My dearest Sally,
I am now enlisted in the Civil War under General Lee. We have seized the american fort, Fort Sumter, the Americans never saw it coming. I have just gleaned the information that in the United States President Lincoln has called for 75,000 volunteer troops to form an army, because of our capture of Fort Sumter. Although I am not pleased that all the slave states did not secede from the union, I am pleased to inform you that those that didn't are causing riots and troubling President Lincolns decisions which helps buy us more time. I hope all is well back at home always ponder and don't forget that slaves are our God given right and that can't be taken from us.

Sincerely,
   Fitzhugh Johnston Pedigrew