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This book is all very well as an interesting Romance but
if a man may have any confidence in his [own?]
senses, and if a person who has been through it
all [so?] far as McClellan's campaign in conscience
and has no prejudices may be permitted to be [consider-?]
[ed?] as well able to judge as one who was never at
the scenes of action he describes, then in point of fact
is this book a fiction---

your truly
[illegible]

To Mr. Heathy