June 7, 1863
To: Sarah Keith
From: Hiram Crawford Jr., Belle Plaines, VA
Was surprised to hear Mother had gone to Canada for a visit. Jennie wrote that Ed had given up farming and that Pros was running the farm. “Mary always thought more of him [Pros] than the rest of the family.” The fight on May 3 was the hardest. He believes no battle on record shows a musketry fight of so lengthy a duration.
This letter was originally posted to the Crawford/Comfort Family Letters blog and can be read here.