On the recordDecember 4, 1864
The affair was executed in a most creditable manner.
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By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep faith with both, and we do but confuse ourselves in questioning the process by which the right result is reached.
of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indicated.
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