In a springtime lull in the fighting in 1863, Jackson yearned to hold his infant
daughter, Julia, whom he had never seen.  "How I would love to see the little
darling," he wrote his wife.  "I am thankful that she is so bright and knowing.
I do wish I could see her funny little ways, and hear her 'squel out with delight'..."

A visit was arranged, and on April 20th, his wife Anna and baby Julia arrived by
rail at Guiney's Station south of Fredericksburg.

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