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<html>on any account, strive to dispel the feeling,
but go on “seeking” until you find, bearing
in mind that the Lord is “faithful and
true,” and that “whosoever cometh unto
God thro’ Christ, He will in no wise cast
out.”
Would you like 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 boor
by 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,
JHB Jenkins.
Miss Mary A. Benjamin
care of John Lewis Jenkins, Esq.,
Smyrna, Del.
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