Sept 12, 1862 [Friday]. Washington
I. M. Fisher, Esq.
I have been making inquires of your son Wm. And have just learned about him through Wm. Hemphill Jones, from C. Rodney Layton and am pleased to inform you he has come off so well.
Captain Draper was at my house yesterday. He is Captain of a Company in the 1st Delaware Regiment that left Camp Fisher last November, and, has had so much hard duty. Col. Redden was stripped of command, and, from his description of the late affair, I was afraid your son Wm was gone.
I send you Layton’s note. We are all well; do not think you trouble me. Yours truly etc. G. Luff
Your letter of the 10th just arrived and I am pleased to hear from you.
General Pope charges all his generals. They would not obey his commands. He brings heavy charges against them, and if true, he ought to have a drum headed Court Marshal for every one of them and shoot them on the field. But I will conclude it was bad contact with them all. Yours truly, G. L.
