April 23, 1861
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Braxton Bragg
Replies to Bragg's earlier letter (GLC00925.01) regarding their long time friendship and their now differing loyalties in the war. "How strange it is! We have been united in our views of almost all subjects, public and private. We still have, I trust, a personal regard for each other which will continue, whatever course our sense of duty may dictate, yet in one short year after exchanging at your house assurances of friendship, here we are face to face, with arms in our hands, with every prospect of a bloody collision. How strange!" Sympathizes with the south and his southern friends but…
GLC00925.02