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130 days he had been obliged to wear an inexhaustible bunch of fire-crackers tied to the skirts of his coat, exploding unorderly at all hours of night and day; and then, not forgetting the mortal [previous word underlined] danger, think of us, and our strained and wearied nerves. But thank God! thank God! - Grant must look well to his laurels, now. For our occupation of Atlanta is the successful solution of one of the most difficult military problems that ever soldier had to solve. I saw Gen. Sherman the other day. So haggard, thin, care-worn, did he look, that I pitied him from my heart. What an Atlas-burden must be taken from the broad shoulders of his mind, God bless him! McClellan and Pendleton! Truly a goodly ticket. Not vicious [previous word underlined] men,