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Tells Gibbons how much she is missed by the men at the military hospital at Point Lookout, where she had worked as a nurse until recently. Discusses events at the hospital, especially its transition to caring for wounded Confederates and the contrast between their treatment and that of Union wounded. Is upset that there are only Catholic nurses and no Protestant women. Mentions his mail-related work and Frank Nichols.

Passes on news of people Emerson knew at the military hospital where she worked. Describes an exchange of artillery fire. Discusses a person nicknamed "the old Mormon" (perhaps an allusion to Dorothea Dix). Briefly discusses her cousin Maria Hopper.