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exists towards this man, that an open rupture must shortly result from it unless his place is fillen by a [[underlined]] better [[/underlined]] man I do not think it proper to particularize further, but I am sure Col- you could not hesitate a moment to make a change did you fully appreciate the situation. I have written this letter to you by the request of some one or two of the best citizens here and I trust I may hear from you [[underlined]] at once [[/underlined]] in regard [to this matter. I do not wish to be publicly named or known in connection with this matter in any way. I have [[underlined]] only [[/underlined]] dared speak frankly to you on the subject, as I knew ^[[you]] in times gone by when I too was a soldier- I am doing most [[underlined]] splendidly [[/underlined]] here. I am Col. With highest [[underlined]] regards [[/underlined]] Your Obt. Srvt. [[signature]] W. W. Willis [[/signature]] Col. Saml. Thomas. [[margin]] Refer to Donaldson [[/margin]] [[mid-page]] W. [[?]] 1866 [[/mid-page]]