“One unselfish action I would like to have recorded of a member of J.H.  Morgan’s command, the same to which my dear friend Colonel B.F.  Forman belonged, and he can tell you how proud all Kentucky was of her brave boys.  This is what I wish to write, because I like to have every noble deed recorded.  After my good brother, Ex-Governor Blackman (who has administered medicine whenever I needed it), removed to Tennessee, and I felt the attack coming on from which I have so long and so severely suffered, I applied to Dr. R. Wilson Thompson for medical advice, and, receiving it, put my hand in my pocket.  He said, almost sternly, ‘No, no, Mrs. Morris, do not attempt that; you cannot do it,’ and, rising abruptly, left the house.  Returning the second day, he said, ’I fear you did not understand me, Mrs. Morris:  I feel as every Confederate soldier feels, or ought to feel,—­that he could never do enough for you; we could never receive pay from you for anything.’  And so for the last five months he, although like many of our brave boys has had many hardships to endure, and his constitution shattered, has come through snow and sleet night and day to minister to the relief of an old woman who only did her duty to him and his people twenty long years ago.  How few remember to be grateful so long!  Present my best love to my old friend B.F.  Forman.  I remain always your friend and well-wisher,

“MRS. MARY B. MORRIS.

“SPRING STATION, KENTUCKY.”

From one of the many Louisiana soldiers who received, at the hands of Mrs. Caldwell, the tender care and excellent nursing which doubtless saved his life, I have received a description of the “Refuge,” which, during three years of the war, was opened to Louisiana soldiers; not to officers, although a few personal friends of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell were there by special invitation; but it was understood that none but private soldiers were expected without an invitation, while all privates were welcomed as to a home.

The ‘Refuge,’ the residence of John B. Caldwell during the war, was situated in Amherst County, Virginia, about three and a half miles from Lynchburg.  The residence was of peculiar build, having more the appearance of the Queen Anne style of architecture than any else, and was probably the only house in that section of country where the constructor had diverged from the accepted style for a country residence, hence, even in its isolated situation, it was known far and wide.  The estate comprised an area of about eight hundred acres, and was cultivated in wheat, corn, etc.  The route to it from Lynchburg lay, for about a mile and a half, along the north side of the James River, from which the road turned at almost right angles toward the north, over an undulating country, and through a long lane, which was part of the farm.

The house stood about fifty yards from the road, and presented a rather picturesque appearance, the lawn being surrounded by a fence, outside of which and in front of the house a circular lawn had been laid out, around which was the carriage drive.