fully recover your  
health.  Capt. McDonald got back ten days before  
yesterday.  He said he was so busy with his own matters  
at home, that he had not time to go by for you & the  
children & get back here before the expiration of his  
leave of absence.  I did not feel much certainty in  
your coming, but hoped you would, & felt much  
disappointed when McDonald returned without you,  
but had he called he would have found you & Brucy  
too sick to come, I suppose.  In my letter  
which you failed to get, I directed you to  
correspond with Mrs. Demott about coming, but  
she arrived here a week ago.  I would very much  
like to see you & the children before the commen- 
cement of the spring & summer campaign which  
is liable to commence soon.