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| + | <p>on any account, strive to dispel the feeling, <br />but go on "seeking " until you find, [underscored] bearing <br />in mind that the Lord is "faithful and <br />true," and that "whosoever [underscored] cometh unto <br />God thro' Christ, He will in no wise ['no wise'] underscored] cast <br />out."</p> | ||
| + | <p>Would you like you to have me return now?<br />I can, I think, procure my discharge, and <br />having been thro' a severe battle and done <br />my duty there, I do not see where the dis-<br />honor can be in leaving a service where <br />my deafness renders promotion hopeless. <br />No man (or officer) in this regiment has <br />been more unsparing of himself in the <br />discharge of his duty than I have, yet <br />no man has been treated more shamefully, <br />and only a sense of the dishonor of leaving <br />before a general engagement has kept me <br />where I have been exposed to such indignity. <br />Our present Adjutant (Lieut. Warner) is a [boar-?] <br />[ly?] disposition and education – a narrow-<br />minded, easily humbugged, and brutal black-<br />guard, & I threw up the situation of clerk in con-<br />tempt, threatening him and the Colonel with a <br />general court martial.</p> | ||
| + | <p>Our division is now commanded by Brig-<br />Gen. Kearney, a hero of the Mexican war. His <br />name is historical already. Hamilton, and our <br />Lieut. Col. (Egan) are under arrest for treason <br />at the Rip-raps. They had communication with the <br />rebels at Yorktown, & told them of the positions of our <br />camps, so that they could shell us, & also betrayed <br />McClellan's intention to attack a detached <br />fortification of great importance.</p> | ||
| + | <p>I must close. Give my love to all, & <br />believe me, <br />Ever yours <br />J H B Jenkins.</p> | ||
| + | <p>Miss Mary A. Benjamin<br />care of John Lewis Jenkins Esq. <br />Smyrna, Del.</p></html> | ||
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<html>[8]
on any account, strive to dispel the feeling,
but go on "seeking " until you find, [underscored] bearing
in mind that the Lord is "faithful and
true," and that "whosoever [underscored] cometh unto
God thro' Christ, He will in no wise ['no wise'] underscored] cast
out."
Would you like you to have me return now?
I can, I think, procure my discharge, and
having been thro' a severe battle and done
my duty there, I do not see where the dis-
honor can be in leaving a service where
my deafness renders promotion hopeless.
No man (or officer) in this regiment has
been more unsparing of himself in the
discharge of his duty than I have, yet
no man has been treated more shamefully,
and only a sense of the dishonor of leaving
before a general engagement has kept me
where I have been exposed to such indignity.
Our present Adjutant (Lieut. Warner) is a [boar-?]
[ly?] disposition and education – a narrow-
minded, easily humbugged, and brutal black-
guard, & I threw up the situation of clerk in con-
tempt, threatening him and the Colonel with a
general court martial.
Our division is now commanded by Brig-
Gen. Kearney, a hero of the Mexican war. His
name is historical already. Hamilton, and our
Lieut. Col. (Egan) are under arrest for treason
at the Rip-raps. They had communication with the
rebels at Yorktown, & told them of the positions of our
camps, so that they could shell us, & also betrayed
McClellan's intention to attack a detached
fortification of great importance.
I must close. Give my love to all, &
believe me,
Ever yours
J H B Jenkins.
Miss Mary A. Benjamin
care of John Lewis Jenkins Esq.
Smyrna, Del.
