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Office Supt. B.R.F. and A.L.
Mobile Ala Jany 23rd 1866

Brevet Colonel
C. Cadle Jr
A.A. General &c
Montgomery Ala

Colonel:
I have the honor to acknowledge the rec't of your letter of the 20th inst.

I regret exceedingly that my report should be the cause of any misunderstanding between the General and myself. My report was published at the Solicitation of my officers who wised to obtain copies of it, and I did not think that it would be looked upon as an act of discourtesy on my part.

The report was sent in manuscript to the Post Officer in time, as I thought, to reach you before the newspaper would. I beg to assure the General that I had no thought that I was