Concerning the protection of Sams' wife and baby son in the event of a front-line situation; belief in the ultimate victory of the Confederate cause; journey to Union and Spartanburg with the Bishop; reflections on re-appropriation of land to Negroes; sale and deposition of "Datha" property on (Datha?) Island; election of the Bishop (1866); further claims on "Datha" church affairs; family news; announcement of baby girl's birth named for Mary Neale.