Viewing page 238 of 341

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

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]]