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Had I the space and the control
of suitable language, it would in-
deed be a pleasure to record the
many acts of kidness of the Vir-
ginia Ladies to our wounded
Texans, but will have to take the
will for the deed" Early in the morn-
ing and often through the rain, they
were seen gathering round the hospi-
tals, each one [ladened?] with just
such things as woman knows how
to prepare, and none so well as a
soldier with ghastly wounds and
exhausted [frames?], hundreds of
miles away from home and friends
knows how to appreciate. And through
all the day long they were seen hovering
ing around these scenes of suffering
like convoys of ministering angels