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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
The fourth Lieut. is a Union man; and the third Lieut. is not known only by his [word crossed out] the company he was with -- He went with [underlined] those who elected the Capt. On the whole, the fourth Lieut. is onl [word crossed out] the only one they dare trust. The Capt. & lst Lieut. were in the sess [?] [word crossed out]secesh [?] company formed last year in that town. [?]
Private. [underlined]
Have your app'td Cham-berlain Col. of 20th? His old classmates &c here say, you have been deceived: that C. is nothing [underlined] at all: that is the universal expression of those who knew him.
Yours truly, Drummond [underlined] Hon. I. Washburn Jr Executive [?]