Letters from Confederate Soldiers... “The men are worn out and half-starved, but they are still game. We fight for our homes and our rights, and we will not give up.” Private Henry K. Douglas, 2nd Virginia Infantry (1863) Douglas, an aide to Stonewall Jackson, wrote this in his diary during the Gettysburg Campaign “I took up my gun to keep the Yankees from our homes. My wife and little ones are in Wayne County, and I’ll fight to my last breath to save them from ruin.” - Private Thomas J. Strickl