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Genl. S Breck HdQr Dep

Dear Sir

If possible to avoid it I very much wish that the Genl do not try [?Mersed?] (Pvt) for shooting Neal - It can do no good in protecting [?Merced?] from the Civil Authority & will have a very bad effect on the soldiers. [?Merced?] feels very badly about it now as Neal was an old soldier & his friend & brother Odd-fellow. He was with Neal often after the shooting & felt worse I think than Neal did - Neal frequently told him that he had done just right, that