After your expedition started I received documentary proof from Captains Sturgis, Schofield, and Totten, and a number of other officers, in regard to his conduct on those occasions, which destroyed all confidence in him.
Dodge discusses the loss of confidence in a commander based on documented evidence of his conduct.
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