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Private     Nov. 30 1861

My dear Sir

Pardon me for troubling
you so often
Why would not Capt. Foss
of the 2nd make a good Lieut col
in McClusky's Reg?  I think he
must be entirely competent.  The rank
and file, [?] hard [letters?] from Strickland's
Regt. at Port Royal about those officers

One I had today from a 
reliable source says they are
drunk half the time & S. makes a
poor officer.  This however is entre nous.

Yours truly,
Sewall