N. Stonington April 20^th 1865.

Dear Court.

                        I received you letter of the 12^th yesterday morning, was very happy to hear from you but a little surprised that you had not heard from me in such a long time. You say it is a month since you had received a letter but you was mistaken for I wrote you the 19^th of March which letter you received about the 25^th, and answered the 26^th. but I have written four since that one, which you had not received when you wrote. but I hope you have got some of them before now. you must have thought that your “Mamie” had forgotten all about you when she thinks of you so much. but you must never think so again for I’ll never forget you./

Yesterday the President was buried. there was a meeting to every church at Westerly. I went with Deacon Brown’s folks to the baptist church. Frederick Denison preached. He talked well. The church was draped in mourning There were two flags bound with black clear round and every window and the gallerys were all trimed in black. Almost every door to the houses were hung with crape, and several pictures of the president were all in black I tell you it looked sad enough. There was a procession formed, the rifle company was out, they had a white horse without a rider all trimed in black, and some one led him. The band played some dirge and altogether it was a very solemn sight indeed I should like to have been in Washington. Gov. Buckingham was there to the funeral and was to be in the procession, so/says the “Tribune”. He was gone with Foster to Washington who is to be our Vice President, quite an honor for Connecticut. Do you think it will prolong the war now that Lincoln is killed? some think it will and some that it will not. They say Johnson will put them through I guess he will not be quite so easy with them. I have heard heavy firing to-day some good news I guess. I hope so. I hope they will get the murderer before long. they have arrested some of them I hear. How can anyone get to be so bad as to commit such a deed? They say some women had a hand in it well they ought to be hung too. Some of the copperheads at home say they are glad of it Any one that could say that I wish was dead. they ought to be, but it is all they know. How I hate such people. If he could only have lived to see our final triumph, but it was not so to be./

I was very sorry to hear that you had been sick again. I am afraid you will not get over that Fever & Ague until you can come home. Do try and take care of yourself. be careful and not take too much quinine. Then you went to the theatre with Gen. Devins, quite an honor I should like to have been there. I am afraid it will be dangerous for officers to go to theatres after this. I should think they would shoot any union officer that they got a chance to.—Court I think you was real good to write to Mamie when you thought she was naughty and did not write. what must you have thought of me? but I love you so much for not being angry at me and because you did not stop writing when you thought I had. I am in hopes as you say that it will not be necessary for us to write much longer for that you will be safe home with me in a short time, never to leave me again. If good “old Abe”  had lived I know it would have been over very soon, but as it is I am afraid we shall have to wait a little longer. but it will not be long at the longest. the 5^th of Sept. will soon be here, if Court is only spared. Mother has got home, she wishes to be remembered to you. Write soon and tell me that you have got my letter. Yours with love—

Mary L. Stanton