"We have awful anxiety whenever we hear of a battle being fought, and it was almost a relief to us when we heard that you were in a Yankee prison.

We thought at least you were out of danger for some time; but since the news came of your escape it has been worse than ever, and as week passed after week without hearing anything of you we began to fear that something terrible had happened to you." "Nothing terrible has happened at all, Annie.

The only mishap I had was getting a pistol bullet in my shoulder which laid me up for about six weeks.

There was nothing very dreadful about it," he continued, as exclamations of alarm and pity broke from mother and sister.

"I was well looked after and nursed.