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tell me that I must remain East thro' the Autumn and Spring I [strike] unless I am willing to run a great risk of permanently impairing my health, and such a risk I am not prepared to run, while I can [underline] avoid it.

    I can honestly say, General, that my chief [underline] regret in the decision I have made is the breaking of my relations with you, personal and official, and on that account especially I desire to hold onto my cavalry commission-- something to still connect and bring us again together if we both live, making this separation not finial 'tho' long.